Weeds or not to Weed
It's Spring in Austin, or so it seems with temps up in the high seventies and lows in the fifties. For me, the warm weather is coming much too soon, but the plants don't agree. New sprouts are popping up everyday, but which volunteer plants will turn into fun garden additions and which will turn into evil monsters? I've learned to recognize several weeds (the hard way) that grow very well in Austin. Here are some pictures of sprouts that are worth pulling out of your garden beds before they takeover, and a few weeds that I actually enjoy finding in my garden. Here's a good mix of weeds some evil, some good. A. Giant Ragweed- Definitely Evil- I once allowed it to grow because I didn't know what it was- Mistake! It grew about 12 ft tall! I waited and waited for the flowers, but of course they don't make flowers just green balls of pollen. B. Native Sunflower- Good and ...