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The Limits and Damage of Rat Poison
Chicago's watchdog agency just released a report detailing the failures of the city's rat-control efforts-- beginning with the over-reliance on…
Nature Done Wright
Incorporating the Celery Farm and Screech Owl Companion blogs
August 17, 2007
For more on dodder…
For more on dodder, which I mentioned in my last post, check out the blog of Tom Burr, a friend of this blog.
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Interesting stuff…the diversity of nature just amazes me.
Vern -
I have an excellent idea! How can we get that Dodder (Love Vine) onto the Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris,) Japanese Knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum,) Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora) and Asiatic Bittersweet (Celastris orbiculatus.) It probably blooms too late for attacking the Garlic Mustard (Alliaria officinalis.)
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Vern
Interesting stuff…the diversity of nature just amazes me.
Vern
Deedee Burnside
I have an excellent idea! How can we get that Dodder (Love Vine) onto the Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris,) Japanese Knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum,) Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora) and Asiatic Bittersweet (Celastris orbiculatus.) It probably blooms too late for attacking the Garlic Mustard (Alliaria officinalis.)