Pulling out some past their best Feverfew plants, when a long length of
sticky willy wrapped itself around my arm and hurt like hell. Had to call
wife to extricate me from it, and now my arm is in a heck of a mess. On
investigating, i have found this weed lurking all over my flower beds. Any
suggestions as to how to eradicate it?

In message , Stephen Howard
writes
On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 12:07:31 GMT, (Sally
Thompson) wrote:

On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 11:13:21 +0100, Stephen Howard
wrote:

On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 21:41:49 GMT, "Zipadee Doodar"
wrote:

Pulling out some past their best Feverfew plants, when a long length of
sticky willy wrapped itself around my arm and hurt like hell. Had to call
wife to extricate me from it, and now my arm is in a heck of a mess. On
investigating, i have found this weed lurking all over my flower beds. Any
suggestions as to how to eradicate it?


Sticky Willy? Not heard that one before. Cleavers?

Yes - also goose grass.

Does anyone know whether it's edible? - because our dog absolutely loves
it, especially, of course, when it's young, but she even chews for hours
on the older plants. Is it medicinal in any way?

--
Klar; Gatwick basin

The message
from Kay contains these words:

According to Usher 'Plants used by man', the 'dried fruits are sometimes
used in Ireland as a coffee substitute' - that shows some degree of
desperation!!


I have tried this. It took ages to gather sufficient sticky balls to
roast for coffee. The end result was a coffee substitute that tasted
vaguely of cheap coffee. I reckon it wouldf do in times of extreme
shortage.

--
Cheers,
Compo