August 1, 2004
Depending on your perspective, these pictures might be beautiful or hideous. We passed some patches of it in rural Alabama today. It will eventually kill the trees it grows over, it is an incredible menace. Its almost impossible to kill. We joke that if any sort of nuclear holocaust occured, the roaches and the kudzu would survive. Click on the pictures to see them bigger.
OH NO!!! Kudzu!!!
We have that in Mississippi too, and it is awful… once it grew so fast while we were on vacation that it crept up the back of the house and intp a slightly opened window and was trying to attach itself to the sill!!!! I’ve heard that the only way to get rid of it is a hoe or some goats. Burning it does no good (we tried). I think that might be the only thing that I put on my list of things that I DON’T miss about Mississippi.
What is this? It looks hideous if you ask me.
You better hope that cockroaches don’t learn to eat kudzu. Endless food supply! They’ll grow as big as houses!
We don’t have any kudzu in Michigan. Too damn cold. Even in the summer
i have never heard of kudzu before in my life… one of the advantages (?) of living in new england. if i understand correctly its some sort of contagious invasive life form - kinda like brother-in-laws.
Is it a bush? Is it a tree? Is it grass?
This seems like the set-up to a joke, but I seriously don’t know what it is.
CREEPY!
It’s like invasion of the body snatchers.
eek
p.s. Beth is a perv!
interesting. fer sure. reminds me of the bushes after edward scissor hands got done with them - especially the last one.
lol @ marital aid. if i wasn’t afraid of marriage before, now i’m terrified! tee
Geezus..looks like something out of a Dali painting or something. A menacing beauty I suppose? I guess the idea that it’s going to kill the other vegetation makes it a sad sight (sight - did I spell that right? OMG I swear the Swedish is taking over my brain. I don’t know what’s good or bad spelling anymore!!!!)
Beware the Kudzu!
The shape resembles some sort of marital aid. Come on! I’m not the only one to think of that, am I?
I think it’s pretty, but it is a menace. Here in Illinois we have creeping charlie. It has pretty purple flowers and smells nice when you walk on it, but it overtakes your lawn. Our backyard is probably 75% creeping charlie, 25% grass. There are ways to get rid of it, but that would leave bald patches in the backyard. It’s a lot less hassle to just leave it.
call me crazy, but I like kudzu. It’s never given me a problem, and I think it’s pretty, in its own weird way.
I kinda like the way kudzu looks in the summer. (Shameful, I know I know. I’m well aware of it’s negative qualities.) But, kudzu in the winter?? Spoookkkkkyyyyyy.
Another Pam - DUH! hehehehe!
Scary…
At least it is pretty!