Wife put a display together

[H20fwler]

Was out at the farm walking the pasture yesterday afternoon while the wife gathered the fixings for her fall "arrangement". She used native grasses goldenrod thistles and a few other things she cut that caught her eye, she put them all in some old metal spittoon looking pot and set it in the corner of the dining room.

 

[yoderjac]

Artsie isn't she!

 

[swat1018]

Don't let that Teasel spread! I was told that it took hold from seed spread from flower arrangements left at the cemetery.

 

[Bill]

I’ve been admiring golden rod all week.

 

[Catscratch]

Wish I could post pics, my wife did the exact same thing this weekend. Even used a lot of the same flowers.

 

[H20fwler]

Don't let that Teasel spread! I was told that it took hold from seed spread from flower arrangements left at the cemetery.

My wife, the bees and the goldfinches love that stuff.

 

[swat1018]

My wife, the bees and the goldfinches love that stuff.

It can get out of hand. I bought a farm that had 60 ac of CRP. The crap was bad, took some time to get a handle on it.

 

[DiSc0Rd]

I read that as dispensary and was very upset it wasn't a giant bud

 

[Bill]

It can get out of hand. I bought a farm that had 60 ac of CRP. The crap was bad, took some time to get a handle on it.

how did you handle it in the CRP? Spot spraying?

I’ve got a 40 where it’s going to be out of hand if I don’t get after it. Switch, clover, daisies and goldenrod dominate right now but the thistle is playing catch up.

 

[swat1018]

That stuff is teasel. not thistle. Its not hard to kill but it's persistent. It's a biennial, its rosettes are green before about anything, and stay green later than most plants. So, you can use gly or 2,4-d real early or late and kill it while most everything else is dormant. I've heard fire does a number on the seeds, according to a neighbor, but I can't burn where my problem is.

 

[SWIFFY]

My daughter also did the same thing for her grandma! Looks beautiful!