flowerbug
Garden Master
We have a terrible infestation of canadian thistle all over the ranch. I can no linger even walk out in the back pasture where my stock used to be, as they are so thick and taller than me
they're hard to get rid of once they're well established. sadly i kept leaving these alone thinking the farmers who were spraying the field would eventually get them - they didn't and now it is being left fallow so...
i don't want to let these go to flower stage if i can help it so i'll keep mowing them back as much as i can until i can ask the neighbor (who owns the field) if he'll pay for herbicide or what he'd want to do about it.
when i see them here in the yard i'll dig them out if i can get a shovel into the ground. the patch in the field to the south is too big for me to dig by hand all at once but i could eventually get it done a bit at a time as long as i can keep them from going to seed.
they're easier to get rid of compared to some other weeds i've dealt with. proper gloves and other clothes required if touching them when they get bigger. i just mowed them down about a month ago when i saw them getting taller, it took an extra hour to do but it sure does knock them back and then i got them again last week so they're not very tall and i won't let them get very tall.
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