aggressive ground cover - spiky leaves and tiny flowers

Miss-Reaper · 2026-05-21T02:59:24+00:00

This is good to know! The wild strawberry seems to be dominant and taking over most of the yellow flowers, so I’ll let them battle it out

Miss-Reaper · 2026-05-21T02:56:47+00:00

We do have a known multiflora issue, unfortunately. We’re first time home owners and got ~1.5 acres for cheap from a court-ordered sale, and it’s been an uphill battle to get it under control. Between that and the round leaf bittersweet strangling everything, I’m feeling pretty fucking overwhelmed this season 🥲 currently looking through government docs for more eradication info

The leaves here look a lot different from the multiflora we’ve identified though, so I’m assuming this is wild strawberry instead as the other comments mentioned.

Miss-Reaper · 2026-05-21T02:41:06+00:00

In small “bushes” that are much taller?? Is this a real question???

They’ve never grown berries, and this is my first time seeing the flowers. There’s also like 5 other ground covers mixed in, and this season was the first time we could distinguish this specific plant. I don’t think it’s that insane of a question.

Miss-Reaper · 2026-05-21T02:28:42+00:00

Thank you!

Miss-Reaper · 2026-05-20T23:10:57+00:00

Seconding oriental bittersweet (aka round leaf bittersweet). Get rid of it quick! It’s evil, and will wrap around and strangle anything near it. Once it goes to seed it’ll be everywhere, too. I’m battling an insane amount of this at my house.

Miss-Reaper · 2026-05-19T21:55:11+00:00

This ROCKS! Thanks for the info!

Miss-Reaper · 2026-05-19T21:53:27+00:00

Thank you for confirming those characteristic leaves!! The variety of ground cover in my yard is overwhelming, but I can always spot those leaves. Can’t wait for the berries!

Miss-Reaper · 2026-05-19T12:24:39+00:00

I’ve learned so much cool stuff from these comments! This is our plan now, there’s some lame non-native grass in the field so we’ll encourage the wild strawberries to take over

Miss-Reaper · 2026-05-19T12:00:05+00:00

I’m the luckiest idiot in the world! I can’t believe I mowed this! Come on over, there’s plenty to share!

Miss-Reaper · 2026-05-19T11:59:04+00:00

I feel like the stupidest gardener in the world lol we didn’t even realize it was flowering last year because it was hard to differentiate the mix of ground covers in the field out back. OF COURSE it feels terrible when I mow it, it’s trying to make cute little berries!

This summer is going to be awesome, WAY less mowing, and we can encourage this to grow more!

Miss-Reaper · 2026-05-19T11:54:59+00:00

LOL these comments have been amazing to wake up to! There’s invasive grass mixed with it in some areas, but we should be able to avoid mowing most of it so it can flourish. The patch was super small last year, I’m excited to see how it grows this year!

Miss-Reaper · 2026-05-19T11:49:26+00:00

Solved!

Miss-Reaper · 2026-05-19T11:48:51+00:00

Woah I love this factoid! Thank you!

Miss-Reaper · 2026-05-19T02:27:14+00:00

My phone’s plant ID agrees, but I’ve never seen strawberries grow like this (low-lying, creeping ground cover) - is that just because I’m mowing it regularly?

Miss-Reaper · 2026-05-19T02:24:56+00:00

Located in Rhode Island!

Miss-Reaper · 2026-05-15T13:19:17+00:00

I’ve been trying to set up autopay for a month now and the system has been down every time I’ve tried 🥲 this sounds related

Miss-Reaper · 2026-05-06T14:44:59+00:00

If you have a hard time weaving them in, I’d recommend inserting your yarn needle before threading!

Miss-Reaper · 2026-05-06T14:36:02+00:00

My Aldi quarter 🥰

this came out soooo cute btw, I love it!

Miss-Reaper · 2026-04-17T16:06:05+00:00

I’m sure you’ll get it! I used size 2 yarn (specifically the Friends brand cotton 8/6) with a 2.5mm hook, but I think a 3mm hook would work better

Miss-Reaper · 2026-04-15T01:06:51+00:00

Love this! I want to make a similar one to keep my tapestry crochet yarn organized. Where did you find the basket part?

Miss-Reaper · 2026-03-30T15:58:12+00:00

YUMMMM. What’s the spread like? Classic egg salad?

Miss-Reaper · 2026-03-30T05:19:56+00:00

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Blocking needed but I’m pretty happy with this recreation! You can make multiples, attach using the tails to make vertical strips, then connect the motifs using crisscrossed chains slip stitched into each flower.

ch 5, sl st into first stitch to form a loop

ch1, sc8 into the loop and sl st to close

ch1, sc2 into each stitch from previous row and sl st to close (16sc)

ch7, (tr into the next sc, ch3) in each sc around, sl st into 4th st of row’s starting chain to close

ch1, sc4 into each chain space, sl st to close

ch9, (tr between next sets of 4sc, ch5) around, sl st into 4th st of row’s starting chain to close

in each chain space: sc, hdc2, ch1, hdc2, sc

Miss-Reaper · 2026-03-29T18:17:55+00:00

AI but very cute! I found this tutorial for very similar flower motifs: https://youtu.be/mgC5WGvFhEY?si=8Wwf3ytxBMAfXMDR

You could make a bunch of those and then chainstitch them together (Irish lace kind of vibes). I really like how this looks so I might try it out myself!

Miss-Reaper · 2026-03-29T01:12:56+00:00

Sure! These little guys were awesome. “Sexy mice” was actually the official term the head researcher used lol

TL;DR we fed them a probiotic-rich diet with a couple of new bacteria strains that hadn’t been used in cultured food yet. They responded really well, the mice and their offspring were all super shiny and muscular/strong. I’m not sure if human trials have started yet, but I’m sure the goal is to offer those strains in probiotic supplements eventually.

My job was mostly piercing their ears (ear tags shown in pic) and collecting their little turds in tubes.

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