Stick it to me
Aug 24, 2022
3 minutes
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GOOSEGRASS is widely regarded as the stickiest nuisance in the garden. Although it owes its most common name to geese, which have a liking for it, dozens of its folk names mark its stickiness—sticky willy, sticky molly, stickyjack and sticky bob, among others. Local names, such as hayriffe and hedgeriffe, are said to have originated from the Anglo-Saxon word for robber or tax-gatherer, because the plant stole wool from passing sheep.
Belying both moniker and appearance, however, goosegrass doesn’t actually stick. Instead, its square stems and the undersides of its
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