The true harbinger of spring...

[Valleyman]

To misquote Bill Veeck...

The true harbinger of spring is not crocuses or swallows returning, but the sound of me swearing at bindweed as is raises it's ugly head.



The great bindweed dig of 2015 has commenced. My current tactic is to dig it up as much as possible in spring, going about 18 inches down to get as much root as possible. Then as the veg goes in i put half pop bottles over it and spray glyophosphate into them. I'm only 12 months into this new garden so am yet to see if i get an improvement over the nightmare i had last year.

Building raised beds in march when i'd only just moved in. I wonder how many years i will live to regret it?

[Martin H]

Yes, the first bindweed shoots of the year on my plot were forked out today. I've got most of them out over the winter but it's impossible to get them all when they aren't growing.

I've done all 150 sq metres without the need for weedkiller but I may have to resort to something for the patch that has its roots under my shed. I'll see how I get on with "never let it see a Sunday" first though.

[Thelma Sanders]

I also share the pain - I thought I'd got most of it, but it doesn't look like that now Grrrrrr!

[muddled]

spooky innit?

I just noticed a patch of twelve bits of bindweed this afternoon;
they weren't there yesterday.

My neighbours have been giggling at my conversations with my hens....I sing to them and gently 'bok-bok-bok' at them and such.
Today though, I treated my neighbours to a whole different vocabulary when I realised the fight with the bindweed is back on....

Let battle commence