I weeded one of the raised veggie beds today. I don’t know the name of the weed that was trying to take it over. It might be Creeping Charlie, but I’m not sure of that. This weed forms mounds of leaves in a shape that is rather like half of a ball. The leaves are a medium green, medium sized, rounded and very gently indented on the edges. The weed has a taproot that will probably come out in China by August. It was well developed and it’s only early April. I’m going to have compost added to the veggie beds this year, and it would have been a mistake just to pour the compost over these plants. I’m sure they would have found a way to push through it. It was easy to weed them from the friable compost\/soil in the raised bed, but that tap root would be a killer to deal with in our clay soil.
\nI’ll have to ask my sister when she returns at Easter to tell me if the plant that I’m trying to eradicate is Creeping Charlie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I weeded one of the raised veggie beds today. I don’t know the name of the weed that was trying to take it over. It might be Creeping Charlie, but I’m not sure of that. This weed forms mounds of … Continue reading