Butter Bloody Cups

[hobby_gardening]

For one reason or another I haven't been very active in the garden recently and the weeds have taken advantage. The worst offenders are the buttercups. Other weeds can be hoed but buttercups need to be individually removed. They have gripping roots that will regenerate if not removed entirely and they are all connected by strands. Really, they're all one plant, spreading vegetatively. This was useful when I used weedkillers. I applied a dab of touch-weeder to a buttercup and that took out a few more and weakened the growth of others. Now I have to remove them one by one using a hand fork or a specialist weed remover. A big garden fork would be better but I damaged the rotator cuff in my shoulder some time ago. That limits what I can do. The weeds are very pleased about that.

We've had three dry days. If we get one more I shall organise a weed massacre!