Weeds
Lately I've posted quite a few pictures on facebook of my garden. I know not many people are interested in seeing picture after picture of the same plant in gradual stages of growth, but since this is most of what I'm doing these days, it seems appropriate. Every few times I post pictures, I get a similar type of comment: Jane Doe: Wow! No weeds! My first reaction is usually to reign in the urge to inquire about the health of the commentor's eyes. My garden is full of weeds. This would be especially rude as people are just trying to be nice, but it's just plain not true. My garden is full of weeds. Why is it full of weeds? Because I'm lazy. In fact, the Lazy Gardener is probably a more apt title for this blog than Eloquent Pedestrian, as I'm not sure I've been either of those things in this space. I like picking out plants, I like putting them in the ground, I like eating what comes off of them. All those in between steps usually get ignored. My tom...