5-5-2022

non-native Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) Asteraceae. I didn’t used to bother even pulling these, figuring they were a lost cause, naturalized as they say, and in most places the case can be made. But after having seen such success with the other non-natives in the Park after a few years, I started going after these as well, and it is definitely working, on the margins, though requires extra diligence, due to their quite rapid blooming turnaround. Weeding in my mind is not so much about eradication as it is about pushing back, providing some check against spreading, knowing full well it will return when I stop, but hoping to pass the baton. It’s more about the process and mindset, than it is about accomplishing some absolute goal, same old mortality-type stuff.