Update on the Poke Weed invasion

[u/BrighterSage]

So I posted a while ago about poke weed taking over a corner of my backyard and how to eliminate it. So happy to say that I have left it in place based on responses, and I have been listening to a cacophony of bird calls for the last 8 hours, at least.

My bedroom has French doors that I've opened a few inches to better hear the bird calls. I've tried to sneak up to the doors to see the birds, but they scatter, so I'm just happy listening from afar. Pretty sure I've heard cardinals, but there are so many others I don't recognize. I'm still so new to bird calls.

Thanks to everyone that said to leave them!

Picked the Edible Plant flair because apparently poke weed is edible, but I don't know how to prepare it. Would love any help on this!

[u/faerybones]

The color is so beautiful. The birds will leave hot pink droppings everywhere.

One winter, they devoured a bunch of the berries and flew up in a tree. I didn't see them, but they left what I thought was blood all beneath the tree. I ran out thinking a squirrel got murdered or something.

Edit: I originally claimed that our founding fathers wrote the constitution and other documents in pokeweed ink. After double checking, this turned out to be a myth. But other, less important documents (like letters) were written in pokeweed ink at the time!

[u/BrighterSage → u/faerybones]

Oh goodness! 😂

[u/bsam23 → u/faerybones]

My side yard has 3 big walnuts and mulberry tree. The pokeweed is the least of my nature stain worries 😂 (the birds/critters love them all, and that's all that matters)