Post by Steve on Oct 22, 2019 4:33:30 GMT -8
Roundup has been in the news a lot, with big insurance awards for people who developed cancer caused by exposure. Do you care?
I confess that it is unlikely that we are exposed to whatever weedkiller was recently used to spray whatever green sprouts were seen in the rocky boarders along the walkway, but the likelihood is, it was Roundup. No matter yes or no, I question why at this late time of the season, why was it necessary? What you don't know is that I have tried to introduce some color to the walk to the parking lot/First by planting sunflower seed (a small species grown from black-oil birdseed!) The plan was to have a cheerful display of 18" sunflowers along the path. It took weeks for the plants to reach 12") and start to bud. Then one day, two bored kids decided to pull them up! When their watching father was chided for their bad behavior, his reply was that they were "just being kids!" No sunflowers.
Then I bought Alyssum seeds and those were sprinkled in the rocky strip. They would have benefitted from the early rain in September, and an expected border of small white flowers should have been seen as an Autumn display. Alyssum is a short plant with a dense display of multicolored tiny blooms. It self-seeds, needs no maintenance or care, and does well as a wild plant growing along coastal roads. But we will never see that here, the garden crew sprayed the rocks with herbicide.
Personally, I wish there were some Native plants out in that boring expanse of lawn! I offered to provide a short list of a few Natives that are wonderful to see in the local forests. Plants (shrubs) that thrive in drought conditions, bloom profusely with fragrant flowers that endure for much of a summer season. I was advised that "nothing should inspire anyone to walk onto the grass for fear they might fall/" This, topped by the weed spraying has stopped my hope to bring some color to the grounds.
As for Roundup? The noisy weed whacker that deploys each week when I want to listen to the news should be plenty effective to keep the weeds at bay. Stop the Roundup. Keep any sort of growth from happening. And do not feed the birds, it brings rats. Keep the grounds sterile and nobody will dare to wander onto the lawn when there's nothing to see.You want to see Nature? Use The Google.
I confess that it is unlikely that we are exposed to whatever weedkiller was recently used to spray whatever green sprouts were seen in the rocky boarders along the walkway, but the likelihood is, it was Roundup. No matter yes or no, I question why at this late time of the season, why was it necessary? What you don't know is that I have tried to introduce some color to the walk to the parking lot/First by planting sunflower seed (a small species grown from black-oil birdseed!) The plan was to have a cheerful display of 18" sunflowers along the path. It took weeks for the plants to reach 12") and start to bud. Then one day, two bored kids decided to pull them up! When their watching father was chided for their bad behavior, his reply was that they were "just being kids!" No sunflowers.
Then I bought Alyssum seeds and those were sprinkled in the rocky strip. They would have benefitted from the early rain in September, and an expected border of small white flowers should have been seen as an Autumn display. Alyssum is a short plant with a dense display of multicolored tiny blooms. It self-seeds, needs no maintenance or care, and does well as a wild plant growing along coastal roads. But we will never see that here, the garden crew sprayed the rocks with herbicide.
Personally, I wish there were some Native plants out in that boring expanse of lawn! I offered to provide a short list of a few Natives that are wonderful to see in the local forests. Plants (shrubs) that thrive in drought conditions, bloom profusely with fragrant flowers that endure for much of a summer season. I was advised that "nothing should inspire anyone to walk onto the grass for fear they might fall/" This, topped by the weed spraying has stopped my hope to bring some color to the grounds.
As for Roundup? The noisy weed whacker that deploys each week when I want to listen to the news should be plenty effective to keep the weeds at bay. Stop the Roundup. Keep any sort of growth from happening. And do not feed the birds, it brings rats. Keep the grounds sterile and nobody will dare to wander onto the lawn when there's nothing to see.You want to see Nature? Use The Google.