August Photo competition 'Weeds and invasive species'

blue5000

Congrats to emaherx our July winner, three in a row, first time we had a hat trick!

For August we want to see the best crop of Noxious weeds or invasive species. Examples of invasive species are giant hogweed, rhododendrons and japanese knotgrass. We also want you to say what county the photo was taken in. No shortage of weeds around here since we mostly stopped topping due to the drought.





There's been a few people complaining about big photos, if you are on a laptop perhaps you have the zoom setting bigger than 100%. Try and re-size them to a medium format on a photo site like flickr etc.

There is a star shape on the top right of the screen where you type a web address, if you have the magnifying glass icon with a + sign in it, left click on it and select 'reset to default'. This should reduce the photos so that they can be seen on the screen. To increase the font size again hold the CTRL key down and press the '+' key. It's a useful feature to zoom in on photos/DD ads etc.




Usual rules apply;



Guidelines-

Photo must be your own image i.e. taken by you or a family member.
Photo should conform to this month's theme.
You may enter more than once (within reason though, not 100 photos please!)
No chat/banter on this thread please, it will be removed. If you want to discuss what's in the photo take it to chit chat or send a PM to the person who posted it.
Even if the theme isn't strictly farming related, we would like to see the photos to have some tie to farming.
No naughty pictures please.
Final winners will be the photo with the most 'thanks' from a single photo which can be entered any month.

So there are lots of chances guys!

Any questions/queries, please PM blue5000

2017 winners https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/show...p?t=2057816318

2016 winners http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showt...hp?p=102183277

2015 entries http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showt...p?t=2057531455

2014 entries http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showt...p?t=2057337404

January 2018 https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/show...p?t=2057826298
February 2018 https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/show...#post106301117
April 2018 https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/show...p?t=2057858498
May 2018 https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/show...p?t=2057868284
June 2018 https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/show...p?t=2057878980
January winner Limestone cowboy
February winner Limestone cowboy
March winner Grueller
April winner whelan2
May winner emaherx
June winner emaherx
July winner emaherx.



Links for re-sizing etc.http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showp...05&postcount=5



Or just use 'Manage attachments' at the bottom of the 'reply to thread'

Here's a 'very promising' crop of Japanese Knotweed growing out over the 2m high railings of a County Council yard in N. Tipperary.

jimini0

My rushes are in the gutter

emaherx

The Mammoth Task!





The Rewarding View.



The Hired Help.





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ganmo

An invasive species of a sorts :P

moll3

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Nekarsulm

Fine crop of Linseed/Thistles, established last year for WBC.
The natural habitat if the invasive species, inspectorius departmentalist.

greysides

Beauty and a Beast, a close-up of Himalayan Balsam.



Japanese Knotweed lines the riverbank.






All photos taken in the Courtown Woods, Co. Wexford.

MF290

Anyone for a recycled tomato sandwich? Tomato seeds making it through the digestive system intact!! It’s a sludge heap for anyone wondering!

greysides

A South African plant, Crocosmia, but in an Irish landscape. Connemara seems full of it.

greysides

Congratulations to this months winner, emaherx, with a massive 30 votes. Fourth in a row!