Tag: Wall Lettuce
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The Weeds of August in a Dry, Dry Season
It’s been a dry, dry season but the weeds keep coming.
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The Nipplewort Dilemma
Is it time to make my peace with Nipplewort and its ilk?
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Watch for Pathfinder and White-Flowered Hawkweed
If you are ridding your backyard forest of weedy Nipplewort and/or Wall Lettuce, try not to inadvertently remove any indigenous Pathfinder or White-Flowered Hawkweed. All four plants have similar structural appearances, their ranges overlap, and they can all survive on “sunflecks.”
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Improving the Balance in the Soil Seed Bank
“Even the weeds look lovely in May.” From Arthur Lee Jacobson in his book Wild Plants of Greater Seattle. April comes and goes. The rainy season begins to wind down, but the soil remains moist. Days grow longer and highs begin to flirt with 60 degrees. Nighttime lows no longer drop into the 30’s. All…
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Nipplewort and Wall Lettuce
The ideal strategy for controlling both Nipplewort and Wall Lettuce is to remove them during that very brief period between the initial shooting-up of the flower stalks and emergence of the flower buds.
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What’s Up?
One of the joys of backyard forest restoration is watching the native flowers come up in the Spring.
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The Changing Seasons
We are having a brief blast of winter weather in the Puget Sound region – a good time to think about the work year ahead.