I enjoy your posts very much I have a lot of dogbane, and although native, it just spreads too freely. I noticed you didn’t seem to mind having it, or at least not fighting it. Last year I tried to decapitate them before they seeded. Now trying to string trim while young and soft.
Thanks, Kira. I'll take an aggressive native over the threat of invasives any time. I allow dogbane to do its thing in our meadows. Some years it seems to be more prolific than others, but it is a good pollinator and still seems to allow room for other native plants.
Interesting. We don't generally consider daisies invasive in this part of the world, although they can be prolific. It's frustrating when particularly attractive plants behave invasively. Lately around here it's been star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum), which has a beautiful flower but--you guessed it--can crowd out other plants and form monocultures. It's a native of Europe and parts of Africa.
No fishing at Puddock Hill! One day I'll write a post on why I've stopped allowing fishing. It will undoubtedly tick off a lot of fishers who consider themselves environmentalists.
I used to believe in catch and release until I realized it involves torturing the fish to within an inch of its life and then throwing it back, where, now depleted and possibly disfigured, it has a reduced chance of survival.
Unfortunately lots of people over work the fish to exhaustion, or don't west their hands before touching the fish, etc. Yes that causes a belly us fish....But in a bluegill and bass environment as opposed to a cold water environment that supports trout for instance, you need to cull (sp?) population. Which is why , in reality, forget C&C even, and catch some big ones and have a fish fry. You can even invite local kids and make a nice community party of it. Same with the deep and rabbit populations. It was common years ago for communities to have a local hunt and then a big communal supper after...Prior to Teddy Roosevelt, there were something like 500,000 white tailed deer in the US (You need to fact check me on this, I'm just giving you the spirit of this thing). Today, because of organized hunting (and fishing), there are maybe 500,00 deer in NY's Captial District alone (too many)....but you get the picture...
I have friends who cull the fish. They're called herons. The only significant predator left for deer, on the other hand, is the automobile. There are 30 million white-tailed deer in America--more than when the colonists arrived--and this imbalance is entirely due to the actions of humans.
It's settled. I think we need a spending package to provide economic aid to killing the deer. They are clearly invading the country and this was entirely unprovoked. LOL. Just having fun with you Fish...However, in all seriousness, the fish don't feel the hook in their mouth...
I enjoy your posts very much I have a lot of dogbane, and although native, it just spreads too freely. I noticed you didn’t seem to mind having it, or at least not fighting it. Last year I tried to decapitate them before they seeded. Now trying to string trim while young and soft.
Thanks, Kira. I'll take an aggressive native over the threat of invasives any time. I allow dogbane to do its thing in our meadows. Some years it seems to be more prolific than others, but it is a good pollinator and still seems to allow room for other native plants.
Yup. Invasives. I spent the morning hacking back crown daisies. Those things take over!
Interesting. We don't generally consider daisies invasive in this part of the world, although they can be prolific. It's frustrating when particularly attractive plants behave invasively. Lately around here it's been star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum), which has a beautiful flower but--you guessed it--can crowd out other plants and form monocultures. It's a native of Europe and parts of Africa.
I wanna fish your pond, Fish! Killer bass I'm sure.
No fishing at Puddock Hill! One day I'll write a post on why I've stopped allowing fishing. It will undoubtedly tick off a lot of fishers who consider themselves environmentalists.
Catch and release, Fish. Like the border. LOL
I used to believe in catch and release until I realized it involves torturing the fish to within an inch of its life and then throwing it back, where, now depleted and possibly disfigured, it has a reduced chance of survival.
Unfortunately lots of people over work the fish to exhaustion, or don't west their hands before touching the fish, etc. Yes that causes a belly us fish....But in a bluegill and bass environment as opposed to a cold water environment that supports trout for instance, you need to cull (sp?) population. Which is why , in reality, forget C&C even, and catch some big ones and have a fish fry. You can even invite local kids and make a nice community party of it. Same with the deep and rabbit populations. It was common years ago for communities to have a local hunt and then a big communal supper after...Prior to Teddy Roosevelt, there were something like 500,000 white tailed deer in the US (You need to fact check me on this, I'm just giving you the spirit of this thing). Today, because of organized hunting (and fishing), there are maybe 500,00 deer in NY's Captial District alone (too many)....but you get the picture...
I have friends who cull the fish. They're called herons. The only significant predator left for deer, on the other hand, is the automobile. There are 30 million white-tailed deer in America--more than when the colonists arrived--and this imbalance is entirely due to the actions of humans.
It's settled. I think we need a spending package to provide economic aid to killing the deer. They are clearly invading the country and this was entirely unprovoked. LOL. Just having fun with you Fish...However, in all seriousness, the fish don't feel the hook in their mouth...