They are usually engulfed in a blanket of
ground elder - the bane of my cottage garden.
Zap tough perennials such as docks, dandelions, horsetail,
ground elder and nettles with glyphosate-free Roundup Speed Ultra weed killer.
We're foraging for ingredients to cook dinner over a fire in the forest of Ormanas, Skane County, searching for the jagged leaves of
ground elder, the freshest-looking dandelions, bright flowers of yellow archangels, liquorice-heavy chervil and wonderfully garlicky ramson, amongst many other delectable herbs I would ordinarily have trampled over.
GROUND ELDER This rampant, vigorous perennial weed spreads quickly between cultivated plants, forming clumps of green, lobed leaves and heads of creamy white flowers in summer, competing for nutrients and light with your favourite plants.
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GROUND ELDER THIS rampant weed spreads quickly between cultivated plants, forming clumps of green, lobed leaves and heads of creamy white flowers in summer.
She talked about filling"the hungry gap,"the time before the first of this year's produce appears, by foraging for nettles and
ground elder and turning these into delicious soup.
"It is important for farmers and indeed for those of us seeking to deal with
ground elder and other weeds.
| KEEP on top of weeding and pay particular attention to pernicious weeds such as bindweed and
ground elder.
They're easy to pull out but it's at this time of year, when beds and borders have been cleared of debris, that the first leaves and shoots of marauding couch grass and
ground elder come into plain sight.
This can prove difficult with plants like dandelions which have long tap roots and some of the most invasive and difficult to eradicate weeds are perennials - bindweeds, horsetail,
ground elder and Japanese knotweed.
My new allotment is covered in weeds like
ground elder and nettles.