spring weeds

Onion Grass Riot

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Onion grass is rearing its slender, onion-scented head right now, heralding the longer days and warmer temperatures of spring. It is one of the seasonal scourges of lawn-proud suburbanites, not to mention dedicated gardeners. If you saw a clump of onion grass that had been dug up and cleaned, you might mistake it for a … Read more

Cover-Ups

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It is spring and everything looks healthy—especially chickweed, onion grass or wild onion and dandelions.  As all gardeners know, Nature abhors bare ground and works hard to cover it as soon as possible.  Unfortunately the plants that cover the quickest are the aforementioned weeds.  Dandelions are nice if you want to make salad from the … Read more