Invasive Plant of the Week

Hairy Bittercress, Cardamine hirsuta. An edible annual weed (I've not tried it), and one of the fist plants to flower in the early spring. 

We have declared war on this planet this year, and hope to put a serious dent in the population, if not eradicate it from the yard.

However, it uses the ballistic method of spreading seeds, and can fire them up to sixteen feet from the parent plant. Disturbing the seed head will result in seed shooting about the yard.

So it is crucial that we get it before it goes to seed. And as you can see, it is already in flower.

It seems every time I bend down to pull one plant, I notice ten more. So we've our work cut out for us.

Wish us luck. We're gonna need it.