Dock

This is a dock plant - Rumex somethingorother.   Somethingorother is not part of its formal name - I just made that up.    There are a whole lot of Rumexes and I can't figure out which one it is.   Frankly I don't care.    I hate this plant.

It is a noxious weed.   In case you wondered.

It has roots to China.

It doesn't die.  Even when you kill it.   Again and again and again.   

They get huge - the size of rhubarb.

This one has made a home at the base of the steps to the studio.    I've killed it several times.  


After I took the pic, I pulled all the leaves off.   That won't kill it, but it'll slow it down.    Maybe I'll try boiling water.    Or vinegar.   Or boiling vinegar.     

Poison Ivy Identification

This is poison ivy.  It is not your friend.

Leaves of three, let it be.

Here's more.  Don't touch it!

Here's more.   And below it on the ground is Virginia creeper.  

Virginia creeper has 5 leaves.  It's annoying, but it's not going to cause blisters. 

That's poison ivy on the far left and Virginia creeper on the ground.  5 leaves.  It creeps.

This often confuses people.  3 leaves....but wait - does that one have a little 4th?  Yes.   It's baby Virginia creeper.   It creeps.  

Baby poison ivy raises its head above the grass to see what's going on. It doesn't creep.  It never has a 4th leaf.