Although the sign says that AAFC (Agriculture and Agri-Foods Canada) sprayed the site, what the sign does not say is that it was not AAFC that made the decision to spray, it was made by the committee overseeing the garden. It goes against our mandate to do this, but.... There is no doubt that dog-strangling vine (DSV) is a big problem at the garden, as everywhere in the Ottawa region. However, spraying a small section which is surrounded by millions of the DSV plant and which will release their seeds into the area for years if not decades to come, renders this 'test' useless. We know glyphosate, the chemical used, will kill DSV, we also know it will come back in force once the spraying stops.