Obnoxious Weeds

Although I love gardening, there is one thing that I really despise and that is a bunch of obnoxious weeds. I absolutely hate them. So you can imagine my dismay at the current condition of my vegetable garden…weeds, weeds and more weeds. It is beginning to become difficult to find my precious plants for the weeds. I have in essence a rather large, healthy weed patch.

Now, if you think that I have been slacking off and not doing my share of the work at home, you might want to visit my current entry over at Her Home Blog. I am blog-sitting for awhile and you can find out the latest, although not greatest, info on my home. I have been very busy with the renovation of it so that someday, hopefully soon, our family can move in.

So, anyway, back to my lovely, or not so lovely, depending on your viewpoint, weed patch. I decided that something just must be done about it and I can’t put it off any longer. So Friday night, I was found with a small tiller, trying to turn under some weeds between the rows of beans. I was tilling in the moonlight as it was much too hot to do it earlier. The two rows that I completed actually look pretty good today.

Monday will find me tilling more weeds under and then I will tackle the weeds between the plants. I suppose that the beauty of having your garden look so trashed, is that when you actually do something about the weeds, then whatever you do, becomes very noticeable. Your efforts can be appreciated by many.

Although I love having an old fashioned garden, I am surmising that perhaps my dad’s garden plan may be the way to go. He has raised beds and as such, has very few weeds that grow amongst his healthy garden plants. I may have to do something like that next year. Of course next year, I won’t be renovating a home too, so maybe I can keep up with the weeds.

What is your least favorite part about gardening? Leave me a comment and share.

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