Re: thugs

> If you hear that s. Wisconsin has been swallowed up by goutweed, I'm to
> blame.

Barb, have you been down here to East Central Illinois sowing goutweed
seeds?  I can't get rid of it in my yard either.  :(

It seems that every few years I get enough that I'm inspired to totally
dig up a bed, turn all of the soil, get rid of all of the roots that I
find, and then replant all of the perennials.

The people who built this house originally (circa 1939) put in huge beds
of nothing but Aegopodium.  When I bought the house in 1997 the first 
thing I did was go out with a turning fork and remove as much as I could
find.

The problem is always the plants that are embedded in the center of
suckering shrubs.  They eventually spread out and the problem starts 
all over again.  

Maybe the spraying with milk bottle shields will help; I don't have the
time or patience to paint the leaves!  My Mom did that once and it took
about a half dozen painting sessions to elminate a small bunch.

Chris

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