Tidying the garden borders, lawn edges, and property lines while leaving all the weeds and stuff in the middle is the #gardening equivalent of “I meant to do that.”
Kick back and enjoy your summer.
#gardeningtips
Weeds till and amend the soil.
They are nectar plants for our 6-legged friends.
Herbicides can harm kids
Or pets
Or your friends’ kids
And pets
And that squirrel there
Wait, what is that? That thing
And flies
Poor flies 😢
Weeds piss off your obnoxious neighbors 😈
Admit it
Some of them are pretty 🤗
Weeds are good. Good enough anyway. Kick back and enjoy your summer.
@Fritillaria2 i never understood "see this local, beautiful yellow wildflower? The one that creates a lovely ball of seeds that float on the wind? Yeah, these are BAD. Because we say so."
@wohali Because I’ve dealt with some of them, I can be pretty heartless sometimes. But as often as I have bitched about the likes of Canada thistle, I have also lovingly taken photos of their pretty flowers and delighted in their fluffy seeds. I don’t understand why invasive has to equal ugly, but I CAN understand why “pretty” doesn’t automatically equal “gets to stay”.* As much as I joke about leaving weeds, I have my exceptions.
(*That goes for garden plants as well.)
@Fritillaria2 I intentionally seeded a bunch of clover in my yard as a ground cover and to fixate nitrogen...it's taking over in the neighbourhood, slowly, So pretty. Local, too. And I love the wildlife it attracts.
