Headed for the Last Roundup

The Frugal Gardener despises bindweed (seen here in my corner garden) and its cousin morning glory. Wicked, wicked weeds! I've battled them ever since my brother and I slaved in my mother's garden.

Our previous homeowner actually planted morning glory where we now have our vegetable garden. What were they thinking? They had even erected a wire trellis for it. Removing that trellis was our first garden project.

Every year I pull, pull, pull that nasty vine. And every year it returns. Disgusting. Morning glory is supposed to be an annual. If "annual" means that it returns annually, the description is right on.

I didn't have a bindweed problem until last year. Then it appeared in my corner garden, probably brought by a passing vehicle or bird droppings. UGH. Some started growing in my sidewalk. I dumped straight bleach on the sidewalk bindweed and killed it.

I've already sprayed the corner garden once this year and I sprayed it again today. Hopefully this spraying does the job. If not, I'm going back out there. That stuff is going to die!

I found quite a discussion about killing bindweed on Garden Web's forum. Some people get hot under the collar about using chemical weed control.

I prefer organic gardening to using chemicals, but if it's a choice between bindweed infestation or using chemicals, I choose chemicals.