February 23 2018 - stylish (and pensive about global climate change) in the gardenThis is my charcoa
February 23 2018 - stylish (and pensive about global climate change) in the gardenThis is my charcoal N-95, which is much lighter and less cumbersome than the gas mask. While there isn’t pollen yet, I was tearing out the Mugwort that I’d planted and various kinds of clumpy grass that are one of the banes of my gardening existence. Also, tearing out asian honeysuckle. I’ve been tearing out that horrible honeysuckle since we were in Atlanta. No matter how much I pull it always comes back with a horrible vengeance. All this tearing out and mucking about in the soil means mask time.Mugwort (not my picture) is highly regarded in some circles but let me tell you it is surviving where my Lemon Balm struggles. It is more aggressive than my mints. I harvest the heck out of my mints - especially my spearmint, I’m the one person who never has enough - but I’m overrun with Mugwort and cannot possibly harvest or use all that it has created.Mugwort has amazing roots, they send out deep runners that pop up here and there, in addition to creating approximately 1 billion seeds per plant. It managed to not only survive but take over one of our least tended/amended beds. We’re talking pure clay mixed with rocks on a slope. Every year I tear the Mugwort out, and every year it just laughs and spreads further! It is both impressive and awful. Unlike the asian honeysuckle, it does not chemically play nicely with the plants around it; like the asian honeysuckle I may be pulling it for the rest of my life. -- source link
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