All the Dirt on Gardening

We only have a few acres but it's enough to have dozens of plants show up each spring that make us ask ourselves whether they are friend or foe. The birds plant some things we want to keep but many others are unknown or unwelcome. Here's an incredible online resource with lists and 20 links to sites that will help identify uninvited guests http://www.namethatplant.net/aliens.shtml Some known plants are just plain pests to us because they are too much of a wild thing. Millions of elm trees and several square miles of wild daisies, henbit, thistle, Wandering Jew, wild garlic - oh, the list goes on. "How to Eradicate Invasive Plants" by Teri Chace should be on the shelf of libraries, master gardener offices and in gardeners homes - it will go a long way toward speeding up the decision making process every spring. Online booksellers offer it for $14. From the publisher, Timber Press , it is $25. The author's bio from the Timber Press website -"Ter...