Comments on: Welcome back, my friends

By: Jeannie

Jeannie — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:34:49 +0000

Altho in some cultures–Caribbean,Mexico, South America, Africa, India, and China.., it is a delicacy and not to be discarded, in many states including Idaho (mine), it is a noxious weed. It grows an inch a day and an adult plant has over 500 seeds, the seed hits the ground and produces active seeds itself its first day of growing roots. Many pigweed babies die well under 2 inches high and still can have over 100 seeds. Pigweed begone.

By: Donia

Donia — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:18:33 +0000

Pigweed is edible, so just harvest the tender tops and steam them. Then you won’t feel so bad about the weeds being in your garden. They sell them in Chinatown in San Francisco.

By: inadvertent farmer

inadvertent farmer — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:46:20 +0000

Ohhh get while you still can! Kim

By: DennisP

DennisP — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:27:06 +0000

The current and last month’s issues of AcresUSA (link: http://www.acresusa.com/magazines/magazine.htm has a couple of articles by Anne and Eric Nordell on controlling weeds by other than tillage. They talk about managing the soil’s fertility and using appropriate rotations to add fertility (but not too much). Very interesting and somewhat unusual ideas that are backed up by fertility measurements of their soil (in Pennsylvania). You might find their ideas worth pursuing.

By: cathy

cathy — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:57:00 +0000

pigweed is an indictor of high fertility in the soil….so pigweed infestion is not a bad thing if controlled…..just plant “heavy feeders” in that area.
if it was sow thistle or grasses then you have a problem.

By: Stacy

Stacy — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:22:21 +0000

I can totally relate to the Pigweed infestation….ours is mixed with Bromegrass that we tilled under. Easy to pull though…that Pigweed.

By: Paul R

Paul R — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:20:45 +0000

Mike, everyone wonders why you made the move to the new Tiny Farm. Many of us believe it’s because of the pigweed infestation you had at the old Tiny Farm. And now it has a foot hold at the new place…this is not good mike!

By: Katie

Katie — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:04:26 +0000

This post made me smile. Johnson grass is my “main” weed in my garden. The other day I was biking around town and saw some in a field. I was actually kinda startled at first to realize that it exists outside my little garden “realm.”