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't appreciate is that bindweed has a mission … to invade, occupy, and overtake! Bindweed may look lovely in the countryside, but it's not a garden plant to be encouraged. And just for the record, the No.1 weed in Scotland is ground elder (with bindweed in 4th

to trace, although the little leaves are vicious stingers.The Grandes Dames of the weed world in my garden, however, are bindweed and couch grass (I thank all divine beings that we have no ground elder in this garden). The former, in addition to its

- hence the presence of the large steaming pile. Luckily I persuaded my elder son, Archie, to rally round and help with the barrowing. By 'persuaded' I mean, of course, bribed. Children, in my experience, don't really see the point of gardening unless