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| I have known some people who were certified Master Gardeners, not professional, just by hobby and classes. I don't aim to work that hard, but have decided that in some things I am a master gardener without a certificate. I decided this today as I pulled up my 3rd harvest of poison ivy. This one was the biggest haul yet. It really grows in the spring. I not only have an abundance of poisonous plants, but tons of dandelions, something that resembles a dandelion but with out the deep roots and a smaller leaf, buttercups,and creeping charlie. I saw in Southern Living that there is a dreaded ground cover called creeping Jenny. I have something in my lawn that must be akin to creeping charlie and creeping jenny, but it looks different. It is invasive, prolific, and crawls along like a vine on the ground. I don't know the name but it is a creeping cousin. Then there's periwinkle or vinca; it has a lovely purple or white flower in the spring with an ivy like leaf. It has a tuber, like a tiny potato for a bulb, and attaches to other flowers or grows independently. Its job is to choke out whatever it can. Did I have an abundance of those purple flower weeds?! Also, a no-no per Southern Living horticulturists. Yes, I have English ivy. So does everyone else in the region. It cracks open brick walls and lives on tree bark, destroying gigantic trees. I also have invasive vines that nature lovers are trying to get out of the region because they are destroying native plants. These vines will grow across the ground, magically jump up 2 feet to wrap around a cable and twist around it until it can get into a tree or shrub. I had one behind the shed that had climbed up the rope on an extension ladder tying it to a tree. I couldn't move the ladder, even after I cut the roots and detangled it up to my height. Someone had to come with a saw to cut the ladder free. I may not have a bumper crop of luscious tomatoes or prize winning blooms. My climbing rose has climbed over to the bird feeder and wrapped around it and through it. I am going to take credit for growing weeds and whatever Mother Nature sends to me. |
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