I've decided to establish the I Love Dandelions Society. What are the society's goals? To encourage the use of the dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) as a suitable and highly desired ground cover for flower borders and vegetable garden beds. To promote the beauty of dandelions that grow up through sidewalk cracks or establish themselves in the middle of perennial flowers. To support those gardeners whose garden paths are overgrown with dandelions from one end to the other. To embolden those … [Read more...] about The I Love Dandelions Society Established 2017
weeds
My Methods of Weed Control
The redbud in this picture is a weed. This has been a marvelous growing season for weeds, has it not? I feel like I can't turn my back on a flower border or vegetable garden bed for more than two seconds before a new weed seed germinates. There are weeds everywhere. I clear out weeds in the morning and by nightfall they are back, and it seems as though they've brought their friends with them. I look for weeds, find none, but the very next day, there is a weed in the spot where I looked … [Read more...] about My Methods of Weed Control
Why there are weeds in the garden
I know why there are weeds in the garden... To remind me... ...To be thankful I can kneel in the garden and then stand back up without pain. ...To be thankful I can grip with my hands, ....To be grateful I have the eyesight to see the weeds, ...To be grateful I have the knowledge to know the difference between weeds and flowers, ...To be thankful I can hear the bees buzzing in the garden while I weed, ...To be thankful I can reach for the furthest weeds without pain in my shoulders, To … [Read more...] about Why there are weeds in the garden
Invisible Weeds
I also weeded in Ploppers' Field this weekend I started mowing as I always do. Next to the driveway by the bed which borders the part of the garage that was built for storage. I headed east a few paces, turned north and mowed next to the garage. There is, of course, a planted area next to the garage. I surely do not like it when people only plant a few shrubs in front of the house and then let the grass grow up to their house on the sides. Boring. The side of my house by … [Read more...] about Invisible Weeds
Our heroine vanquishes the giant thistle, and other tales of weeding
Thistle growing up thru a rose I quite admired the audacity of the gigantic thistle which had the good fortune to germinate at the base of one the few roses in my garden and grow tall enough to rise above its thorn-covered stems. A thorn among thorns. As I looked at the thistle, I wondered how I would get back to there to pull it out. Should I get as close as possible to the rose and then pull the thorns out from above? Or should I crawl over to the base of the rose, ninja style, and … [Read more...] about Our heroine vanquishes the giant thistle, and other tales of weeding
Garden Fairies Discuss How Weed Situation is Becoming Dire
Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we like to think we've been missed on this blog and that every day when people come here and see we haven't posted, they are disappointed. But now we are here, and we are posting, and it is the summer solstice and we have so much to tell we don't even know where to begin. Well, we mostly will begin by saying that our work which consists primarily of opening flowers is continuing, though we'll admit there is a bit of a slow-down here in the last … [Read more...] about Garden Fairies Discuss How Weed Situation is Becoming Dire
