Vegetable Gardens ??

[BigBallzWillie]

Tomatoes everywhere, and I think I am going to be inundated all at once with ripeness. One on my 'early girl' is turning finally (center), but the clusters lower right are going to look cool if they turn at the same time.

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That Early Girl will produce to the end, only a frost kills them here.

 

[BigBallzWillie]

The butterfly weed is just opening up and here come the bees.

 

[H.A.F.]

The butterfly weed is just opening up and here come the bees.
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I use weed killer anywhere but the garden when needed. It's interesting how when you kill an area determines what will grow back there.
Not sure what my main "weed" is this time, but it's short, had broad leaves and little blue flowers. Like I planted them on purpose.

 

[treefarmercharlie]

I use weed killer anywhere but the garden when needed. It's interesting how when you kill an area determines what will grow back there.
Not sure what my main "weed" is this time, but it's short, had broad leaves and little blue flowers. Like I planted them on purpose.

Like this? I have this all over my property. It is totally a weed but it does look nice in big patches.

 

[Ozjet68]

I use weed killer anywhere but the garden when needed. It's interesting how when you kill an area determines what will grow back there.
Not sure what my main "weed" is this time, but it's short, had broad leaves and little blue flowers. Like I planted them on purpose.

Yeah I was looking at Willies weeds thinking shit are they actually weeds ? They look like boutique weeds if they are . Weeds where I live look like they came out of Witchie Poos garden

 

[H.A.F.]

Like this? I have this all over my property. It is totally a weed but it does look nice in big patches.

Nah, they aren't blooming at the moment, but way different. Lighter blue color as well.

 

[H.A.F.]

Basically it's not an ugly weed, so it's not a weed

 

[Ozjet68]

Basically it's not an ugly weed, so it's not a weed

Jeez at what point do I Google the word Weed . Clearly I got too much time

 

[H.A.F.]

Jeez at what point do I Google the word Weed . Clearly I got too much time

I consider a weed something ugly and/or invasive. These haven't spread to the grass, or even parts of the soil where they didn't initially seed. So if they flower and go to seed, and come back next year I don't mind.

 

[Ozjet68]

Sounds logical

 

[BigBallzWillie]

LOL,
Butterfly Weed is a milk weed grown for attracting butterflies. I grew one and then made the kids from seed. These are 4-5 years old now.

 

[Ozjet68]

A milk weed ? Right . Thats my Google quota burnt for the night then . I came on this forum to learn about weed and got the whole family . It’s a cool looking weed if anything

 

[BigBallzWillie]

I consider a weed something ugly and/or invasive. These haven't spread to the grass, or even parts of the soil where they didn't initially seed. So if they flower and go to seed, and come back next year I don't mind.

Anything in the way........is a weed. I just did some major weed wacking to try and stop the Fern onslaught. It was pretty juicy, lol. I tried out some square weed wacker line for the first time and nothing short of amazing. It cuts and lasts about 10x better than round line.

 

[BigBallzWillie]

A milk weed ? Right . Thats my Google quota burnt for the night then . I came on this forum to learn about weed and got the whole family . It’s a cool looking weed if anything

Asclepias family. The common milkweed.............a true weed, is where the Monarch Butterfly lays it's eggs. Won't do it on the one I have, but it will hit the flowers.

 

[Ozjet68]

Asclepias family. The common milkweed.............a true weed, is where the Monarch Butterfly lays it's eggs. Won't do it on the one I have, but it will hit the flowers.

Am I off track or did it get the name from the white milk like sap that weeps from the stem when you cut them ? I know people that used to use the sap on warts and other skin irritations

 

[BigBallzWillie]

Am I off track or did it get the name from the white milk like sap that weeps from the stem when you cut them ? I know people that used to use the sap on warts and other skin irritations

That's the stuff. They bleed a latexy white sap. They make seed heads that burst open and each seed is attached to a feathery thing and they fly away.
Brings lots of pollinators.

 

[treefarmercharlie]

Jeez at what point do I Google the word Weed . Clearly I got too much time

LOL! We consider anything invasive as a weed. I have some weeds on my property that are beautiful but, if I don't keep them in check, they can choke out trees and shrubs.

 

[Ozjet68]

Yep like a cancerous tumour , you remove it and it’s just keeps growing again .

 

[treefarmercharlie]

Yep like a cancerous tumour , you remove it and it’s just keeps growing again .

Yup! This shit, which I can't remember the name of, takes over our flower beds and the outer edges of the property unless you get pretty much every last bit of the root out of the ground. I'm pulling this shit out of my yard constantly.

 

[BigBallzWillie]

Leave just one piece.....lol. Looks like it's in some decent dirt!
I had this really obnoxious weed in my front yard. Spread by roots and these dandelion type flowers. Dug the yard down 6" by hand and sifted every last smidget of root out of there. That sucked but that weed is gone. Never knew what it was either.