This border is what I see when I look out of the living room patio doors.
Essentially, this is a grasses border interplanted with perennials - plus self sown annuals and biennials.
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As I said before, happiness is an overflowing garden. Here, the paved path from the patio to the pond is becoming almost impassable. As I walk, the plants grab me and touch my skin. Beautiful!
Again - Good: Walk barefoot.
Better: Barefoot + bare arms and legs.
Best: Shed your clothes altogether if your garden is sufficiently private.
Heightens your senses, brightens the dullest day and banishes gloomy thoughts.
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Exciting: Discovered a new wildflower in the garden, which I think we never had before. It appears to be a Pyramidal orchid, Anacamptis pyramidalis.
Another individual, who arrived on the wind and decided to stay.
Apparently native and widespread in England and Wales. A favourite with butterflies and moths.
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Weed Science Field Day offers research tour, info sessions, networking – AgriNews

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University’s Department of Botany and Plant Pathology will host Weed Science Field Day on…
#Europe #UnitedStates #america #corn #PurdueUniversity #science #soybeans #technology #unitedstatesofamerica #US #USA #weeds
https://www.europesays.com/2182877/

Weed Science Field Day offers research tour, info sessions, networking – AgriNews

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University’s Department of Botany and Plant Pathology will host Weed Science Field Day on…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #america #corn #PurdueUniversity #science #soybeans #technology #unitedstatesofamerica #weeds
https://www.europesays.com/2182877/

In boring news, used a post-hole digger to make a new 24-inch weed morgue. It's a space-efficient way to compost on sites where there's no room for a normal pile. I keep the tool available for everyone to use so hopefully fewer gardeners will feel the need to put weeds into the trash (which they do). #GrowYourOwn #allotment #garden #gardening #weeds #weeding #compost #composting

In small victories at the community garden, one of the guys who always uses black plastic has now adopted cardboard and mulch. Looks like several others are doing same. I'm going to credit all my annoying, passive-aggressive comments on garden's Facebook page. #CommunityGarden #GrowYourOwn #plastic #cardboard #mulch #garden #allotment #weeds

Pffft, I took the picture of the day, but forgot to post it in a timely manner.

picture a day: may 11 https://cjs-wunderkammer.ghost.io/picture-a-day-may-11-2/

Biodiversity under the wheels near Repton

"ANGELA Wallace is one of many people upset about the number of koalas being killed on local roads....Little has been done to mitigate these deaths, with another koala recently killed near Repton. “No wonder our iconic koala (dunggirr) is endangered with our roads as ‘killing zones’, deforestation [causing a] loss of habitat, and them trying to survive extreme weather events such as fires and floods.”

"She pointed out that where the koala died, the wildlife fence nearby was thickly overgrown with lantana and a nearby underpass was almost impenetrable due to a mass of lantana."

If an injured, sick or orphaned native animal is found, WIRES can be contacted on 1300 094 737.
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https://coffscoast.newsofthearea.com.au/koala-deaths-spark-fresh-call-for-action
#biodiversity #koalas #roads #highway #signage #KillingZones #cars #speeding #RoadDeath #RoadTrauma #deforestation #weeds #Wildlife #Repton #Bonville #fencing #BongilBongil #governance #NSW #NSWKillingKoalas #thylacines

WeedCUT from U California
"METHODS FOR MANAGING WEEDS IN WILDLANDS"

(Me to brain, "no, you don't need goats".)
#weeds #invasiveplants

https://weedcut-new.ipm.ucanr.edu/management-practices/#non-chemical

Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica) in a field of lesser celandine (Ficaria verna). I'm in Pennsylvania where they were originally introduced in 1800s, both as ornamentals. The Japanese knotweed was also planted for erosion control. Now horribly invasive but at least the bees like them. #JapaneseKnotweed #LesserCelandine #InvasiveSpecies #weeds #plants #ecology #pennsylvania #pollinators #polygonaceae #ranunculaceae

Got to get some lime for the garden. The red sorrel just throttles anything I plant and digging it up just multiplies the string-like roots. #gardening #weeds

So what are people's thoughts on using wood chips for weed suppression? I've heard that fungal decomposition sucks nitrogen from the surrounding soil, plus the nooks and crannies can provide ideal habitat for plant-nibbling pillbugs. (This is not my plot.) #CommunityGarden #garden #gardening #weeds #mulch #fungi #woodchips #nitrogen #pillbugs #woodlice #allotment

I love this entirely wild patch at the front of the garden. Everything, apart from the shrubs, is self-sown (or was already here when we bought the house). I do not do anything apart from cutting it down once a year in late autumn. At the moment, the #bluebells are flowering.
Unlike the rest of the garden it is visible from the road. I am certain that some uninspired people think it is an uncared-for weed patch.
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Weeds - "We need to go and make sure you can't buy them anymore."

The ecological damage already caused by weeds that had 'escaped' household gardens was tiny compared to the potential threat posed by plants sold at gardening retailers.

"We've introduced so many plants into Australia now that, when you go for a walk in your local bush, one in eight of the plant species you see there have been introduced. At least three-quarters of weeds established in the Australian environment have come from escaped garden plants, according to a 2004 report by biosecurity strategist John Virtue."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-06/garden-stores-selling-plants-that-could-be-next-invasive-weeds/105128092
#plants #flora #weeds #gardens #culture #BushDumping #dumping #horticulture #industry #markets #regulation #Bellingen #InvasiveSpecies #NSW

Human-made ecosystems: Ecological novelty is now the "new normal" for our planet

"30-40% of the world's terrestrial ecosystems have already transformed into novel states."

"O'ahu as an "amazing crystal ball" that offers a glimpse of the future of our planet if humans continue to damage environments and drive species to extinction."

"Hawaii's O'ahu's lowland forests are now almost entirely devoid of the plants and animals that grew here for millions of years before the arrival of humans. Settlers brought extinctions by cutting down trees to make farms and introducing voracious predators and disease-carrying animals. Today, these tropical forests are a tapestry of non-native species introduced from every corner of the planet: Brazilian peppertree, Indonesian cinnamon and roseleaf bramble from the Himalayas and Australia. Most of the animals, including all the birds that Tarwater mentioned earlier, are also alien."

"We like to think of O'ahu as the cautionary tale for all the other Pacific Islands and the Hawaiian Islands. It's what you don't want to have happen – Corey Tarwater"
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https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250403-the-new-hawaiian-freakosystem-emerging-on-oahu-accidentally-created-by-humans

Towards a novel biosphere in 2300: rapid and extensive global and biome-wide climatic novelty in the Anthropocene
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1098/rstb.2023.0022
#biodiversity #biosphere #ecosystems #extinction #birds #loss #InvasiveSpecies #degradation #SettlerSociety #cattle #dogs #grasses #NovelEcosystems #weeds #restoration #Pacific

Dug up some weeds today at the plot and left them to desiccate on a bucket for a few days (some have extensive roots). I like to display them, in part, as a lesson to other weeds that might be thinking about germinating (just don't). In a few days I'll slide them into the nearby pit of despair for eventual burial. #GrowYourOwn #garden #gardening #allotment #weeds #composting

walked along train lines and oh buoy it's weed central (⁠⊙⁠_⁠◎⁠) #weeds #weedsofmastodon

Weed pit in my plot at the community garden. After it's full I'll top it off with soil and start another one. Keeps the garden tidy and over time becomes organic fertilizer. I know this is likely boring to most but I've noticed that many of my fellow gardeners throw their garden refuse onto the paths between plots. #gardening #allotment #weeds #compost #composting #garden