Sometimes they get so entangled with a “good” plant that I can’t extract them.  I have to live with the weeds if I want the flowers!  The weeds inevitably grow alongside the flowers.  Beauty comes with the weeds. It’s a package deal.

Weeds also remind me that I am not in full control.  I like the idea of having “dominion” over my garden – the feeling of control.  I have sprinkler/drip systems that allow me to remotely control everything – grass, beds, and pots.  I try to control squirrels on my bird feeder (a lost cause).  But it’s really a false sense of control.   My garden is interconnected with so many things out of my control…neighbors, drought, heat, spread of disease and weeds by the wind and water, birds dropping seeds, losing trees in storms. The reality of life is that I have some – but limited – control.

Thank you, God for weeds…..

Toodling and Noodling, Stan

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For a closer look at the garden, as a series of short “Stroll through the garden” videos here: (https://notesfromthetrail.org/stroll-thru-the-garden/)