This spring and summer have been one for the book when elderly parents became seriously ill, with one passing and one recovering slowly. It became a season that required a lot of time away from home and grew a weariness from the stress and grief of life naturally embedded in such seasons. It all gave way to the garden surrounding my home producing weeds, not beauty and peace. When some weeds became tall enough to block the view from the patio, I finally pulled on gloves and began weeding.
Weeds are just part of this life.
Some weeds require you to pull them one at a time to protect the roots of the surrounding plants.
Other weeds can be pulled out by the handfuls.
Some weeds are actually invasive bushes that need a pick axe to remove them.
Weeds are just part of this life.
Fifteen minutes a day would have kept the weeds from taking over the garden.
Some weeds are prairie grasses that look great in my pasture but not in the garden surrounding my home.
While weeding and sweating, enjoy the sunny autumn-blue sky, gentle breeze, hummingbird buzzing around your head, and red-shouldered hawk calling from a distance. You need to look for the joy in the journey.
Look out for the turtle and black snake, who you know live in the garden. On second thought, look out for all the snakes.
Don’t waste your good well-water on weeds.
Enjoy washing your sweaty face with well-water from the garden hose. Then, take a good, long drink from the garden hose. Sorry, suburban and urban dwellers, but water from the well is colder and tastes better. I don’t make the rules.
Weeds are just part of this life
The more empty spaces you have, the more weeds can gain a foothold.
A necessary corollary is planting more herbs, lavender, butterfly, and blueberry bushes—any good thing to cover those empty spaces.
Enjoy both a job well done and a shower when you finish.
Sit on the patio in the evening and read for a bit as you enjoy the view.
Life is not all about weeds.
Let the reader understand.
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