[Gordonjcp]

> Whatever that weed is with the little spikey-ball-nodes that get into your pets hair, or in your laces and socks

In Scotland it's called "Sticky Willie" which is nowhere near as rude as it sounds.

Its primary function in the ecosystem is providing long thin sticky plants for children or childlike adults to stick to each other's clothing without the victim noticing, and seeing how long it takes them to figure it out.

[hutzlibu]

I found your comment amusing, which is why I vouched for it. Otherwise all your other recent comments seem to be dead for whatever reason, meaning only people like me who have showdead=1 can see them. Just to let you know.

[btilly]

I went through and vouched for the other comments. There is no way that they should be automatically dead.

[mschuster91]

I emailed dang, the account was shadowbanned for flamebait, and he manually unkilled a lot of their comments.

[VBprogrammer]

I think those and the little burrs are different species. Galium aparine Vs Arctium minus.

[Gordonjcp]

Oh you mean like the cockleburrs you get on things? Maybe more about the size of a small grape, outside diameter?

It's weird, I've only ever noticed those on the west coast.

[HankB99]

Cockleburrs? They seem to grow well in the US Midwest (at least about 40 miles west of Chicago.) We also get stick-tights which are much smaller.

As for my "lawn", I mow whatever grows at the highest height I can set my mower. No fertilizer, no toxins. Whatever grows is appreciated. Except thistles, cockleburrs and stick-tights. I have a variety of grasses, American violets, clover, ajuga and lots of other stuff. I also pull portulaca and add it to my salads.