IJsbrandtGA said: The property was covered in about 35% hardwoods and 65% pine trees and most of them were dying naturally or were diseased.
I had the trees removed so that I could garden more and reconfigure things over the years. So, this is the first year a lot of the property has seen sunlight.
I have lots of other obnoxious weeds (loads of briars, poke salat, sumac, etc) as well as datura, virginia creeper, mullein ...
You had the trees removed?
At my house.... I take them down
as needed for grilling and winter heat... Once they're all gone, I would have to bring in firewood... Ima take my time clearing...
I don't consider pokeweed bad, the birds eat the berries.
Sumac... I eat the berries... as well do the birds, even some caterpillars will defoliate sumac!
datura is pretty... I had the wild datura stramonium at my previous garden... I brought it... Haven't found any stands to collect seed from since arriving at the new garden...
Mullien is valuable... I brought that in too... Cowboy tp... And then there's the herbal applications.
AS much as I complain about the blackberry briars... I certainly appreciate the berries during those years when we get enough rain for them to plump...
And the smilax? also edible.
