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Paulette Rees-Denis
Farmgirl in Training
15 Posts
Paulette
Clatskanie
OR
USA
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 Posted - Aug 25 2009 : 9:30:01 PM
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OK, I am now the thistle queen, they have overtaken my veggie and flower gardens...any organic advice besides hands and knees and body armor?
Farmgirl Sister #521
farmgirrrl divas,
clatskanie, OR
dancing trees pygoras, and
www.gypsycaravan.us |
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
6784 Posts
Hannah
Washington
USA
6784 Posts |
Posted - Aug 25 2009 : 9:38:22 PM
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We just dig ours up.
Maggie |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Aug 26 2009 : 03:37:53 AM
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Sorry, don some gloves and a sharp shovel to get the whole root or most of it.
We fight the battle of pokeweed and that smelly jimpsonweed. Even the tiny plantlets reek.
I pluck the seed pods before they can spread and burn them just before they open, and are dry enough to not smell when cut. |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Aug 26 2009 : 03:39:33 AM
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It might help to know that if you have goldfinches in your part of the country, they love thistle seed
I'd love to put some in a bird feeder, but DH has put his foot down on this issue for your same reason |
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Paulette Rees-Denis
Farmgirl in Training
15 Posts
Paulette
Clatskanie
OR
USA
15 Posts |
Posted - Aug 26 2009 : 07:17:57 AM
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Thanks gals, I was thinking a blow torch might do it :)
Farmgirl Sister #521
farmgirrrl divas,
clatskanie, OR
dancing trees pygoras, and
www.gypsycaravan.us |
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gramadinah
True Blue Farmgirl
3557 Posts
Diana
Orofino
ID
USA
3557 Posts |
Posted - Aug 26 2009 : 07:43:46 AM
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Try a HULA hoe it cuts them off at ground level. I do about 15 min work a day with it and has really stopped the weeds.
Diana
Farmgirl Sister #273 |
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4840 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
4840 Posts |
Posted - Aug 27 2009 : 05:48:39 AM
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We had a terrible thistle problem in our yard when we moved here 7 years ago. Every day through the sprring/summer/fall, my husband would go outside and dig them completely up. We have an acre lot, so it took about 2 years, but he got rid of them for good! They are horrible & spread quickly. Good luck eradicating them from your garden.
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Paulette Rees-Denis
Farmgirl in Training
15 Posts
Paulette
Clatskanie
OR
USA
15 Posts |
Posted - Aug 27 2009 : 07:16:19 AM
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Hey ladies, thanks so much!
I love the old farmer antidote! seeing that there are only a few days left in august I better off my knees and get a move on!
Farmgirl Sister #521
farmgirrrl divas,
clatskanie, OR
dancing trees pygoras, and
www.gypsycaravan.us |
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CherryMeDarlin
True Blue Farmgirl
602 Posts
Cherry
Odenville
AL
USA
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Posted - Aug 27 2009 : 09:00:04 AM
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Thistle is my kryptonite! I can't get anywhere near it because I'm allergic to it like most people are to poison ivy or oak. Hurts like the dickens, welps me up and swells horribly for days. I once brushed up against it accidentally and it hurt so bad, I started crying like a baby, and the hubs tossed me in the freezing cold pool! That actually helped, so now if I happen to get too close, I put a freezer pack on it and that takes some of the sting away. But the way I get rid of it is to use the hubs. 
~~Cherry~~
http://cherrymedarlin.blogspot.com
www.cherrymedarlin.etsy.com
"A thing is as simple or as complicated as you make it." --TT Murphy |
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