I intended to write a post about my seedlings, and of all the progress I am making on my veggie garden.
While pondering what to tell you all, I was absent-mindedly pulling up periwinkle, which was growing in a spot I had other plans for. Here's my first pull and the tiny area I managed to pry the stuff out of the ground in.
Now that I knew that this pulling of Vinca Major (commonly known deceptively as "periwinkle") would take some doing, I looked up to see just how much of the stuff I have.
It's everywhere!
As if that is not enough
I am quite excited about what I am going to do with this walkway, which probably hasn't been used in 20 years, but it's solid vinca! Not one other thing is growing back here, besides lovely moss.
I see lots of potential, but first, I gotta rid the space of periwinkle!
I had this stuff in my last yard, but it stayed contained. I loved it back there, and was puzzled by 
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In case you want to know more
The plant has some excellent qualities. It will thrive and bloom under almost any sun conditions. It's very pretty while in bloom which it does for a good part of the season, and is evergreen, making it an excellent ground cover, as long as you don't intend to grow much of anything else besides trees and shrubs. This stuff has no business being in a flower bed though.
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all crappy photographs by me!