cavan wood
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I assume that most people that feed birds don't use herbicides on their lawns. (actually, I don't use them primarily for my own health and that of my children). As such, as I was cutting the grass today, I was impressed by how little grass I actually have and how many different species of weeds I keep cut to grass height. So how many species of weeds are in your lawn. You can only count those that you cut over with the lawnmower.
I have about 24 or so (and I probabably don't have the right names for a lot of them):
dandelion (of course)
creeping charlie (yuk)
black medick? (it's yellow, why do they call it black?)
heal all
field daisy
violets
lamb's ear (grey fuzzy thing, gets pink flowers if I move them to the garden)
dutch white clover
broad-leaved plantain
narrow-leaved plantain
some type of dwarf buttercup
wild strawberry
wild carrot (queen anne's lace)
hawkweed (both yellow and orange)
thistles
bugle weed
a little viney thing with white bell-like flowers (pretty actually)
bedstraw
panseys
indian hemp (I think that's what it's called, looks like a slender milkweed)
canada anemone (I also grow them on purpose)
blue-eyed grass
bladder campion
chickweed
sow-thistle
At least one or two more that I don't know at all.
Despite the rather uneven look at times, this diversity keeps the cotton-tails happy, so, for the most part, they leave the flower beds and veggies alone. And I actually watched an indigo bunting eating dandelions this spring.
Scott
I have about 24 or so (and I probabably don't have the right names for a lot of them):
dandelion (of course)
creeping charlie (yuk)
black medick? (it's yellow, why do they call it black?)
heal all
field daisy
violets
lamb's ear (grey fuzzy thing, gets pink flowers if I move them to the garden)
dutch white clover
broad-leaved plantain
narrow-leaved plantain
some type of dwarf buttercup
wild strawberry
wild carrot (queen anne's lace)
hawkweed (both yellow and orange)
thistles
bugle weed
a little viney thing with white bell-like flowers (pretty actually)
bedstraw
panseys
indian hemp (I think that's what it's called, looks like a slender milkweed)
canada anemone (I also grow them on purpose)
blue-eyed grass
bladder campion
chickweed
sow-thistle
At least one or two more that I don't know at all.
Despite the rather uneven look at times, this diversity keeps the cotton-tails happy, so, for the most part, they leave the flower beds and veggies alone. And I actually watched an indigo bunting eating dandelions this spring.
Scott