[Magdalen] In the jungle

[Jay Weigel]

Bamboo was the scourge of my parents' backyard in Knoxville. My dad fought
a losing battle with the stuff. And we won't talk about honeysuckle (which
I partially forgive because of its sweet scent) or the worst of all, the
plant that ate the south, KUDZU! When our Adam was in Iraq, we threatened
to send him some in a care package that he could plant near an oasis. We
figured if it spread, maybe the Sunnis and Shiites would get so busy
fighting it that they would forget to fight each other. He said Iraq was
too dry, though.

On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 4:36 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Had J knotweed in Syracuse. It volunteered at the edge of our back lot
> line and grew into a massive living fence the summer before I went looking
> to find out more about it. After 8 years living there we never did totally
> eradicate it
>
> Lynn
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 7, 2015, at 11:26 AM, Charles Wohlers <charles.wohlers at verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
> Haven't seen pokeweed in Vermont. It does exist in Massachusetts, but
> isn't generally a problem. Now, Japanese knotweed and multiflora rose, OTOH
> ...
>
> Chad Wohlers
> about to get out his machete and attack the Japanese knotweed in
> Woodbury, VT USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Cantor03--- via Magdalen
> Sent: Monday, September 07, 2015 12:18 AM
> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> Cc: Cantor03 at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] In the jungle
>
>
>
> In a message dated 9/6/2015 8:30:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> gracecan at gmail.com writes:
>
>
> I  worked on clearing the tree sized pokeweed  >>>>>
>
>
> I have not encountered this plant here in Pennsylvania nor in
> my home Upper Midwest States.
>
> Thank God!
>
>
>
> David Strang.
>