It didn't rain today and has been pretty mild, so spent the day digging ground elder out of my central flower bed. Maybe it's just me, but I always find that if I have spent the day battling with an insidious enemy of the spreading root variety (read ground elder (home) or bindweed (allotment)), when I finally close my eyes at night, I vividly see the root to which I have been dealing death all day. It's more than just thinking about it, I do actually see it in my head when I try to get to sleep. Does anyone else experience this, or am I just a weirdo?
Planted more anemone corms as I picked them up cheap at the garden centre yesterday - a bit late maybe, but for a pound a packet, it's worth a go. Judging by the popularity of my anemone coronaria 'Sylphide' pin, lots of people share my love of these cheerful blooms.
O no, ground elder, it's a nuisance. A good idea to spend a dark, grey day digging up roots of this weed. It gives so much satisfaction, but for how long......Don't dream of it.
ReplyDeleteIt's a sign of how much I like the house that I even contemplated buying it - I remember looking around and saying "Can't believe I'm about to buy a garden full of ground elder". That was six years ago and the war has been constant!
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