Most readers of this blog are probably aware that I often try to do a form of “counter programming.” That’s when the Super Bowl is broadcast, but the other networks run programs like “The Sound of Music” or “Frozen.”
So instead of writing about the divisiveness of Trump, or the way Fox “News” keeps saying that peaceful demonstrations are violent riots, or that “The Rev” Al Sharpton makes a terrible spokesman for racial injustice, I will write about the positive step West Virginia has taken to ban the sale of Japanese Barberry.
This is an invasive plant, full of thorns, and not eaten by deer, so it crowds out native plants. It spreads quickly (I can show you some in Beltzville State Park less than half a mile from our house), and it is tough to eradicate.
The question is not why West Virginia banned the sale of this plant, but why any state would allow its sale at all.
See “Sale of Japanese Barberry in W.Va. Outlawed July 1,” Lancaster Farming, (June 6, 2020), p. A21.
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