tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450926564221225084.post1056733201937016912..comments2024-03-27T01:11:59.600-04:00Comments on Children of the Corm: A Charleston Garden Blog: You might be a WEED if...Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01524574998937986323noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450926564221225084.post-8518749914085088522012-03-18T23:18:51.065-04:002012-03-18T23:18:51.065-04:00Hi Linda, thanks and welcome. Its always nice to ...Hi Linda, thanks and welcome. Its always nice to get comments and realize someone is reading these old posts!Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01524574998937986323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450926564221225084.post-11524681126301556142012-03-18T23:04:47.746-04:002012-03-18T23:04:47.746-04:00I know it's 2 years since you wrote this blog,...I know it's 2 years since you wrote this blog, but Jess I just stumbled across it and roared! Read it to my mom and she just Loved it! Too true, too True! Oh I think blackberry vines could actually root and grow in the vacuum of space. Delicious berries but ohhhhh.... one pays the price. Anyway! I also wanted to say that Preen is a godsend. It doesn't kill the weeds that have already sprouted, but it makes all of their seeds sterile so they don't sprout. All you have to do is pull up the initial weeds and you're done. Apply Preen every 3 months. Found in the garden section (duh *L*) Thanks again Jess!Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03953434748433591585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450926564221225084.post-11624842871446093462010-03-18T14:59:27.701-04:002010-03-18T14:59:27.701-04:00Glad all of you had a chuckle... as you can probab...Glad all of you had a chuckle... as you can probably guess, I got a weed problem. I think there are 1000 wild onions in my front garden. Sigh.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01524574998937986323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450926564221225084.post-66208979931530295232010-03-16T23:17:04.381-04:002010-03-16T23:17:04.381-04:00Great post! I chuckled all the way through. I spen...Great post! I chuckled all the way through. I spend endless hours pulling weeds, only to have their siblings appear in hordes overnight, marching through my lawn and gardens and chanting victory songs.debsgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656883577922890561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450926564221225084.post-37512245962833971302010-03-16T14:36:09.839-04:002010-03-16T14:36:09.839-04:00Hi Jess~~ You might be a WEED if you can fling fiv...Hi Jess~~ You might be a WEED if you can fling five trillion of your seeds six feet in every direction including up the nose of the person [me] trying to eradicate you. [Read: Bittercress.] <br /><br />Great post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450926564221225084.post-77159689116479335642010-03-16T06:06:23.586-04:002010-03-16T06:06:23.586-04:00Dear Jess, This is all so very true, particularly ...Dear Jess, This is all so very true, particularly where at the start the 'weed' appears in the guise of a plant one is cosseting and cherishing. Usually one discovers one's error when it has just finished seeding and/or eating every other plant in sight.<br /><br />I have really enjoyed this amusing posting and have signed up to be notified by email in order not to miss future ones.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450926564221225084.post-36480564760552554032010-03-15T22:08:38.582-04:002010-03-15T22:08:38.582-04:00Utterly brilliant commentary on the theatre of wee...Utterly brilliant commentary on the theatre of weeds. I love the graphics too!Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01067132532095325169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450926564221225084.post-91777566258473582010-03-15T20:02:58.981-04:002010-03-15T20:02:58.981-04:00Very funny and quite a true commentary on weeds, m...Very funny and quite a true commentary on weeds, my chief garden nemesis.Floridagirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16357453320897720393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450926564221225084.post-26643411258545214202010-03-15T15:54:34.276-04:002010-03-15T15:54:34.276-04:00Jess, what an awesome post! I especially laughed ...Jess, what an awesome post! I especially laughed over the one about taking root on a bowling ball in the Cutlass Sierra. ;)<br /><br />I did recently discover a use for weeds, however, which might be generally overlooked in the garden. In the Peruvian highlands, where gardening is conducted on quite dramatic slopes, winter weeds are left in place until the young veggie plants have established themselves, say in four to eight weeks, to help hold the soil in place. Since we're having similar issues with flash flooding and washouts in our downward-sloping kitchen garden, I've decided to leave a few weeds in place for now -- being sure to remove any flowerheads immediately!Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11454557080455458675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450926564221225084.post-63440443482984287842010-03-15T14:09:00.158-04:002010-03-15T14:09:00.158-04:00Mr. Foxworthy, eat your heart out! :D lolMr. Foxworthy, eat your heart out! :D lolKynahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13222304237028745181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450926564221225084.post-88739170767576419502010-03-15T14:02:22.688-04:002010-03-15T14:02:22.688-04:00Hysterical, Jess! I love it!Hysterical, Jess! I love it!Kimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18123627573356760362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450926564221225084.post-49114667654122947172010-03-15T07:40:34.168-04:002010-03-15T07:40:34.168-04:00When they do figure out how to plant themselves in...When they do figure out how to plant themselves in rows, it's all over! Great post on weeds!compost in my shoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06572258657523962702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450926564221225084.post-31300758708582158252010-03-15T06:59:55.677-04:002010-03-15T06:59:55.677-04:00Loved this Jess!
I'm pretty sure blackberry co...Loved this Jess!<br />I'm pretty sure blackberry could grow on a bowling ball rolling around in the boot of a car! I know it can not only grow a rootball and its's first leaf, but shoot out six canes, take root on three of them, flower and fruit all in the time it takes the average person to go to the bathroom. But I'm not taking it personally, no not me :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450926564221225084.post-15644241618910526992010-03-14T13:46:59.855-04:002010-03-14T13:46:59.855-04:00My perspective of weeds has changed significantly ...My perspective of weeds has changed significantly living here. Most are deemed wildflowers now. The real 'WEEDS' here are the thugs and bullies that actively destroy habitats, like our broom, and Vinca. Our 'weeds', although disorderly, and not growing in rows, really don't seem so bad.Curbstone Valley Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06714297348566721344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450926564221225084.post-58687787548775449342010-03-14T09:01:18.637-04:002010-03-14T09:01:18.637-04:00Hi Jess, The little devils are survivors! Right no...Hi Jess, The little devils are survivors! Right now in March in New England, the only thing green things in my sidewalk planting beds are weeds, and how luxuriant they are! Seems a bit unfair to be weeding around invisible plants :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com