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The weed in the picture with the pointy leaves and little pink and white ball "buds/seeds" grows in my garden. It doesn't seem to be a perennial, doesn't seem to spread from the roots. Don't know what it is, but it's not terribly invasive IMO. However, if it's growing where you want grass, I'd definitely remove it one way or an other. You might try over mowing the area and overseeding again with grass seed. If you keep mowing, it should over time keep it from re-seeding. However, I am not a horticulturist... and my opinion/advice is only my opinion!! Only telling you what I might do in the same situation.This is knotweed-- the thin one in the middle there with pink and white flowers that look like little knots on the stalk.
Japanese knotweed, which is edible at certain times in the year, looks more like a bamboo. Here is a great pic of it
http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/JPEG'S/Plant Web Images/KnotweedInFlowerLabeled.jpg
Here is a link to the one you are growing, as well as a few others there that we don't have. http://www.plant-biology.com/Polygonum-Knotweed-Bistort.php
If you want to be rid of this type you do have to be very diligent about pulling it out roots and all. It will take some time and you want to do it asap before those flowers become seeds... lots and lots of seeds. I do not think this type is edible but I might be wrong. I'll consult a book later.
That's the closest I've come, unfortunately. Really hoping that's not it. But the descriptions seemed to indicate a white flower, and some said a reddish tint in the stalks?
Here is what it looks like. I haven't dared mow anything yet, in case that will make it spread.
Lazy, I think I read somewhere that pea is dominant over straight. It seems to hold true here anyway. My rooster has a straight comb, but all the chicks from my Brahma and the Ams have all had small combs.
Congrats on the chicks Widget!
I bought my granddaughter a little pink butterfly net. Unfortunately, she doesn't get to use it much any more. I use it on a daily basis... to catch chickens, potato bugs and larvae, great to drop over yellow jackets to contain them long enough to stomp them... Japanese beetles have arrived... I go nuts when I'm out in the garden and can't readily lay my hand on it. So much so, that I bought a yard of netting to make an extra... so she can have her net back. I'll also make one for my Dad, but in light of trying to be gender neutral, I'll use yellow! (They didn't have any blue netting at Walmart!)So I decided tonight to put my 13 week olds in with the big girls. They've been in the run together for a month, but in a makeshift coop with my silkies who cant reach the roosts in the big coop. Well, after chasing chicks for 15 minutes and catching a couple more than once, all but one was in. This is one of the 4 roos we got from our straightrun mix. He's also the fastest. Well, I had him cornered and the little sucker tried to attack me! Which was actually pretty funny based on hissize, but made me decide that it is now time to find a new home for these roos. I live in town, my neighbors wont appreciate the noise, and our silkie roo doesnt need any competition. Anyone interested in some barnyard mix roos?