tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post726178180361784860..comments2024-03-21T19:13:52.584-04:00Comments on Northview Diary: Springs Workthreecolliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05811004278088768813noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post-2582099213802072042013-04-10T12:55:08.929-04:002013-04-10T12:55:08.929-04:00Nita, hear, hear! I got the darned things stuck in...Nita, hear, hear! I got the darned things stuck in my hair, stabbed into my hands and arms and all manner of unpleasantness and there are a LOT more to go!<br /><br />Caroline, I sure wish I knew. Grass in the pastures is welcome and indeed much needed...so why it is invisible there and six inches tall in my herb bed? I wonder....<br /><br />DD, the boss scoops them out whole with the skid steer if he can get to them. alas there are so many he can't get close to. I do not love them much.<br /><br />Cathy, YES! and thank you for reminding me where I first read of the nasty darned things! I believed him too, although at least I never planted any of them. I have dug up, cut up and cursed enough of them though. The birds take care of the planting.<br /><br />LInda, here they are an invasive problem. they will take over a whole field if you don't keep after them.threecolliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05811004278088768813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post-26086814663498516502013-04-09T16:30:06.030-04:002013-04-09T16:30:06.030-04:00We have those small roses...they are horrid. But ...We have those small roses...they are horrid. But gradually the onion farmers took care of them...and the asparagus and anything else cool.<br /><br /><br />Linda<br />http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com <br />Terry and Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016496778254072639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post-35536667427216056832013-04-09T12:45:07.538-04:002013-04-09T12:45:07.538-04:00I'm thinking that rose's ancestors got the...I'm thinking that rose's ancestors got their kick-start from a fella who lived not far from where I grew up in Ohio. This from my hometown's local paper. Sorry :(<br /><br />"Less positive among Bromfield's innovations was his . . .multiflora roses. Bromfield determined that these plants could replace barbed wire fence as a way to separate farm fields and properties. They required no maintenance, grew thickly with sharp thorns, and clearly defined the separation of pastures from croplands, as well as producing pinkish white blossoms that are really pretty.<br /><br />Problem . . . Bromfield's multiflora roses in terms of spreadability and obnoxiousness. Each spring, I curse Bromfield as I sickle, prune and spray away at multifloras which attempt to engulf our shrubs and trees along the edges of the woods in our yard. Their thorns are nasty, and their growth habits persistent. They were Bromfield's curse on this part of Ohio."<br /><br />Hmmm . . . is this what you're battling?Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00548755592157386484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post-59459597935480233792013-04-09T12:29:35.620-04:002013-04-09T12:29:35.620-04:00The Multi-flora roses work well as fences over in ...The Multi-flora roses work well as fences over in Europe so, way back in the day, some government genius thought they should work here and encouraged farms to plant them. I had a real problem with them here around my pond, I finally put a self-tightening chain around the base of each bush and pulled them out with the tractor. I made a brush pile out of them that the birds just love. Now everybody is happy.The Dancing Donkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16274299120708749101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post-77835842904490095582013-04-09T12:26:13.516-04:002013-04-09T12:26:13.516-04:00Why is it the stuff you really want to grow strugg...Why is it the stuff you really want to grow struggles and fails to cooperate and the wild thorny things take over the known world in a nanosecond? Just asking...Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09646529544107229536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15171402.post-13033548287946269642013-04-09T09:41:48.768-04:002013-04-09T09:41:48.768-04:00Same here - we deal with blackberries. No amount ...Same here - we deal with blackberries. No amount of pie and jam can make me like clipping those buggers out of the fence several times a year. If only milk flowed and gardens grew as easy as those dang plants!Throwback at Trapper Creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12418370592659531735noreply@blogger.com