tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32398302.post1656107511224404186..comments2023-01-27T05:22:58.176-05:00Comments on Hilltop Gothic: Finished Shrub BorderDurfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12420996423865766750noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32398302.post-57471132387039482342013-10-21T09:37:36.227-04:002013-10-21T09:37:36.227-04:00It doesn't die easily. I went to the local Ag...It doesn't die easily. I went to the local Agricultural Station for advice. They said the goal was to deplete the plant's energy so it dies. You can keep cutting or mowing it as soon as it gets a few inches or cover it with tarps or old carpeting. I dug most of it up. Some rhizomes were over a foot long. I do try to spray it as soon as I see it coming up. It's been about five years, I think, and every year there are just a few little sprouts here and there. That stuff is so invasive and nasty.Durfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12420996423865766750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32398302.post-18027483082201707142013-10-20T21:44:18.766-04:002013-10-20T21:44:18.766-04:00Japanese knotweed. Can we talk? I had a stand ab...Japanese knotweed. Can we talk? I had a stand about six feet around at the back corner of my yard that I wanted to get rid of. I read everything I could find on the internet and got all different kinds of advice. I waited until the end of the season, just as it was coming into bloom (apparently when the roots are the weakest) and doused the stumps with Round Up. It seemed to have worked but now there's a new bunch over on my neighbors around three feet away. I find that Round Up doesn't work very well. Are you using the Round Up on the tiniest of shoots? Maybe I should be digging them out more. It's just a nightmare.<br /><br />Anyway, what a great job you've done. It must be very rewarding, especially the part about using things from mom's garden. An Urban Cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08666212353075804092noreply@blogger.com