A Seed Saver's Garden

[heirloomgal]

I have a similar conflict with regards to wineberries. On one hand, I know they are super invasive and create dense thickets of thorny brambles. On the other, they ARE about the only fruit on my property can count on to produce anything.

As for "native", native to where? Your area of the country? Your state? Your county? I know plenty of things that can't handle being moved to another part of my LAWN. As far as I am concerned, the only truly "native" plants are whatever was there before anyone got there.

And speaking of "native", no, the fact that Native Americans grew it doesn't make it "native", or even "good". They did a better job of taking care of their environment than we do now, but they weren't magical earth children whose every action was in tune with nature. They altered and modified Their environment to suit their needs, and modified it MASSIVELY. To say otherwise is just "White Man's Guilt" bull****.

So true @Pulsegleaner. As usual, an in depth perspective with great points. Hey, even beavers create massive modifications in their environments. Modifying natural environments is natural!

 

[flowerbug]

Slow day for me flowerbug....translation please?

there are many other people who are concerned about such happenings other than invasive species awareness groups because we see a wider degradation of the planet when it is treated poorly and invasive plant species are only one part of a very big problem.

the cited plant is a prime example of something that a functional system could have dealt with but our country is stupid and because of that stupidity we pay many times over in damage pretty much forever after...

 

[heirloomgal]

there are many other people who are concerned about such happenings other than invasive species awareness groups because we see a wider degradation of the planet when it is treated poorly and invasive plant species are only one part of a very big problem.

the cited plant is a prime example of something that a functional system could have dealt with but our country is stupid and because of that stupidity we pay many times over in damage pretty much forever after...

No doubt there are some invasive species issues that could have been avoided, like the Burmese pythons of Florida. A tragic situation and only one of many that Florida is dealing with. At the same time though, so long as there is global movement across continents or even between different ecosystems there is no preventing it. The answer can only really be to have prevented people from ever moving from one place to another, and even more so, not allowing them to have things from other places whether flora or fauna. Or even, to alter the environment. Dandelions only grow on disturbed ground where I live, you never see them in forests.

But all that said, migratory species more mobile than ancient humans have always spread things from here to there. Chilies are not native to Asia, Africa, Europe, or Australia, but were spread there by birds. Who knows what else was spread by animals over time that we're unaware of. And believing Isaiah 51:6 I believe it's inevitable.