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Title: weeds
Post by: dave61 on April 20, 2013, 16:53:12

lesson learned dont put horse manure on my garden too soon spent all day digging buttercups out :tongue3:

Title: Re: weeds
Post by: dave61 on April 28, 2013, 18:25:51

 :tongue3:blimey put this in the wrong place meant to go in the shed :BangHead:

Title: Re: weeds
Post by: Nomspatch on April 28, 2013, 22:27:23

Don't put horse manure in the shed..though the buttercups won't get in I suppose...

Title: Re: weeds
Post by: Aden Roller on April 28, 2013, 23:46:25

I'm surprised buttercups survived going through a horse....

        .........and I agree I wouldn't put the manure or the horse in the shed.  :confused5:

But if you put the buttercups in a bucket in the shed they don't like it at all. A week or two of dry heat tends to almost kill them off!  :happy8:

Title: Re: weeds
Post by: Nomspatch on April 29, 2013, 10:05:42

Excellent....hadn't thought of buttercup torture methods...theres a whole new dimension to gardening opening up!  :toothy10:

Title: Re: weeds
Post by: dave61 on May 01, 2013, 19:14:53

thank you all for your very understanding comments(not) and now my smiley icons dont work ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Title: Re: weeds
Post by: Digeroo on May 01, 2013, 23:29:17

I also like the thought of murdering buttercups slowly.  I tend to hack through the cormy bit.  Its dandelions I want to murder at the moment.

 And when I spread manure its fat hen that pop in en masse.   Getting rid of early is not problem but when it gets bit is a brute to remove.

Title: Re: weeds
Post by: Nomspatch on May 02, 2013, 04:05:03

Ahhh Dave...the comments ARE understanding, we have to laugh at what we cannot avoid or go mad, creeping B's are the bane of my life here, they will cover every space in no time flat! I hate them with a passion, but at the same time have to admire their persistence and tenacity, IF ONLY they were edible eh!

 :toothy10:

Title: Re: weeds
Post by: dave61 on May 02, 2013, 19:04:53

yep it is a shame I cant eat them if only the rest of my stuff was as productive I would be self sufficient on about 1/8th of the space

Title: Re: weeds
Post by: caroline7758 on May 02, 2013, 19:23:21

Yep, just as I thought I was making some progress with the bindweed, along came the creeping buttercup- I think it's worse! :BangHead:

Title: Re: weeds
Post by: Digeroo on May 02, 2013, 20:12:29

What we need is a cross between a sweet potato and bindweed.  The flavour and eating quality of one and the hardiness of the other. 

Title: Re: weeds
Post by: grannyjanny on May 02, 2013, 21:13:01

Creeping buttercup is rampant in our garden. I looked it up & it loves damp ground. Something else to blame on last year weather :BangHead:.