brooklyn1 wrote:
> Well, you'll either learn to get along with thistle (and other thorny
> flora) or regret the lack of wildlife. Thorny plants harber a great
> deal of small fauna especially song birds... the same way thistle
> repels you it also repels other preditors. I never destroy the
> thistle patches, I just don't permit it to invade the realms of other
> flora, like my foundation shrubery, flower beds, and vegetable
> garden... I leave the native plants exist.

Well, you probably have observed that, given the choice, I do the
same....

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Jean B.