When young, this plant makes a rather tasty pot herb. Pull in early Summer, before it has t...Read Moreime to bloom (and the stems are still soft and green). Cook up like mustard greens; it has similar chemical properties. Good source of vitamins, with a light green taste...And it's free.
This plant, like many legumes, is also a nitrogen fixer. When this annual grows all over, it's also putting the nitrogen back where the garden can take advantage of it.
This weed is difficult to eliminate. The burrs stick in my dog's coat, feet, face-hair. I am concerned that it could get inside the lon...Read Moreg ears. I am searching for a solution other than pulling because it is almost impossible to pull before it matures enough to produce the burrs.
One of my garden banes. It sprawls, blocking light from other plants. The burrs on the seeds make sure they get everywhere. It's a ver...Read Morey successful plant. Whether that's desirable or not depends on how much you like the plant. At least it isn't as ugly as Sow Thistle is...
This is a weed that will grow barbed seedpods that look round and are a twisted spiral. These will get in the fur of your dog or cat and ...Read Morecan end up entering the skin if not removed. If you have these in your yard, you need to get rid of them. Remove them and collect each little seed pod and destroy them. Even very small plants that look like cute little clovers will grow the seed pods.
This plant has hidden merits.
When young, this plant makes a rather tasty pot herb. Pull in early Summer, before it has t...Read More
This weed is difficult to eliminate. The burrs stick in my dog's coat, feet, face-hair. I am concerned that it could get inside the lon...Read More
One of my garden banes. It sprawls, blocking light from other plants. The burrs on the seeds make sure they get everywhere. It's a ver...Read More
Spread throughout the southwestern U.S. and tropical Americas.
This is a weed that will grow barbed seedpods that look round and are a twisted spiral. These will get in the fur of your dog or cat and ...Read More