Thank you @owasco!

I appreciate the information on the Japanese knotweed. It's certainly invasive and grows the way you say, very tall and in large patches. I am not sure if I'll be able to keep it completely out of the garden this year.

Hopefully I'll enjoy how they taste at the very least. I'll have lots that I can eat with how much is growing back there lol.

Thank you for the compliment regarding my entry, I look forward to learning from this community and will be trying new things like the electroculture as well.