I have been administering weed killer in a very persistent manner this weekend. As soon as it stopped raining I was out there in the garden spraying the troublesome little blighters, I was sure to ensure a nice even coverage all over the leaves; as this is where the poison is absorbed into the plant. It is then administered throughout the nasty weed and it dies, I like this part the best.
About a month ago I got this weed killer in a spray gun atomizer, it was called "Glyphosate Kills Weeds & Roots". I sprayed it all over these ugly little weeds that had taken over the patio directly outside the sliding door. Fast forward to the present day and all of these bothersome weeds are dead and have been removed, leaving me with a weed free patio. It is for this reason that I decided to repeat buy this weed killer product.
I have used the entire litre of this second purchase of glyphosate down at the bottom of the garden (down with the birds and the bees) on a mass of Japanese knotweed and brambles that have congregated over the fence and are now threatening and advance into my territory. In fact, some branches have already encroached into my area... unacceptable. Please see below picture of the affected area:
I have been doing some research into this knotweed and have discovered it to be quite an evil weed. There are forums aplenty detailing various horror stories, fuelled mainly by a universal hatred of the weed. This one particular comment amused me: "I've adopted a local patch of Japanese Knotweed up the road from me to trample on whenever I'm passing." It seems that the weed is highly invasive an exceedingly tough to get rid of.
I also found out that it is illegal, as of 1981, to plant or cause this weed to grow in the wild and because of the weed's vigorous peskiness, and ability to regrow, it is regarded as controlled waste and has to be disposed of at licensed sites, or burnt up a treat. Well, as you can well imagine, I have been very disappointed to discover this crap growing so close to home.
In addition to my negative findings about the weed I personally find the stalks of this knotweed to be quite alien and hideous to look at; so it has become a major priority of mine to at least get it away from my fence. Just look and see how close the stalks of disgustingness are when I look over my fence:
It is for this reason that I have severed one of the stalks and have been filling it up with weed killer every day, a nice healthy drink for the beast:
Now, having inspected the leaves of the cuss I have found they are turning yellow where I have been spraying it. This has spurred me on in bounds. To demonstrate how much so I have unleashed hell on the weeds I will tell you this. On Saturday when I got home from the pub I went out into the garden and dished out a lovely little nighttime snack for the weeds, a snack of poisonous glyphosate that is.
I will not rest until the sods have been eradicated and I will be relentless in degenerating them to nothing. I actually enjoy doing it, so they may as well give up now- if only they knew. Only yesterday I went to the shop and got myself a nice new bottle of TumbleWeed ready to use, great stuff.
