Today we had a date to dance with the devil. Devil's grass, that is. Man, I hate that stuff. I stalled by watering anything that looked like 104 degrees might kill it, then watered the tomatoes, then deadheaded the snap dragons, but after that, I had to face the evil.
After pulling grass for about 5 minutes, I realized I was sitting on top of an ant bed. (Round one goes to the grass.) Luckily, I only got about 3 bites, but Brian and Mom had a hard time because they were laughing so hard. Glad I can provide a bit of amusement.
Once I moved, I pulled grass for about 30 seconds before asking about Roundup. Seems to me, if we're pulling out all of this grass, we should be able to do something to keep it gone. Those blasted rhizomes break off under ground, so the grass keeps coming back. So, the question is... can we somehow kill the grass all the way to its very roots? Turns out that you can (supposedly... remember, this is devil's grass we're talking about), but you have to apply the Roundup to the foliage, not the roots. However, the cursed grass is growing within the phlox and iris bed. Enter... the Glove of Death! (cue music)
The Glove of Death is one of Brian's things. I have no idea how he found out about it, but he used to be the gardener for his church in California when he was a teenager, so perhaps he learned about it then. The idea is really simply: the glove is soaked in Roundup, placed on the hand (over a rubber household cleaning glove - it is poison, after all) then applied to the unwanted foliage. By using a glove, he is able to apply poison to the offending plant, without impacting the phlox and irises below the grass. For coolness factor, the Glove of Death is black. Oooooooooh!
So, if this works, round two may go to the home team. (Yay, us!) If it doesn't, we're back to pulling... one blade at a time.
Stay tuned for The Glove of Death, part 2 to find out how it all turns out. Coming to a blog near you in a couple of weeks.
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