"Billy" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Suzanne D." wrote:

". . . since the ground is covered, the bindweed is no longer needed to
protect it."

Huh?

Bindweed and other weeds grow when the earth is exposed. It's nature's way
of keeping the earth covered and protected. Before I started using cover
crops to cover the bare earth, the bindweed took that job.
--S.