A little bit more

All the while I am unable to get into the garden out front these insidious weeds are making a comeback.

As a child I picked these and used them as money on the numerous ocassions we kids played on our swings. At that time we lived by the lake in a rented house which, no longer stands. We were lucky to have an octopus merry-go-round ride and regular rope and seat swings

We called it penny weed, people here call it button weed.

With either name it invades the garden below the soil and spreads and spreads. I had it under control, sadly that's not the case now.

The initial plant pops up smaller than a five cent piece.

It then grows quickly into these which are able to cover the palm of your hand. It has unattractive flowers which have no discernible scent. I am eager to get back and get rid of them!

This plant is what my mother in-law calls mint.

This plant is what I call mint.

after

The plant shown here follows my purple accents theme

I found it on the ground in the carpark outside a hardware store, I had no idea what it was as it was so dried up and I took a chance and planted it with this result.

before

This is the plant in the corner of the shot and a cutting from a jade plant from Sylvia. The tall plant behind it will hopefully grow orange trumpet-like flowers, it was from Lois.