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zxcvbob wrote:

For me, it's the johnny jump-ups trying to take over my vegetable
garden. I pull up a few that are unavoidably in the way, but mostly I
work around them -- at least until they've set seeds for next year.

When I first moved up here I thought violets were cute. I even dug a
few up from the lawn and put them in the flower beds! Little did I
realize how evil they are. Now I can't get rid of them.

Bob

Aquilegia Canadensis. Wild Alaskan Columbine. Boy, what a
weed! It self-sows to beat the band. It the proper setting,
it's teriffic. I made the mistake of planting one in the
flowerbed here in front of the office window a few years
back -- now it's all over the frigging place. I dig up clumps
every spring and foist them off on the neighbors.

Being frugal people, we dig up lots of native plants and
bring them home. That's not always a good idea.

But I did just discover that I can graft pear scionwood
to the native Mountain Ash that's in my yard. Having native
rootstock is a pretty hot deal at my latitude.

Jan in Alaska
59N, 151W

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Bedouin proverb: If you have no troubles, buy a goat.