Undesirable Members Of The Family

With thanks to my gardening friend Rowan all he taught me, and no offence intended to the trees and animals- in their place fine! Oct 2020. Oh and we can add Box moth caterpillar to the list- its just destroyed my box hedging!! April 2023

Undesirable Members of The Family

 

Hazel and Ivy, are sisters with a lot to answer for,

You can coppice and cut them, but they'll still come back with more.

 

Mares tail and bindweed sneak underground,

And given half a chance they'll cover you, and choke all around

 

Cousin Couch is a lawn best not fed,

Dig him and burn him or bin him instead

 

Watch those sycamore, ash, and oak babies go,

Soon you'll have a forest, so stop them before they grow

 

And those little pests and diseases, blights and mites

Be on them in the morning, tea break, noon and night.

 

Dont forget our friends deer, badger, rabbit and moley

Given half a chance they’ll leave your garden chewed and holey.

 

Nearly there, but mustn't forget our brother tough boy bamboo,

He burns hot and fast, so dig him out- you know what to do

 

Finally, those distant kin Himalayan balsam and the dreaded Japanese knotweed, 

If you have or your selling up........ don't call me!