Tuesday Yardening

[ysabetwordsmith]

Today was mild and mostly sunny.

Round One, I fed birds.  Then I pulled weeds from the septic garden.

Round Two, I pulled weeds from the wildflower garden.

Round Three, I sprayed weedkiller on poison ivy in the prairie garden.

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[kjorteo]

Sara: Lots of weeding this time around.

I wonder... hmm. I guess I kind of get philosophical about what makes some flowers desirable and others weeds. Maybe because my "spirit animal" plant (Spanish Broom) is considered an invasive species in a lot of places even as Celine and I are trying our best to raise one here. And I kind of relate to weeds' ability to keep on keeping on even with a total lack of support (and even active opposition) from humans, given my upbringing and all.

Now, poison ivy, that one I get. We have goatheads around here and while I respect them, they, uh, typically do not respect us. When a plant crosses the line from "is ugly" to "is actively trying to harm you," that... is still kind of a sad situation but I get that.

Well ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

Most of what I pulled out today was foxtail grass. Not bad as a plant, but it blocks my view of the flowers.

The other day, I was cutting down goldenrod, which actually is native, but I don't want it to be the only thing in the prairie garden. It's taken over a lot of space.