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Published: May 28th, 2008 11:33 PM
Last Modified: May 28th, 2008 02:46 AM
Sunday morning was sunny and brisk, lovely for coffee-sipping on the back steps with the dog, the two of us regarding the serene green yard with apparently equal pleasure.
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The serenity lasted two hours. That's exactly how long it took a stealth of 13 yellow dandelions to appear.
Anchorage, they're back. If you want a fighting chance against them, don't delay.
Last year I discovered the Fiskars UpRoot, that near-miraculous dandelion extractor (also, it's a lot of fun to use), but there are places only a heavy screwdriver with a chaser of BurnOut will work.
BurnOut is a weed-killing mix of oil of cloves, vinegar and lemon juice. It's to be used as a rifle, not a shotgun, on what needs to go away. With each dandelion, I've had good luck by digging out as much as I can, then squirting BurnOut down the hole.
They've apparently given up on the front yard. Last year I laid down enough corn gluten to plow up hush puppies, so that also may be having some effect.
Talk Dirt is a garden blog for the Alaska community hosted by Fran Durner of the Daily News, with Cheryl Chapman and Mike Peters, at adn.com/talkdirt.
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