Yes I heard the story why it was called pattersons

Curse, an early explorer , his horses had grazed

On it and died

It's all about how you see things as a farmer or anyone else that tries to get their paddocks free of these

noxious weeds view them in a completely different way,(and use a few choice words when talking about them

I sympathise with the farmers about that too go-tazz, they do what they have to do to keep their farms going xx

Not to be confused with Mary Jane, that tends to grow wild out Nimbin way.

Doesn't look as if theyre getting anywhere

With eradicating it. So prolific I notice it often

Driving through the adelaide hills as well.

I can understand why its hated so much

Took a drive yesterday, and the "beautiful-hedges-gone-back-to-nature" privet bushes are flourishing with evil smelling aromas.

Privet and Lantana - curses.

DEB

I've got a garden bed in the making. One of these days I'll plant something in it, then put a chicken wire cage over it to keep the cockatoos off. "But you put those plants there for us to play with...". They're shameless, they really are.

Bacon.

Or maybe rainbow trout.

They work out okay if you smoke them.

You can never find them.   Boys.  Oh, boys.  Where are you?