We have weeds in our lawn. I'd love to get rid of our lawn, since I hate having to water it, weed it, mow it, etc. But we'll probably get a dog some day, and dogs like grass. Plus I grew up in more temperate climates, and I just wouldn't feel like a homeowner if I didn't have grass.
It's not a great lawn anyway... It was put in as sod a year ago before we bought the house, and I'm pretty sure that certain areas have sand under them to fill in low spots instead of dirt. Plus there was one area where they just put sod directly over a slab of concrete. High quality landscaping, eh?
I had been calling these morning glories, since they have little morning glory-like blooms, but apparently it's a nasty weed called bindweed (my mother informed me when she visited; she also helpfully identified all the other plants in my yard that I didn't know what were).
These frustrate the heck out of me. I can deal with dandelions and other weeds, since I can usually pull those up by the root. But the stems on the bindweed are so weak, that all I can do is rip off the top leafy part. And of course it's back a few days later. Sigh.
And despite the fact that they drive me nuts, I'm encouraging them anyway. Where they're growing in the mulch, I put up a trellis and I'm trying to get it to climb up. I even watered them yesterday. I'm such a softie for any plants. Especially anything that blooms.
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