There are unfortunate social connotations involved with the wearing of Burberry here in the U.K., look up the term ‘chav’, or ‘chavvy’.
So thank you, but no! 
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Especially when you have planted green beans and those suckers start to grow alongside and steal light and fertilizers. I’ve plowed the soil to get rid of them and they are still here… grr…
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There’s at least a nod to the satisfying connection between legos, socks, and feet in this transaction. I can almost feel the pain!
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I have a simple solution - plant corn with the beans. Beans are nitrifiers, and corn requires excess nitrogen.
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@MerelyGifted & @Mike.71 - morning glories or bindweed? Morning glories should be eradicated as long as you pull them up before they re-seed. Bindweed, not so much - it’s an invasive. Getting rid of bindweed
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But you get free blackberries!
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Better yet, plant corn, pole beans, and squash at the same time. It’s called the three sisters method.
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Yup, companion planting, FTW! I normally plant beans in my strawberry patch, and carrots and basil with the tomatoes.
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Other plants don’t stop the nasty morning glories and their unpleasant relations. They just grow right up all over whatever is there.
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Uh, yeah, very much aware…we’re still battling them 10 years on from having planted a few.
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Mom calls shitty plants that take over the yard Vermicious Knids (pron. ka-NIDS) - a term for a particularly nasty critter from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
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