Tribulus terrestris http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... Tribulus terrestris is a flowering plant in the family Zygophyllaceae, native to warm temperate and tropical regions of the Old World in southern Europe, southern Asia, throughout Africa, and Australia.[2] It can thrive even in desert climates and poor soil. Like many weedy species, this plant has many common names, including bindii,[3] bullhead,[4] burra gokharu, caltrop,[1] cat's head,[1][3] devil's eyelashes,[5] devil's thorn,[1][5] devil's weed,[1] goathead,[1] puncturevine,[1] and tackweed.[6] - Thomas Page
Japanese knotweed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/plants... Both Japanese knotweed and giant knotweed are important concentrated sources of resveratrol, replacing grape byproducts. Many large supplement sources of resveratrol now use Japanese knotweed and use its scientific name in the supplement labels. The plant is useful because of its year-round growth and robustness in different climates., Japanese knotweed flowers are valued by some beekeepers as an important source of nectar for honeybees, at a time of year when little else is flowering. Japanese knotweed yields a monofloral honey, usually called bamboo honey by northeastern U.S. beekeepers, like a mild-flavored version of buckwheat honey (a related plant also in the Polygonaceae). - Thomas Page
Kudzu http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... The Harvard Medical School is studying kudzu as a possible way to treat alcoholic cravings, by turning an extracted compound from the herb into a medical drug.[8] The mechanism for this is not yet established, but it may have to do with both alcohol metabolism and the reward circuits in the brain. Kudzu also contains a number of useful isoflavones, including daidzein (an anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial agent) and daidzin (structurally related to genistein, an antileukemic agent). Kudzu is a unique source of the isoflavone puerarin. Kudzu root compounds can affect neurotransmitters (including serotonin, GABA, and glutamate).[citation needed] It has shown value in treating migraine and cluster headaches.[9][unreliable source?] It is recommended by some[who?] for allergies and diarrhea.[10] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Thomas Page
Insect magnets – teasels and other flowers http://imagesfromtheedge.com/blog... Dipsacus is a genus of flowering plant in the family Dipsacaceae. ( Swallowtail butterfly http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... , 7 -27 http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/ ) The members of this genus are known as teasel or teazel or teazle. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... , Milkweed Asclepias L. (1753), the milkweeds, is a genus of herbaceous perennial, dicotyledonous plants that contains over 140 known species. It previously belonged to the family Asclepiadaceae http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... , Latex http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Thomas Page
Weed control , windows of opportunities - interactive customizable calendars popup alerts. [ 1 -14 http://agron-www.agron.iastate.edu/~weeds... http://extension.psu.edu/pests... http://seedlab.oregonstate.edu/soil-se... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... [ Review past actions. The history of herbicide use can be used to prioritise weed management tactics to avoid the use of high risk herbicide mode-of-action groups and identify those paddocks at risk (where weed populations can be prioritised for resistance testing) Assess the current weed status (see Herbicide resistance testing and Assessing weed population density) Identify weed management opportunities within the cropping system. Ensure that the proposed changes to the weed management system are suited to the land, infrastructure, resources and the tactics are environmentally and economically sound. Match opportunities and weeds with suitable and effective tactics. (see Weed Management tactics described above) Combine ideas using a rotational planner. A rotational planner needs to be drafted for each paddock and include details such as key weeds, soil type, soil pH, resistance issues, crop and pasture rotations, selected weed management tactics and palns for herbcide use. In a well-integrated weed management plan, each target weed will be attacked using tactics from several Tactic Groups. Each Tactic Group provides a key opportunity for weed control and is dependent on the management objectives and the target weed’s stage of growth. Tactic Groups should be combined in the same way herbicides from different herbicide mode-of-action (MOA) groups are rotated. Integrating Tactic Groups and MOA groups will reduce weed numbers, stop replenishment of the seedbank and minimise the risk of developing herbicide resistant weeds. Tactic 1 Deplete weed seed in the target area soil seedbank Tactic 2 Kill weeds (seedlings) in the target area Tactic 3 Stop weed seed set Tactic 4 Prevent viable weed seeds from being added to the soil seedbank Tactic 5 Prevent introduction of viable weed seed from external sources http://grains.agric.wa.gov.au/node... [[[ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Thomas Page
What did Voltaire mean by "we must cultivate our garden"? It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... optimism (or simply Optimism) by his mentor, Pangloss.[6] The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide's slow, painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes with Candide, if not rejecting optimism outright, advocating a deeply practical precept, "we must cultivate our garden", in lieu of the Leibnizian mantra of Pangloss, "all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... [[ " SANO " http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki... }} Weed propagation rates ( amount of seed ? lifetime of seed in soil ? microbes that can eat only weed seeds ?) - species - in lot garden field range mountain - powers of ten , [[[ dereliction spirals preventions turnarounds , [[[[[ sort Weeds And Wild Flowers: Their Uses, Legends And Literature http://books.google.com/books... http://www.answers.com/topic... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... , [[[[[[ amaranth - pigweed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... 12 -10 Enlightenment http://friendfeed.com/citizen... - Thomas Page
Practice theory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... is a theory of how social beings, with their diverse motives and their diverse intentions, make and transform the world in which they live. It is a dialectic between social structure and human agency working back and forth in a dynamic relationship - Thomas Page
Annual cycles, Déjà Vu not sano, Past - Present (Doh) - Future (changes?) - Thomas Page
Gardeners mindset [ Keeping score ? Infinite Complexities ... [[ Adjoining Gardens interactions Infinite Complexities ... [[[ Cultivation [[[[ 8 -3 Cultivating on The Rock of Reality ... - Thomas Page
11 -1 dereliction spirals, preventions, turnarounds ??? - Thomas Page
Adjoining upwind properties, tumbleweeds and thistles out of control ! Biblical friken mess ! [[ rodent pests seasonal onslaught, doh - Thomas Page
sort Benign_neglect? Malignant neglect ? ignored weed patches [The term is today more widely known as a type of laissez-faire http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... policy, in which a lack of regulation or investment is allowed in the belief that it will improve, or at least not hurt, the interests of the "neglected" group. Benign neglect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... is also used as to mean divestment from under-served communities, with the implication that resources will be diverted to preferred communities, usually suburbs Malignant neglect ? [[ Salutary neglect is an American history term that refers to an unofficial and long-term 17th- & 18th-century British policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws, meant to keep the American colonies obedient to England. The term comes from Edmund Burke's "Speech on Conciliation with America" given in the House of Commons March 22, 1775 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... ? Mercantile Legal Fictions? {Also election process <weedy) weed out the dead wood } - Thomas Page