[Magdalen] In the jungle

[Jay Weigel]

Willow trees do that too.

On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 3:29 PM, Charles Wohlers <charles.wohlers at verizon.net
> wrote:

> No. Cut and stuck in the ground.
>
> Chad Wohlers
> Woodbury, VT USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
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>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Lynn Ronkainen
> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2015 3:25 PM
>
> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] In the jungle
>
> Chad, had the wood seasoned before she 'planted' the locust trunk??
>
> L
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> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not
> a
> single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
> attributed to Erma Bombeck
> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk
> by Richard Rohr
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> From: "Charles Wohlers" <charles.wohlers at verizon.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2015 2:21 PM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] In the jungle
>
> My daughter cut a large black locust (trunk ~10" thick) down to use as
>> fence posts for her garden, as it doesn't rot. The cut posts started
>> sprouting new growth.
>>
>> Just back from playing "whack-a-mole" with the Japanese knotweed.
>> Machetes work real well on it.
>>
>> Chad Wohlers
>> Woodbury, VT USA
>> chadwohl at satucket.com
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Hart
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2015 2:48 PM
>> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] In the jungle
>>
>> The most annoying invasive plant in my yard is Black Locust. Horrible
>> wretched things.
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 4:41 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Christopher Hart
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