Q: I have an ongoing issue with common chickweed in my backyard – and this year it's spread from my flower beds to the vegetable patch nearby. What can I do to get rid of it for good? A: Chickweed ...
In spring, chickweed appears seemingly overnight. It is food for chickens, rabbits, deer and us and is sometimes used as a herbal medicine Vicky McMillan Special to The Island Packet/ The Beaufort ...
Bright flashes of green in the garden in spring can be a welcome sight. Or not. Some of the first plants to green up after the winter are weeds, such as creeping Charlie, common chickweed, deadnettle ...
Winter annual weeds protect the soil from erosion and retain nutrients during the winter; however, they can also act as a host for crop pests and pathogens and impede planting. Increased knowledge of ...
As the days begin to get longer and warmer in early spring, you may notice an abundance of several weeds in your gardens, lawns and landscaped areas. Four of the most common ones that we see are ...
Chickweed is a wild, edible green that grows in most backyards. Dropping temperatures and declining amounts of daylight have been doing a real number on edible wild greens available from the landscape ...
This week all the mystery plants were annual winter weeds. The mild, cool weather we had in the fall and early winter gave a quick startup to this annual problem. Weeds are rampant, and the recent ...