tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7009967346802541581.post5029892562678341951..comments2023-11-05T01:38:03.385-08:00Comments on New To Farm Life: Thistle SituationAimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06358194304460170717noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7009967346802541581.post-48711375892269191502009-08-05T01:34:50.647-07:002009-08-05T01:34:50.647-07:00Good old Canada thistle...
It has spread across m...Good old Canada thistle...<br /><br />It has spread across most of Alberta over the last 40 years or so. Nasty stuff indeed. The cheap/high exercise method of controlling them is buying a scythe and cutting them down, particularly just before a good rain. We have a gas powered bladed weed whacker to cut ours down (some of it anyway). Then one has to plow (or dig) up the roots and disk (chop) the bejeesus out of them. They have to be chopped up well and let to dry out (or be drowned out if it is raining long and hard enough). The bastards LOOOOVE to spread via roots.<br /><br />Apparently donkeys like to eat them though.Jerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10354640729644229842noreply@blogger.com