I’m overwhelmed.
If you saw the weed sitch in my garden you’d scream in horror. It’s really bad. With all the rain and the inability to get outdoors, the weeds have exploded in numbers I never thought possible. It’s close to pushing me over the edge.
I’d show you some pics but I need to maintain some level of your respect. I can’t have you leaving in droves to visit better gardening blogs. I’ll never get you back after that. This blog would then collapse upon itself in loneliness and disappear into oblivion.
I can’t have that.
Just imagine the worst case weed scenario and add on 10% more badness.
I’ll try to attack it over the next few weeks and then show you more of my garden when it’s looking all nice and pretty. Maybe we’ll look back and all have a chuckle.
So as I ignored 75% of the garden this morning I quickly realized why the other 25% was okay to photograph. That 25% has no room for weeds. It’s completely filled in with nothing but plants.
The weeds don’t have a chance to see the light of day.
They die an ugly death under the surface never to be seen at all.
The good chokes out the bad.
It’s nothing but all thriving plants all the time.
Seems so easy.
Now to apply that logic to the other 75%.
Gotta run.
The only way to prevent a weed. First, see if it flowers. Then see if any pollinator likes it. If yes, declare it to be a beneficial wildflower.
Funny you say that, I’m trying to think that way. If only the “beneficial wildflowers” would behave themselves a little better.
It’s too bad you are so ashamed to show your weedy areas, b/c I would say I have you beat!! I just cannot fathom how every available crack or bare patch has weeds flourishing on my property. It’s so discouraging. I am actually thinking of turning the garden out of my back kitchen door into a patio. I just think I have bitten off more than I can chew. Ugh. My garden is tightly planted, too, but alas, there is room for plenty of weeds.
I’m in the “bit off more than I can chew” club too. How to attack the chaos is still TBD. Never enough time in the day. I’ll do my best to make us all less discouraged. Some how.