Ground Elder v. Marigolds?

[flowerlady]

Having read about couch grass and turnips ...  has anyone seen evidence that ground elder DOES NOT LIKE marigolds?   :o

Have to admit that where my marigolds are the elder is less, but did not put the two together!!

IF this is so the YIPEE ...  ;D  ;D  ;D

[flowerlady]

[supersprout]

If you can't beat them eat them flowerlady  ;), the growing shoots of ground elder are delicious like spinach and it does check them. Sorry to go a little off thread  :-[

[flowerlady]

Who cares, this is a great idea!  Cooked I assume?

[supersprout]

Raw in salads or cooked like spinach! (depending what animals might have erm, interacted with them). Unlike some 'food for free' candidates, ground elder sprouts are nice  ::) but I have to harvest from my friends as I don't have any on my plot  ;D

http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Aegopodium+podagraria

[grawrc]

I'll be happy to trial the marigolds.

[Marymary]

Thanks for the link Supersprout, I can't believe people actually want to cultivate the stuff as my garden is full of it & I have a running battle to try & control it, no hope of actually getting rid of it.  Good to know it can be eaten, if not by us maybe by the chicks.

[flowerlady]

I have to admit that I planted the varigated one  :o

Its not such a thug and does look good in places where other things wont grow ;)