Bindweed Perhaps?

[Jane]

I last visited the house we are buying in July/ August. There was a very sticky weed growing all over the front area of the house. It was sticking to shoes, us and the dog. I've had a quick Google to see what it could be and I've come up with Bindweed. It looked almost dead in August, very dry, due to the hot weather obviously. My husband came back over in September and it was green and thriving again then. Any keen gardeners on here who could tell me what is the best way to get rid of this? That's if it is bindweed of course. I'm thinking the usual weed killers we buy here in the UK, but I'm not sure how resilient this stuff is.

[Clubby]

Sounds like it could be Cleavers if it's sticky

I guess weed killer would do the trick but they seem to pull out easily, although I suppose it depends how big a patch we're talking...

Incidentally, the whole plant is edible and has range of medicinal properties!

[Jane]

It could be Cleavers you know. I'll bring a load of weed killer over with me anyway. It'll be next year before I can tackle that properly now. It has to go because our poor little dog can't be runnig around with that sticking all over him. It sticks like velcro.

[Admiral]

Best way of getting rid of this stuff is find someone to lend you a couple of geese for a week or two.  Works a treat if you know people with geese...

They love the stuff - hence its nickname of goose grass.

Or you could eat it.  Clubby is right in that it is rich in all sorts of vitamins etc.  Cook as you would a green leaf veg - but pick before it flowers.

I wouldn't bother bringing weed killer over from Angleterre.  Proper glyphosphate - as opposed to the watered-down rubbish sold in the UK - is available here in supermarkets and garden centres at about €13 a litre.  

Bonne chance.

[Jane]

Best way of getting rid of this stuff is find someone to lend you a couple of geese for a week or two.  Works a treat if you know people with geese...

They love the stuff - hence its nickname of goose grass.

Or you could eat it.  Clubby is right in that it is rich in all sorts of vitamins etc.  Cook as you would a green leaf veg - but pick before it flowers.

I wouldn't bother bringing weed killer over from Angleterre.  Proper glyphosphate - as opposed to the watered-down rubbish sold in the UK - is available here in supermarkets and garden centres at about €13 a litre.  

Bonne chance.

You're kidding about the geese, right? If not I'll start a thread looking for rent a goose 

I should post a pick of the amount of this stuff. I don't think anything could eat that much. Thanks for the tip about the weed killer. I'll buy it over there then. I think we will need that good luck to get rid of this stuff 

[Admiral]

You're kidding about the geese, right? If not I'll start a thread looking for rent a goose 

I should post a pick of the amount of this stuff. I don't think anything could eat that much. Thanks for the tip about the weed killer. I'll buy it over there then. I think we will need that good luck to get rid of this stuff 

I'm not kidding about the geese.  They love the stuff and are probably the most eco-friendly way of getting rid of it.

Personally I prefer the glyphosphate route.

I'm off to start my new venture to get me into the French health care system - Rent-A-Goose.  Or perhaps; a goose is not just for Christmas.............

[Jane]

You're kidding about the geese, right? If not I'll start a thread looking for rent a goose 

I should post a pick of the amount of this stuff. I don't think anything could eat that much. Thanks for the tip about the weed killer. I'll buy it over there then. I think we will need that good luck to get rid of this stuff 

I'm not kidding about the geese.  They love the stuff and are probably the most eco-friendly way of getting rid of it.

Personally I prefer the glyphosphate route.

I'm off to start my new venture to get me into the French health care system - Rent-A-Goose.  Or perhaps; a goose is not just for Christmas.............

I'll book two geese off you for two weeks next year