This article also discusses making home-made weed killer from vinegar and soap, but be careful when applying it... Don't apply to flowering plants, and apply at night after the bees have gone home.

#EcoFriendly and #EnvironmentallyFriendly #WeedKiller: Does It Exist?

By Stephanie Osmanski
Updated July 20 2020,

Excerpt:
"Another eco-friendly alternative to weed killer is enlisting the help of animal friends. Good for the environment and entirely non-toxic, goats can scarf down any unwanted weeds from #kudzu, #OrientalBittersweet, and #ailanthus to #MultifloraRosa, #JapaneseHoneysuckle, and mile-a-minute.

"In fact, some companies — such as #Ecogoats and #GoatsEatWeeds — even rent out goats to homeowners that want eco-friendly help controlling their unwanted noxious weeds. Because a goat’s least favorite food is grass, a goat will eat everything else first before munching on your lawn."

Read more:
https://www.greenmatters.com/p/eco-friendly-weed-killer

#SolarPunkSunday #Gardening #Weeds #GoatGoals #Goats #YardGoats #InvasiveWeeds #HireAGoat

The #treeofheaven #Ailanthus #altissima is a #tree originally native to Asia. It arrived in #Europe as ornamental plant in the #18thcentury and increasingly #naturalized due to its high #adaptability to difficult #ecologicalconditions and its efficient #dispersal. #Globalwarming is further facilitating its current spread. J. Soler & J. Izquierdo (2024) highlight the modern situation of this #invasivespecies.

© #StefanFWirth #Berlin 2025

Ref
https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13070931

#Photos
© S.F. Wirth

omfg es gibt so tolle Dinge für/mit #openstreetmap .

Hier: #OverpassTurbo mit dynamischer Abfrage, wo jemand den (hierzulande invasiven) #Götterbaum (genus #Ailanthus) gesichtet hat.

(Auf Zielgebiet einzoomen und links oben "ausführen" klicken.)

https://overpass-turbo.eu/?key=genus&value=Ailanthus&template=key-value

It’s a wildcard week for #InsertAnInvert2024 so I’m bringing you a spotted lanternfly along with a second dangerous but beautiful invasive species: the tree of heaven. The Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altimissa) is a deciduous tree native to northeast China and Taiwan, which was foolishly brought to Europe and North America in the 1700s where it as become known as a noxious weed and invasive plant. 🧵1/

#linocut #printmaking #insect #spottedLanternfly #treeOfHeaven #ailanthus #sciart #MastoArt

#January 28, 1694
#OTD Peter Collinson, English #Botanist from Peckham & #Quaker merchant is born.

He introduced 200 #Plants to England, including the #Ailanthus or #Tree of #Heaven, #Planted in rows near his grave.

John Bartram sent him new specimens from America. He also corresponded w/ Linnaeus & Benjamin Franklin.

Peter once wrote a line that is inscribed on #Sundial-s,

"Forget not me & my #Garden."

Peter's final words were, "Few men have enjoyed life more - I cheerfully resign!"