Re[2]: Prize Pest
- To: "m*@ucdavis.edu"
- Subject: Re[2]: Prize Pest
- From: D* L*
- Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 16:38 -0800
KK wrote:
"Being a transplant to California from North Carolina, I can't help smiling
at these quaint cute pests like oxalis or start thistle. At least there
is no *kudzu* to worry about..."
No, but we have Hedera canariensis (Algerian Ivy)...everywhere.
Not one to turn your back on. It will smother anything in its path
eventually. I am dreading the job of pulling it down from the pines
behind my new (previously neglected) home in Oakland. It's thirty feet up and
climbing.I've cleared out mountains of the wretched thing from the property and
have more to go.
Deborah
Deborah
