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Morning Light: The Fetchland Gardening Wire

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Gus Apr 2019 11:02pm, 17 Apr 2019 1,596 posts	Quote Pin Gus My plan is to start a notebook with the plants that appear and the ones I decide to try out. My sunflower seeds are sprouting and I’ve learned the proper name of not a weed!
Flatlander Apr 2019 7:00am, 18 Apr 2019 1,425 posts	Quote Pin Flatlander Your not-a-weed has a 3rd name, granny's bonnet, it will be obvious why when it flowers.
Garfield Apr 2019 10:26am, 18 Apr 2019 10,360 posts	Quote Pin Garfield One of these days I'll find out a name for some plant we introduced from a neighbour that spread EVERYWHERE! We nicknamed it Norbert's weed, Norbert, being the neighbour who gave it to us!
Cerrertonia Apr 2019 10:35am, 18 Apr 2019 10,311 posts	Quote Pin Cerrertonia Post a picture!
Garfield Apr 2019 10:51am, 18 Apr 2019 10,361 posts	Quote Pin Garfield I'll try to locate it and post a link to it.
fetcheveryone Apr 2019 12:46pm, 19 Apr 2019 21,667 posts	Quote Pin fetcheveryone Any clues as to what’s living in this, and what our strategy should be?
Flatlander Apr 2019 1:02pm, 19 Apr 2019 1,429 posts	Quote Pin Flatlander Possibly the beginning of a wasp nest? Does it look papery? I suggest you don't touch/disturb it to find out!
Garfield Apr 2019 1:32pm, 19 Apr 2019 10,372 posts	Quote Pin Garfield I think it was this... thompson-morgan.com
Cerrertonia Apr 2019 2:28pm, 19 Apr 2019 10,314 posts	Quote Pin Cerrertonia Nice bright red stems in winter, Garfield? Beloved of business park landscapers that one. Seems an unlikely candidate for spreading like a weed though - it's a reasonably slow growing shrub.
Angus Clydesdale Apr 2019 2:38pm, 19 Apr 2019 15,055 posts	Quote Pin Angus Clydesdale It’s the start of a wasp nest. Knock it down and stamp on it whilst it’s still small.