Do you ever meditate as you walk around your garden? I do. Often this spring and summer my early morning thoughts have been about weeds. It’s not that my garden has patches of weeds. I regularly “patrol” the garden and pull any weeds I see. The problem is that some flowers to me are weeds. I have apple mint that is a weed. I also have chocolate mint, now that is not a weed. What is the difference? I can pull fragrant chocolate mint with one hand while I hold a hot cup of coffee in the other hand. One of my definitions of a weed is a plant that easily self-sows or spreads and needs to be removed by a tool. A friend gave me apple mint. It's thick roots crawl under and up rocks. In my garden it is controlled to a very small area. Another friend gave me this plant…now this is a pain.
I was told it is a wild petunia. It is a very small plant, a hard to remove weed. The flower is short-lived and pale.
This is what this weed does. It grows too close to other plants.
I love living groundcovers. They can be choked by weeds. Find the weed in this patch….remember the definition. The lettuce is easily pulled…but I see a dandelion. It will take a tool…or if the soil is moist and I can grab each leaf together, I might be able to pull it out. But it will take both hands.
Another weed-patrolling, right-handed coffee drinking morning!
I was told it is a wild petunia. It is a very small plant, a hard to remove weed. The flower is short-lived and pale. 
This is what this weed does. It grows too close to other plants.
I love living groundcovers. They can be choked by weeds. Find the weed in this patch….remember the definition. The lettuce is easily pulled…but I see a dandelion. It will take a tool…or if the soil is moist and I can grab each leaf together, I might be able to pull it out. But it will take both hands.
Another weed-patrolling, right-handed coffee drinking morning!
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