Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Be Careful What You Desire

The sun is playing peek a boo with us this morning.  It comes out, then clouds over, then comes out.........you get the picture.  I wish the sun had a tail I could grab hold of and not let it go.  I thrive on sunshine.
We have a perennial in our gardens that is just plain nasty.  It has a runner root system and just invades everywhere.  It is called red loose leaf something or other.  It has pretty red leafs and plant stems, blooms pretty little yellow flowers most of the latter part of the summer.......BUT.......we are ready to rid our lives of this irritant.  Last night, Ken took Round up and began to attack them.  The only problem is that some of our good flowers will probably be affected as well.  At this point we feel we have to sacrifice something to get rid of these things.  My apologies to anyone I gave starts to over the years.  If you have them in any form, attack them now.
When one gets perennial garden fever, there is an  "I want it all" in one's mind.  Every new plant is exciting and then one gets into hybrids and different colors......it goes on and on.  The first year a perenial garden is planted, they sleep, the next year they creep and the third year they leap.  By the fourth year, one wonders what one has done?????  Yikes....what do I do with this mess.  My gardens are older than that fourth year and I have pulled out liberally.  I even consider having someone come with a power tool equal to the task and get rid of the whole mess, plant grass and let my husband enjoy his Simplicity toy by cutting it.  While I talk destruction, there are some pretty areas that I wouldn't get rid of at the moment.  The caution today is.........be careful what you plant and where you plant it.  I know there is a spiritual lesson in all this but I think I'll let you form one in your mind.  Think about the desire for material things and what that leads toooooooooooooooooo.

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