WiseAcre Gardens

It must be the makeup.

On a scale of 1 – 10 she has been clearly tagged at 1434.

Somethings come up and I’ll be gone a week or so. I’ll leave you with this sweetheart to keep you company until I return.

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Lysimachia clethroides

There’s only one thing that bugs me about this plant.

It’s too aggressive to put in a garden. It prefers moist almost wet soil but that won’t stop it from spreading in dry soils. It might be slowed down a bit but expect it to pratice monoculture if it gets established. Gooseneck Loosestrife will out compete even the toughest weeds.

A couple of transplants moved to the wild edge of the yard have formed a major invasion force in only a few years. The area is wet in spring but by midsummer the soil is very dry. These plants are a bit small because of the dryness but that didn’t stop them from claiming the area for it’s own. One of the few plants I’ve actually seen take on quack-grass and win.

1. Locate the nest

2. Restrain boulder with chain and attach one end to truck

3. Drag boulder from nest

4. Get the boulder to sit on the rollers

5. Use long steel bar to encourage co-operation

6. Sweat and Swear

7. Jam bar under the back end of the boulder and lift easing it forward

8. Move and place rollers as necessary

9. Repeat steps 7 and 8

10. Repeat steps 7, 8 and 9

11. Goof Off if no one is watching

12. Repeat steps 7, 8, 9 and 10

13. By now you should be satisfied with it’s position

14. Repeat step 11