I was wondering if perhaps lasagna gardening could kill off your SOB's. Nope...that wont do it. I have a big mulch pile of tree trimmer mulch. The sob have come up in it were the mulch is 12-14 inches deep. The camper shell (truck topper) fell over last winter, and the top of the shell is laying flat on the ground. I just know that once I empty the water out of it and pick it up, that I will find that the sob still came up under it. I'll try and get pics once I pick it up. What does anyone bet that it came up in total darkness after being covered about 5 months (more or less)? I had some pieces of drywall I had laid on the ground behind the shed...just to see if they 'might' smother it. NO...it came up, and the foliage grew real long, reaching for the edge of it and daylight. I may try solarization on a small scale with clear plastic pinned to the ground during the very steamiest months this summer. The bad part about that though is trying to keep 3 doggies off of it with their sharp toe nails...sigh. I'm heading to the woods with my furbabies to look for wildflowers I don't have and maybe mushrooms. Sue

I remember this group. The Supreme Court said they had free speach. "In an 8�"1 decision, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Phelps on March 2, 2011. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion stating: "What Westboro said, in the whole context of how and where it chose to say it, is entitled to 'special protection' under the First Amendment and that protection cannot be overcome by a jury finding that the picketing was outrageous." As far as I can see, the Court said nothing about the press, so the press can choose how they cover this issue.

Diane, just how deserty is your area? We're pretty dang dry & about the only way to kill most of our native milkweeds is to over water. They grow in solid caliche. We've got the antelope horns, texana & the purple milkweed vine abundant locally. The especially pretty tuberosa is supposed to be here, but I haven't seen much. In a rainier zone I also found the tuberosa but only when they had pure sand. Yeah, if you can possibly locate plants, that's by far a better way to get them established. Most are tap rooted, & really slow & irregular from seed. The guy who runs a native nursery here said the easiest way to propagate is to take stem cuttings from the base of established plants.

I find that often a sporting plant continues to sport - and then you have something variably tie dyed. Great you have the second one blooming true.