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“It is like a creature, it is aggressive and I think it is evil,” the woman said in the newspaper.
His park slide had entered the house between a plinth and a wall through the hole in the element.
I myself have been eradicating a group of slides from the park for ten years, which were planted many years ago by previously unsuspecting garden owners. Methodologically, once a week during the growing season, I cut off all the growing shoots. Now, after ten years, I think I have won the battle. But you can never be sure: in the worst case, new shoots can appear on something inside, just like with the woman in Expressen. Like an evil and aggressive creature …
Parkslide isas well as, among other things, lupins, heather and assassin snails, one of the species that the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency recommends that we limit the spread.
However, there are still no legal obligations, as there are for the giant balm and the giant lobster, for example, both included in the EU invasive species list.
Invasive species are one of the worst threats to biodiversity, and clueless garden owners are a big part of the problem.
(The disappearance of plant environments as a result of agricultural, forestry and construction projects remains the most serious factor and climate change is also beginning to be perceived as a reason for the extinction of species in areas of Sweden.)
Parkslide.
Photo: Andreas Hillergren / TT
All the more edifying to read about how 5,000 schoolchildren in western Sweden can learn to manage a flower meadow.
Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift reports in its latest issue on the project, which is called “So Wild!”. The Gothenburg Botanical Garden and its school program is the director and research council of the Formas funds.
The most species-rich type of habitat we have in Sweden are traditional hay meadows, which have been claimed for decades and centuries in the ancient farming community. Natural grasses with moderately hard grazing pressure also become rich in flowering plant species, but this process also takes many years.
The flower meadow in the project “So wild!” it’s kind of like a faster shortcut.
Researchers and educators from the Gothenburg Botanical Garden has developed a seed mix of 18 species that students can learn in suitable soil.
Some annual species bloom already in the first year: arable grass, barley, poppy, clover, cornflower and arable hill.
The other species are perennial and take a little longer. They are flock fibula, goat waffle, crow’s nest, king mint, ladybug, musk mallow, daisy, red warbler, yarrow, snowdrop, cornflower, field grass, and meadow grass.
The idea is that schoolchildren read and learn about the different flowers, for example which insects they attract.
One herb is also included in the mix: shaky grass, which is a characteristic plant of traditional hay meadows. A variety of grass may be added next year and a few more species of flowers, such as goldenrod.
Ideally, researchers want let the schools grow the seed mix in poor soil, and remove the grass first so that the grass does not take over. If only more nutritious soil is available, schools are encouraged to mix in some sand.
In some cases, schoolyards consist only of asphalt. Then the students have planted their seeds on pallet necklaces filled with purchased grassland soil.
Therefore, it is possible to build a meadow and let 18 species flourish, even if you only have a paved piece of patio to start with.
That 5,000 children gaining that insight feels more constructive to read than the nasty horror story about the park slide that entered the house.
