re: #23 Russkilitlover

Actually, the mustard was brought over by the Spanish. They planted it all along El Camino Real as a road marker. Plus they liked their spice.

That is the Black Mustard, IIRC. I have 8 acres of different mustard varieties that are attacking my recently planted grapes.

I am going for an organic vineyard, so I have to battle these the old way. It was a botanist from the local USDA soil conservation (NRCS) office that showed me which mustards were the ones introduced for erosion control. I am looking through google images to try to nail those down.