Your Friendly Neighborhood Weed Removal Guy

07/01/2026

These excellent events are happening Thursdays at The Carrot Community Arts Coffeehouse !

07/01/2026

Here is more info about the science behind Mosquito Buckets!

07/01/2026

Oooof! The Mosquitos are BRUTAL this year - but let's spread the word about Mosquito Buckets - the more people who build them in our community, the sooner we can irradicate them safely.
https://homegrownnationalpark.org/build-mosquito-bucket/

06/19/2026

Do the pets in your neighborhood a favor, and pull those foxtails! These can cause our 4 legged friends a lot of discomfort! I can pull them for you too - just shoot me a message!

06/04/2026

Happy Pride Month! Join us for a special Pride themed planting event in partnership with Edmonton 2 Spirit Society, featuring local q***r performers.
This event will happen on June 20, no registration is required, just come on out!
📍 Dawson Park
🕖 June 20, 12 - 3:00 pm
👩🏽‍🌾 Complimentary Kind ice cream for participants!

06/04/2026

Something ate your plant last night. The leaf has holes. Your first instinct is to spray.

The shape of the damage tells you exactly who did it — and most of the time, the answer is "leave it alone."

Ragged irregular holes with a silver slime trail — slugs. They feed at night. Perfect circles cut from the leaf edge — not a pest at all. That's a leafcutter bee, and she's cutting pieces to line a nest. She's pollination infrastructure. The leaf grows back. She doesn't.

🌿 The one that got me: the white squiggly trails inside the leaf, the ones that look like someone drew on it with a pen — that's a leaf miner larva feeding between the two surfaces of the leaf. It looks alarming. It's cosmetic. The plant doesn't care.

Skeletonized leaves with only veins remaining — Japanese beetle. The one case where hand-picking actually matters, because they feed in groups and attract more.

Clean chunks from the edge with no slime trail — caterpillar. She's a butterfly or moth larva. She's also what the chickadee is feeding her chicks right now.

Eight damage patterns. The leaf already told you who was there and whether it matters 🐾

06/04/2026

Need any mulch? We have more then we need. Come help yourself. Pile is on the east side of our building on 92 st at the end of the side street parking.

05/29/2026

A great article featuring my nemesis, the Creeping Bellflower by Edmonton Horticultural Society

Creeping It Real: The Creeping Bellflower Invasion by Brett Kerley Creeping bellflower (Campanula rapunculoides), also known as creeping bluebell, may look charming with its nodding purple-blue bells—but don't be fooled. This plant is a designated noxious w**d in Alberta and poses a serious threat

05/28/2026

Join us in helping grow Kinnaird Park and the Rat Creek watershed! 🌱🌳

The “Rooting for Rat Creek” Community Tree Planting Event is happening Saturday, June 27 from 12–3 pm at Kinnaird Park. Come out for an afternoon of tree planting, nature walks, music, and community connection. Free ice cream while supplies last!

Watch for these event cards in neighbourhood mailboxes and Little Free Libraries — and please help spread the word to friends and neighbours. Together we can help plant 500 native trees, shrubs, and wildflowers in our community.

Register for free at rootingforratcreek.eventbrite.ca

05/21/2026

Taking a walk in the neighborhood today and I noticed the Creeping Bellflower is getting out of hand!

Have you been seeing these leaves popping up in your garden beds, lawns, and boulevards?

🚫Creeping Bellflower is an invasive species taking over our neighborhoods.

⏳️ Now is the time to eradicate them, while they are still in their leaf stage. 🌿 It is recommended they are w**ded gently by hand so as to remove as much of the root as possible, and throw them in the garbage!

🙅‍♀️Creeping Bellflower roots form a strong and vast underground network making them difficult keep under control by simple mowing.

‼️A single plant will release up to 15,000 seeds after flowering, and can take over your garden and lawn before you know it.

📩If you need assistance slowing the spread, I have a handful of openings in the next two weeks, simply send me a message. 🏡👨‍🌾🌿