u/calliopeReddit

I planted some common milkweed seeds at the bottom of my yard several years ago, but they're growing so well they're spreading towards my septic leach field up towards the house. I totally underestimated how much they'd spread and take hold. My first spring I had about a half dozen, now I have about two and a half dozen.

Now I'm in the unfortunate position of having to move or remove beautiful and much needed native plants, or face likely damage to my leach field.

Can I dig them up and offer them to neighbours? If so, is that best done in fall or spring? Will it help to cut the advancing edge plants now, before they produce seed pods, or will the root system continue on spreading new plants? I'm in a rural agricultural area (hence the septic leach field); I have nearby agricultural fields, but I do not have farm fields myself. I would hate to use any chemicals because of the local fauna, but will if I need to.

I know they're not mouse droppings, because I've been through a mouse problem in my house before. I have only seen them in my basement (so far), and some of them look almost like small drops of a liquid, or even a flake - almost flattened on the floor. I live in the country about an hour north of Toronto, Canada.

About a 18 months ago, I tried to do a job of sealing any entrances I could find, and I had a new deck put in, and my mouse problem seemed to vanish. I first noticed this problem about a month ago, but I don't want to clean it until I have an idea of what it is.

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