Johnson grass

Haven't seen much Johnson grass of late and don't know whether to be worried or relieved. For many years, we had Johnson grass show up in our yard and garden - simple looking plants with single shoots of strong, slender green - up to eight inches high maybe. They were considered weeds. Their reproduction rate was rapid and fascinating. The thin, stringy, strong roots were attached to a hard, black, seed-like ball. From there, more roots grew and another ball would develop, and another, and another and each had the shoot above the ground, and remained connected to many of the others - a kind of underground network that was difficult to slow down, but different from the other wild plants in this fascinating successful approach to reproduction. I'm not expertly knowledgeable about these plants, but you learn a bit from hours of pulling up the grasses over the years. If the root ball didn't come up with it, the grass was only temporarily daunted. Actually, I admired the sturdy little things. I liked the Johnson grass in the yard - drought and heat resistant. It's just we didn't agree on location issues when it came to the garden.