Technically, tis’ not a weed. My mom saw this coconut with a shoot growing out of it laying on the ground. She picked it up and brought it home. She kept it sitting in a dish of water for a good while, then threw it back into some undergrowth in the park where she walks… Read more
Hello, dear people! Well fuck me, I am sorry to have missed the past few days of weeds. Here they are, in a big weedy bundle. 1. I call this one hitch-a-ride. It’s got little green seeds that cling to the bottom of your pants or socks if you get too close. I think something… Read more
This is a handsome lookin’ common weed. It loves growing out of the cracks in the wall or drain.
This is a creeper growing on the fence of the vacant lot opposite. It might be a kind of gooseberry. See those pyramid shapes toward the right there? They’re a papery, poofy shell with seeds inside. Maybe physalis minima or pokok letup-letup (letup = explode)? Or it could also be a young passiflora foetida (passion flower vine). Btw,… Read more
This plant has been happily growing in a wild bunch under a tree in our front yard. On the day I was drawing it, Zedeck’s mom came for a visit. She said: that’s not a weed! I planted it years ago! She called it pokok Lidah Ular (snake tongue plant). When boiled into a tea,… Read more
