![]() ![]() Let’s look closer to see which ones we should invest time in controlling. This first view is the gravel between and adjacent to an actively used path at a driveway gate: ![]() This discussion will focus on principles of disturbance and where to focus attention using a few examples. This week we have many possible candidates that should be controlled before going to seed. Perhaps we could change our focus to understanding their utility – thinking of them as “wild urban plants” as defined by Peter Del Tredici in his book, Wild Urban Plants of the Northeast, Cornell University, 2010. Weeds build soil organic matter to make it easier for perennials to follow in subsequent seasons. Often annual, they produce impressive amounts of seed that float off to find bare soil, sites free from competing plants. ![]() From an ecological perspective, they are colonizers of disturbed soil. What is a weed? Emerson said they are plants whose utility has yet to be found. ![]()
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