[fred-quimby]

Before anyone says "oh not again".  I do know it is almost impossible to get rid of if you get it.  My query is - If you have a lot of it on the plot, like I do, is it possible to carry the spore home with you to your garden?  On spades, forks, boots etc..?  Thanks

[Goosegirl]

This I can only guess at. You need to let the plant develop to form a spore head - good idea not to!! If there are some you cannot get to, then the wind may spread the spores, but not sure how far. I have two types ( ) - one is in my veg garden at the back of our cottage where we have a dyke running on one side of it and it loves the water and grows about 3' easily, and has nasty brown spore heads in spring. I should have taken a pic of it in the field but I wasn't fast enough as the sheep eat it! The other is the usual menace in the garden which I pull out when I see it so it doesn't form spores. As we have it on the opposite side of the lane, it hasn't travelled too far via spores, so if do you see a small piece in your garden, whip it out before it gets established.

[BabbyAnn]

it's possible it could have been in your lawn but when you mow regularly, it kept it under control.  The danger is when you open up a bed to grow other plants and then it starts to spring up everywhere.  That has been the case in my garden