leprechaun - (28 Jun 03 - 01:52 PM) I didn't know you lived down the street from me, but no, I'm not from there.

I've been as confused as Big G and St F about the behavior of my neighbors for decades - but surely they'd both know that dandelions and most of the common varieties of thistles that spring up in my neighborhood are not native to the US????

I rather suspect they were introduced here by someone a little less all-knowing than those guys.

I do try to treat the foreign plants as "honored guests," although the wild Morning Glory (called bindweed, here) does get a little "possessive" of my small bits of ground.

John