Knotweed is bursting + songs of the month

May is here. Leaves, flowers and knotweed are bursting. But we’ll get to that later. Here are the songs of the month:

Bee Gees- First of May 

The Caesars - May the Rain                                     

      And one for Mother’s Day: 

Jeannie C. Riley- Harper Valley P.T.A. 

-Quite often I’ll judge a dish by it’s recipe, that’s why I’ll reluctantly try Marie Viljoen’s knotweed soup. I have been a little afraid to try any recipes with Polygonum cuspidatum in it, as it supposedly has a laxative effect. But she’s right, this stuff can really grow. The picture below is the knotweed next door, hard to tell but it's already over 6 feet tall. 

Last year it hit about 10 feet. And it has stretched it’s footprint, underground, about 6 feet in one year. Sometime before my arrival it moved to this side of the fence and it has been a formidable challenge since day one. Anoter note of caution, if you do see tasty young sprouts in between mature stalks and want to indulge, be careful...splinters, scrapes and cuts are highly probable.