tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post8539030807790375012..comments2024-03-23T20:10:59.775+00:00Comments on greentapestry : Musing In June ~ Weeding For GardenersAnnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10794392333038962798noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-25802947090587261562019-07-11T13:41:28.392+01:002019-07-11T13:41:28.392+01:00One of the formal and beautiful open gardens we vi...One of the formal and beautiful open gardens we visited here, had an embarrassed pot of (invasive) horsetail - specially for scrubbing pots, works for them!Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-48283273018694069802019-07-02T16:40:00.741+01:002019-07-02T16:40:00.741+01:00Oh dear! I'm pleased to have missed out on tha...Oh dear! I'm pleased to have missed out on that one Chloris :)Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10794392333038962798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-37097849230472692302019-07-02T16:38:06.236+01:002019-07-02T16:38:06.236+01:00I don't mind weeding if the ground is damp and...I don't mind weeding if the ground is damp and it's not too hot. I imagine that downsizing and no longer having an allotment plot does free up some considerable time. I may not be far behind you Noelle :)Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10794392333038962798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-20252544904307076632019-07-02T16:36:11.743+01:002019-07-02T16:36:11.743+01:00It's rather depressing when it happens so quic...It's rather depressing when it happens so quickly isn't it? Enchanter's nightshade - I've just looked that one up Jessica and am pleased to say that I haven't got that one in the national collection :)Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10794392333038962798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-2402971757443529992019-07-02T16:32:39.444+01:002019-07-02T16:32:39.444+01:00So glad that you do not have horsetail Pauline. I&...So glad that you do not have horsetail Pauline. I'm with you on decapitating the flower heads as a short cut when possible and returning later.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10794392333038962798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-8943289999670094452019-07-02T16:30:55.349+01:002019-07-02T16:30:55.349+01:00Thanks for your visit and comment Debbie. There is...Thanks for your visit and comment Debbie. There is a small clump of hawkweed opposite my plot but thankfully it's not come over the fence .... yet. It is quite a pretty flower though. Oh I hadn't realised that horsetail could be used for a dye. I know that it has abrasive powers and can be used as a scouring pad in an emergency but I've never put the theory into practise :)Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10794392333038962798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-17220153509545882552019-07-02T14:25:39.946+01:002019-07-02T14:25:39.946+01:00Ground elder, the bane of my life.Ground elder, the bane of my life.Chlorishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985559591515617972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-47106020793865083012019-07-01T14:07:26.256+01:002019-07-01T14:07:26.256+01:00I quite like weeding.....some I leave but don'...I quite like weeding.....some I leave but don't let them scatter their seed. The advantage of having a smaller garden, and no longer having a allotment is that it is no longer a time consuming activity! Stasherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02616094223215469144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-80938148828063915892019-06-30T22:03:35.647+01:002019-06-30T22:03:35.647+01:00Hairy bittercress will have covered any newly clea...Hairy bittercress will have covered any newly cleared bit of ground within a week. And then of course there is enchanter's nightshade in the wood.. perhaps it is enchanting if you don't have so much of it? rusty duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08621508743376610941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-74749664702611852192019-06-30T18:09:32.924+01:002019-06-30T18:09:32.924+01:00I don't have horsetail, but have all your othe...I don't have horsetail, but have all your others as well as docks, nettles, brambles and bindweed. At the moment I'm pulling up the tallest ones and cutting off flower heads of others so they don't go to seed. I will eventually get round to them all, but it is taking so long this year.Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16057764572761794703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-38518001241026616022019-06-30T17:44:41.476+01:002019-06-30T17:44:41.476+01:00I have all the weeds mentioned in your post plus w...I have all the weeds mentioned in your post plus what I think is hawkweed plus quite a few more. The worst is definitely horsetail, though in a way it is quite pretty and does make a green dye, it is however gradually taking over the whole garden.Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300029654181323351noreply@blogger.com