Weeds

 

March 28 is Weed Appreciation Day. Every gardener has their least favorite and mine is called "Common Cat's Ear." It looks something like a dandelion, but dandelions are sweet little things in comparison. 

I walk by houses where they've taken over entire yards and parking strips. The mature ones have a deep tap root and the seeds spread everywhere, so you're never done with this guy.

They also stay annoyingly green when the rest of the lawn turns brown in the summer. Well, what is a weed, anyway? Just a persistent plant growing in the wrong place.

"The garden world even today organizes itself into one great hierarchy. At the top stand the hypercivilized hybrids - the rose, ''queen of the garden'' - and at the bottom skulk the weeds, the plant world's proletariat, furiously reproducing and threatening to usurp the position of their more refined horticultural betters." From the NYT.

We don't have house guests often in John's basement domain, but today we need to get things ready for Amanda, Tom and the girls to sleep over. They're coming late tonight then leaving in the morning for their flight to Tahiti. They're spending two weeks in that South Pacific paradise with another Methow Valley family. Good for them. I’d call that a pretty good spring break!