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Duncanpup

(12,986 posts) Mon May 30, 2022, 02:19 PM May 2022

My weeds are really coming along

Whoever knew I had a green thumb.

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My weeds are really coming along (Original Post) Duncanpup May 2022 OP

'Mine' too!!! elleng May 2022 #1

one of the weeds may have leaves suitable for greens salad. Tetrachloride May 2022 #2

You can eat dandelion greens. Diamond_Dog May 2022 #3

I used to own a nature preserve fo endangered weeds, but... Binkie The Clown May 2022 #4

We don't really have a grass lawn PJMcK May 2022 #5

My yard has become the thicket. Cracklin Charlie May 2022 #6

elleng

(131,634 posts)

1. 'Mine' too!!!

Reply to Duncanpup (Original post)

Mon May 30, 2022, 02:25 PM

May 2022

Tetrachloride

(7,940 posts)

2. one of the weeds may have leaves suitable for greens salad.

Reply to Duncanpup (Original post)

Mon May 30, 2022, 02:34 PM

May 2022

Ask a local pro.

Diamond_Dog

(32,276 posts)

3. You can eat dandelion greens.

Reply to Duncanpup (Original post)

Mon May 30, 2022, 02:56 PM

May 2022

Or so I am told.

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)

4. I used to own a nature preserve fo endangered weeds, but...

Reply to Duncanpup (Original post)

Mon May 30, 2022, 04:02 PM

May 2022

... my neighbors complained, so I had to replace them with "proper" plants.

PJMcK

(22,110 posts)

5. We don't really have a grass lawn

Reply to Duncanpup (Original post)

Mon May 30, 2022, 04:04 PM

May 2022

It's a mixture of grass, weeds, wild flowers and other ground cover. I still have to mow it every week or two, though. Our house is in a forest on the side of a mountain and by mowing the "grass," I keep the woods at bay.

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)

6. My yard has become the thicket.

Reply to Duncanpup (Original post)

Mon May 30, 2022, 04:15 PM

May 2022

It has rained a yard this month, I swear.

There’s no keepin’ up.

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