Noxious, part deux

Alright, so maybe I poked a little too much fun at the noxious weed police. Possibly I was a bit flippant about the threat of infestation. Perhaps I eradicated only half-heartedly.

For the fact is, the evil hawkweed has gotten a foothold in my gardens and is steadily spreading its voracious tentacles. It still seems weird to me that I admired a little patch of it in the same spot for years when suddenly the invasion was triggered this spring, right after the weed patrol outed me in the media.

It's all very sci-fi and creepy. Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Or in this case, Invasion of the Woolly Thyme Snatchers.

So this weekend I'll be out once again with the industrial jug of Round-Up, fighting back against noxiousness for the betterment of gardens everywhere and the survival of cultivated plant life as we know it. Just consider me your horticultural super-hero.

Long green leaves: bad.