tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post1464295634411889898..comments2024-03-28T09:39:07.840-06:00Comments on NORTHSIDER : Seven Bags Of Ragwort Collected From A Field On Our Smallholding In Ireland. northsider http://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-64917423283308919982015-08-16T02:24:38.893-06:002015-08-16T02:24:38.893-06:00Hi Sol, It's a nuisance bindweed isn't it?...Hi Sol, It's a nuisance bindweed isn't it? We have got rid of our Ragwort but no doubt we will get ragwort seeds from farms that don't pull it. Thanks!northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-70240240578173778212015-08-15T14:11:40.308-06:002015-08-15T14:11:40.308-06:00I tripped over a bind weed trip wire in the garden...I tripped over a bind weed trip wire in the garden when stacking wood today, Dang weeds. Hope you can get rid of the ragwortSolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10518631542782309728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-49945323240946526742015-08-09T09:04:13.176-06:002015-08-09T09:04:13.176-06:00Hi BG. Good on you for helping your friend to rem...Hi BG. Good on you for helping your friend to remove the Ragwort from her fields. It is hard work especially when you carrying a sack of it on your back. Thanks for your comment.northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-10911311231792354592015-08-09T04:59:31.151-06:002015-08-09T04:59:31.151-06:00That's a job well done. Last summer I helped m...That's a job well done. Last summer I helped my friend remove it from her 6 acres....it's hard work.Bedford Gypsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16364222493698044911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-3696465140163317372015-08-09T02:46:35.422-06:002015-08-09T02:46:35.422-06:00Hi Cumbrian. Ragwort is a nuisance isn't it? ...Hi Cumbrian. Ragwort is a nuisance isn't it? Our refuge collection is private here and if you avail of their service you pay by the weight. Suppose a lot of Ragwort will go into land fill. When I lived in England. I use to see council worrkers pulling it by hand and throwing it into the back of pickups, especially on motorway verges. Apparently it's a condition of the single farm payment that farmers pull and spray noxious weeds. You never hear or see it enforced though. <br /><br />Thanks for your comment Cumbrian.northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-35556844282190380612015-08-09T02:41:42.302-06:002015-08-09T02:41:42.302-06:00I think you are facing an uphill battle Anne if yo...I think you are facing an uphill battle Anne if your neighbouring farmers don't bother to pull the Ragwort on their land. We live on a peninsula and it's often very windy (gale season Nov to March) so it's easy for seeds to spread. I have read that rush seeds can remain viable for sixty years. <br /><br />Didn't know they had traced Japanese Knot-weed back to Holland. I think Himalayan Balsam came with the Rhododendrons. No doubt a lot of plants get washed up on our shores from across the Atlantic and further a field. Thanks!northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-24258535641279617032015-08-09T01:17:24.345-06:002015-08-09T01:17:24.345-06:00This stuff keeps popping up about my garden, I pul...This stuff keeps popping up about my garden, I pull it up by the roots and put it in the green wheelie-bin (garden waste) presumably the council composts all their collections.<br />Been pulling it up for 4 years now and it's still making an appearance, don't know where it come from, but it's rife in the hedgerows.cumbrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10047500383078884463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-90957820091824800142015-08-08T18:04:01.526-06:002015-08-08T18:04:01.526-06:00Burn it Dave, apparently the seeds remain viable f...Burn it Dave, apparently the seeds remain viable for up to 20 years but 'they' say that you can eradicate it in three years by pulling out any plants you find, doesn't make too much sense to me! Leaves give a green dye, flowers yellow, mix the two together and you have a brown dye.<br />Japanese Knot weed first came to Briton in the 1820's accidently in a shipment of plants from Holland. Anne Wilsonhttp://anirishalternative.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-45831402293280787812015-08-08T11:19:29.022-06:002015-08-08T11:19:29.022-06:00A lot of farmers don't pull Ragwort in Ireland...A lot of farmers don't pull Ragwort in Ireland Texan. Ragwort kills horses and other animals. A lot of organic principles date back hundreds nay thousands of years. Long before man made chemicals were invented. I wonder what or if there will be a time when these weedkillers get banned and we all have to be organic. Thanks!northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-35795359882485386482015-08-08T10:15:58.562-06:002015-08-08T10:15:58.562-06:00To my knowledge farmers do not pull this here, if ...To my knowledge farmers do not pull this here, if anything they probably spray chemicals on it and many other weeds as that always seems to be the answer here, spray a chemical on it and the ground and kill all the bees and what not while your at it sighhhh. I can really get on a roll about chemical use. I feel pretty safe saying pulling it or any other thing by hand would not be the first thought here. I think its great you guys pull it rather than dump gallons of chemicals on it and the ground... I didn't realize this was so toxic to animals. Texanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14560812716080117867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-75749104938958248362015-08-08T08:34:52.342-06:002015-08-08T08:34:52.342-06:00Good on you Heron.
I think a lot of exotic weed...Good on you Heron. <br /><br />I think a lot of exotic weeds came with the likes of the Rhododendrons to the big Irish estates and gardens. Japanese Knotweed came to the UK and Ireland in the nineteen sixties. People actually planted it for it's ornamental shape. Like you say there is little or nothing been done to eradicate it. Thanks.northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-34646436673646841812015-08-08T08:31:21.075-06:002015-08-08T08:31:21.075-06:00Didn't know you could use Ragwort for dyeing w...Didn't know you could use Ragwort for dyeing wool. I know there are some moths that find it's flowers very attractive. Thanks!northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-49453084492069805372015-08-08T08:29:47.966-06:002015-08-08T08:29:47.966-06:00Good on you Rachel and P folling the Ragwort. I t...Good on you Rachel and P folling the Ragwort. I think their could be a lot rural jobs creating strimming verges for people to walk on and for pulling Ragwort. <br /><br />Don't know what's happened with Degea. I think he wants to go to Madrid. Who wouldn't? I always wished Ronaldo well when he left United for Real. Two fantastic players who want to live in a warm climate and a latin culture. I think the best players want to play in Spain some time during the careers. <br /><br />Great Ashes win today for England. The English wickets and team made England very proud today. Thanks1northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-78591848454689711302015-08-08T06:12:39.620-06:002015-08-08T06:12:39.620-06:00I pull and burn the damn stuff Dave.
I hear that ...I pull and burn the damn stuff Dave. <br />I hear that another noxious stuff is the Japanese Knotweed is spreading like wildfire. The blame lies with the British colonialists introduced who into Ireland. The roots go down about two metres and it can penetrate tarmac and concrete. Once again there is nothing being done to destroy the stuff.A Heron's Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563706152609630696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-65344719169249330602015-08-08T05:48:22.093-06:002015-08-08T05:48:22.093-06:00wow! That's a hell of a lot! If memory serves ...wow! That's a hell of a lot! If memory serves me correctly (i think) you can use it for dyeing wool, but don't quote me on that! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04917735759331109700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-15836648607995359862015-08-08T05:31:45.982-06:002015-08-08T05:31:45.982-06:00Yes, we pull ragwort. It is wrong to not do anyth...Yes, we pull ragwort. It is wrong to not do anything and just let it grow, as many people do. I believe DEFRA say it should be destroyed. We burn it. What has happened to De Gea and his sudden change of mood?Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.com