Tag: weeds
Invasive Weeds Begin Their Invasion
UNITED STATES—Wildflowers may not be what they seem to be. California poppy, various lupines, various sages and several others are native species. Saint John's...
Weeds Are Prolific And Invasive
UNITED STATES—Warming spring weather accelerates bloom and growth. Early spring bloom is now much more colorful than the best of winter bloom. Fresh foliage...
Sustainable Horticulture Should Be Sustainable
UNITED STATES—There is no doubt about it. Weeds are sustainable. Otherwise, they would not be weeds. By definition, they grow where they are undesirable....
Weeding Before Weeds Start Seeding
UNITED STATES—Weeds are weeds simply because they grow so aggressively where they do not belong. They begin before the weather gets warm enough for...
Exotic Weeds Are The Worst Weeds
UNITED STATES—Exotic species are not native. It is that simple. There is nothing fancy about it. They came from elsewhere to live here. They...
Mulch Is Lowly But Practical And Helpful
UNITED STATES—Gardening is unnatural. Most popular plant species are not naturally native. Cultivars are products of unnatural selection and breeding. Most plants like unnatural...
Wildflowers Are Flowers Gone Wild
UNITED STATES—Wildflowers have been quite a fad. Relative to most fads, they are not so impractical. For some situations, they are a good excuse...
Lawn Weeds Are Low Down And Dirty
UNITED STATES—Weeds are constantly a problem here. There is no season in which every sort of weed is inactive. As some annual types finish...
Invasive Weeds Will Waste No Time
UNITED STATES—With few exceptions, the most aggressively invasive weeds here are exotic. In other words, they are not native. They came from other regions...
Yardwork Mayhem
UNITED STATES─Memorial Day has come and gone, and some would say that summer is officially here, well not quite, but I always say when...
Exotic Species Can Become Naturalized
UNITED STATES—Every palm tree in local landscapes is exotic. Simply put, all palms are originally from somewhere else. The desert fan palm, the only...
TV Writer’s Son Dies In Skiing Accident
HOLLYWOOD—The 20 year-old son of "Orange is the New Black" creator died in a skiing accident in Utah during a family trip on New...
Weeds Might Produce Hazardous Seeds
UNITED STATES—Weeds are weeds because they grow where they are not wanted. They might be desirable plants in the wild within their native ranges,...
Weeds Obviously Grow Like Weeds
UNITED STATES—Not many of our favorite plants grow like weeds. We must help most of them along, and give them what they want. A...
Weed Seeds Can Hurt Pets
UNITED STATES—Plants are quite ingenious with their technology of exploitation of animals and people. Many get insects, birds, bats, spiders and anyone who is...
Weeds Want To Get Ahead
UNITED STATES—Weeds always seem to have unfair advantages. While we pamper so many of our desirable plants to get them to grow and perform,...
Planting Cool Season Cover Crops
UNITED STATES—Traditional horticultural technology that was so common in the orchards, that were likewise more common, was more practical than so much of what...
Weeds Have Been Very Busy
UNITED STATES—They are weeds for a reason. They grow like . . . well, weeds! By definition, they are unwanted. Yet, they typically proliferate...
Pull Weeds Before They Seed
UNITED STATES—Spring brings out the best and the worst in the garden. While warm season annuals and vegetables are getting established, so are a...
Some Weeds Can Hurt Pets
UNITED STATES—Weeds always have unfair advantages. They grow fast enough to bloom and disperse seed before the rain of early spring runs out, so...
