The Superior Express -

In addition to digging the dandelions out of the lawn at my parents’ home in Superior, there were other invaders to contend with. As I was digging the dandelions, I was also dealing with them.

Another unwelcome visitor was bindweed. Bindweed had long tendrils and it was sometimes hard to find where the plant came out of the ground because the tendrils spread out so far. Unlike dandelions, however, the bindweed did not have a deep root system and could be pulled out rather than dug out.

A third variety of unwanted growth was pigweed. I suspect it go its name because its tendrils were smo...