Re: My Garden Is On The Hit List For Eradication

> No!!!!!   I would not spend thousands of dollars to kill off the ecosystem ( I
> spend alot to help preserve)  Again I ask the question,  IS IT HARMFUL?  Or is
> this paranoia-- humans attempt to control nature.
> which  in my  opinion part of the problem we do have with our ecosystem today.
> I do not have it, but I have not seen anyone who does have, it complain that
> it readily self seeds, ect.  So again, I WOULD WANT PROOF!
> 
> Deb

We should always take a look at all available information rather 
than accepting what we are told.  For instance, people who 
automatically assume that chemically treated wood shouldn't be 
used in the garden.  And Organic Gardening said so.  Mebbe.  
Take a look at the studies themselves.

Also true of invasives.  But be careful of making assumptions.  
Reasearchers have found (and others have repeatedly replicated) 
that loosestrife seed can travel many, many miles.  Futher, the 
supposedly sterile cultivars aren't.  For a real good look at 
the problem, draw a 50 mile radius around your house and drive 
the roads.  Look at what you see.  If there are escapees or 
*any* one plant dominates an area ... for that matter *any* 
cultivated plant can be seen in the wild, odds are good that it 
is invasive and simply shouldn't be grown in the garden in that 
area.

Buddleias have become invasive in many parts of the PNW.  So .. 
buddleias, nice as they are, simply shouldn't be grown.

When individuals make the effort to discover potential problems 
of growing any plant that is not native or a close relative and 
make the reponsible choice not to grow them, perhaps we wouldn't 
need any agency to interceed.

I have talked at length with numerous gardeners in this area who 
are growing loosestrife.  This whole area is filled with 
wetlands of all sorts.  I get arguments that generally run along 
the lines of, "Tough.  I like it and I can buy it, so I will 
grow it."  Well.  'nuff said.  

Individuals taking responsibility for their actions *and* fully 
understanding the consequences of their actions is the real 
solution.  You find me a town full of them & I'll move there.

Jaime 
jknoble@warwick.net
NW NJ, zone 6/5
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