I have been working on shifting my attitude towards weeding, moving it from a chore to an adventure. After listing to a podcast by Margaret Roach on A Way to Garden I have been calling it treasure hunting. I am looking for seedlings instead of just pulling out unwanted plants even if that’s what’s involved. The other morning I was happily discovering Mexican sunflowers and pineapple sage when I came across what I thought was an aggressive giant weed. When I pulled it out I was pleasantly surprised to find it was a radish gone to seed.
“My idea of gardening is to discover something wild in my wood and weed around it with the utmost care until it has a chance to grow and spread.”
– Margaret Bourke-White