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"weeds" is such a misnomer in many instances, such as milkweed and dandelions and clover being very important. Whatever that weed is with the little spikey-bal

"weeds" is such a misnomer in many instances, such as milkweed and dandelions and clover being very important. Whatever that weed is with the little spikey-ball-nodes that get into your pets hair, or in your laces and socks - that weed sucks - but nature has a balance between insects and "weeds" that we shouldnt be decimating with glyphosate... Monsanto is more a threat than climate change. Because killing the shade, plants, ecosystem etc will make it compoundedly harder for the general ecosystem (which means food pollination) will be more heavily affected by greater average temps.

Gordonjcp 3y ago
> Whatever that weed is with the little spikey-ball-nodes that get into your pets hair, or in your laces and socks In Scotland it's called "Sticky Willie" which is nowhere near as rude as it sounds. Its primary function in the ecosystem is providing long thin sticky plants for children or childlike adults to stick to each other's clothing without the victim noticing, and seeing how long it takes them to figure it out.
- hutzlibu 3y ago
  I found your comment amusing, which is why I vouched for it. Otherwise all your other recent comments seem to be dead for whatever reason, meaning only people like me who have showdead=1 can see them. Just to let you know.
  - btilly 3y ago
    I went through and vouched for the other comments. There is no way that they should be automatically dead.
    - mschuster91 3y ago
      I emailed dang, the account was shadowbanned for flamebait, and he manually unkilled a lot of their comments.
      - Gordonjcp 3y ago
        [dead]
- VBprogrammer 3y ago
  I think those and the little burrs are different species. Galium aparine Vs Arctium minus.
  - Gordonjcp 3y ago
    Oh you mean like the cockleburrs you get on things? Maybe more about the size of a small grape, outside diameter? It's weird, I've only ever noticed those on the west coast.
    - HankB99 3y ago
      Cockleburrs? They seem to grow well in the US Midwest (at least about 40 miles west of Chicago.) We also get stick-tights which are much smaller. As for my "lawn", I mow whatever grows at the highest height I can set my mower. No fertilizer, no toxins. Whatever grows is appreciated. Except thistles, cockleburrs and stick-tights. I have a variety of grasses, American violets, clover, ajuga and lots of other stuff. I also pull portulaca and add it to my salads.
euroderf 3y ago
> little spikey-ball-nodes Those are burrs. (also: burweed, burrweed ?)

Gordonjcp 3y ago

> Whatever that weed is with the little spikey-ball-nodes that get into your pets hair, or in your laces and socks In Scotland it's called "Sticky Willie" which is nowhere near as rude as it sounds. Its primary function in the ecosystem is providing long thin sticky plants for children or childlike adults to stick to each other's clothing without the victim noticing, and seeing how long it takes them to figure it out.

hutzlibu 3y ago
I found your comment amusing, which is why I vouched for it. Otherwise all your other recent comments seem to be dead for whatever reason, meaning only people like me who have showdead=1 can see them. Just to let you know.
- btilly 3y ago
  I went through and vouched for the other comments. There is no way that they should be automatically dead.
  - mschuster91 3y ago
    I emailed dang, the account was shadowbanned for flamebait, and he manually unkilled a lot of their comments.
    - Gordonjcp 3y ago
      [dead]
VBprogrammer 3y ago
I think those and the little burrs are different species. Galium aparine Vs Arctium minus.
- Gordonjcp 3y ago
  Oh you mean like the cockleburrs you get on things? Maybe more about the size of a small grape, outside diameter? It's weird, I've only ever noticed those on the west coast.
  - HankB99 3y ago
    Cockleburrs? They seem to grow well in the US Midwest (at least about 40 miles west of Chicago.) We also get stick-tights which are much smaller. As for my "lawn", I mow whatever grows at the highest height I can set my mower. No fertilizer, no toxins. Whatever grows is appreciated. Except thistles, cockleburrs and stick-tights. I have a variety of grasses, American violets, clover, ajuga and lots of other stuff. I also pull portulaca and add it to my salads.

euroderf 3y ago

> little spikey-ball-nodes Those are burrs. (also: burweed, burrweed ?)