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Dear Reader,
Sometimes I don't want to pick the weeds because they look like they have potential. I know they're weeds, at least I think they're weeds. Truthfully, even avid gardeners like me don't always know for certain what's a weed and what's not, especially if it has a flower attached to it.
When I first moved to Florida (after living in Wisconsin for 30 some years) it was quite a shock when I looked at the plants growing in my yard. I only recognized ferns, rose bushes, and a loner, pink impatiens plant with spindling, spent stems. Our new home had been vacant and unattended for a few months and all the other plants looked like jungle vegetation, because they were extremely overgrown.
So, with a book about how to identify Florida plants propped up in front of me, I had to be the judge: what was a weed, what had to go and what could stay. It was a trying time for me. I can't even toss my Poinsettias out after Christmas. I make my husband "find good homes" for them when I'm not around. But I yanked, pruned, planted, fertilized, and now I love how my flower gardens look.
However, you'll still find a few weeds amongst the "real" stuff in my gardens, because I just never know, it might be a weed or it might be a flower simply growing in the wrong place.
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Thanks for reading with me. It's so good to read with friends.
Suzanne Beecher
Suzanne@DearReader.com
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