permaculture

[Jeffrey Newman <jn@jnweb.com>]

   Thanks for the warning. I guess I'll watch it closely - pulling out
   what I don't want before it goes to seed.

   Not being a Spanish-speaker, I used Alta Vista to translate your
   closing phrase. This is what they came up with: "That teng taken
   care of"

   so?? what is a teng?

    - Jeffrey
   from my 108 Mile Ranch backyard where the grosbeaks flock around,
   eating my sunflower seeds - and, better still, some of the spruce
   budworms.

   Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 09:26:00 -0700 
   From: Rick Valley<bamboogrove@cmug.com>
   Subject: [permaculture] waiting for Herb (not Bob)
   To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
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    >> From: Jeffrey Newman <jn@jnweb.com>
    >
    > The difference is
    >> that the Herb Robert (the dread Herb Robert?) is easily removed
   when it goes
    >> beyond where it is needed. It has some minor medicinal properties
    >
    >

>     It's a true geranium, a cranesbill. Easily removed? That just
>     gives new
>     space for its million seedlings! I've seen the carpet effect in
>     second-growth forest too. It can render an essential oil, I hear.
>     Once I
>     tried to flame-weed a gravel path it was covering. The stuff is
>     vegetable
>     asbestos! And it loves mulch gardening. Que teng cuidado wid dat
>     stuff!
>
>     Rick