- Author: Rebecca Miller-Cripps
Published on: November 9, 2011
Weeds, weeds, weeds! Have you noticed? This has been a banner year for weeds. Puncturevine where I’ve never seen it before. Garden soil covered with common purslane (at least it’s good in salads). And solid stands of yellow starthistle everywhere!
Our cool late spring and repeated late rains created multiple germination periods; weed seeds in the soil had many opportunities to sprout. And sprout they did! With the heat of summer, weeds flowered and became noticeable. Now, weeds have set seed and...
Tags: invasive species (14), weeds (10), yellow starthistle (3), Yellow Starthistle Leading Edge Project (1)
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