Goat head weed
Aug. 20th, 2003 08:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
furtechI hate goat head weed. This thing has the nastiest seeds I've ever encountered: they are shaped like pyramids with a thick, SHARP thorn at each point. The result is that they act like a biological "caltrop". These are big enough to pop bicycle tires and send the poor dogs limping. I don't know if they're native or not, but I hate 'em.
There has been a patch of them at the beginning of the trail into the park near Calicougar's place and I had been meaning to go investigate them in the daylight. A preliminary investigation showed me what the plants look like: ground hugging spidery plants with a central root and leaves that look like an acacia or sensitive-plant's leaves.
I went out today armed with a hoe to hack at what I thought were a few dozen plants. Once I started to cut them down, I realized that there were a lot more than I thought. A LOT more. Two hours of work with a ridiculously small-bladed hoe (perfect for a few dozen, not for acerage) and I got about a dozen piles of weed, but just couldn't bring myself to attack the jungle of them covering about a 12X12 foot area. So tomorrow I go back with gloves, a proper hoe and a couple of garbage bags.
Phoo.
There has been a patch of them at the beginning of the trail into the park near Calicougar's place and I had been meaning to go investigate them in the daylight. A preliminary investigation showed me what the plants look like: ground hugging spidery plants with a central root and leaves that look like an acacia or sensitive-plant's leaves.
I went out today armed with a hoe to hack at what I thought were a few dozen plants. Once I started to cut them down, I realized that there were a lot more than I thought. A LOT more. Two hours of work with a ridiculously small-bladed hoe (perfect for a few dozen, not for acerage) and I got about a dozen piles of weed, but just couldn't bring myself to attack the jungle of them covering about a 12X12 foot area. So tomorrow I go back with gloves, a proper hoe and a couple of garbage bags.
Phoo.
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Date: 2003-08-21 07:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-08-21 07:45 am (UTC)http://www.goatheads.com/history.html
Interesting they say it can be controlled with biological means...and sell the means on the website too...weeeevils.
Wow!
Date: 2003-08-21 08:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-08-21 01:28 pm (UTC)Too kind!
Date: 2003-08-21 05:38 pm (UTC)Re: Too kind!
Date: 2003-08-22 02:56 am (UTC)hmmm
Date: 2003-08-21 06:11 pm (UTC)On the other hand, the weather is nice and cool now....
up to you i guess..
Re: hmmm
Date: 2003-08-21 09:48 pm (UTC)OTOH, by Wednesday a shipment of weevils should be arriving! I will spread their weevily goodness over the park! Bwa-ha-ha!