weeds and seeds

More than twice during the past week someone has asked me; ‘what’s a weed’ ?  My answer has been somehting like.. ‘anything that you don’t want in your garden is a weed, if you’d want it, it would become a perennial.  I know this is NOT a good answer, they might just be an annual, but you get my drift. Okay, I’m tired. The
vegetable gardens needed attention. The
birds had pulled out more than the occasional bean seedling. I always plant more than I’ll need. They, the
birds.. robins mostly, always help themselves, some years more than
others. I hoed the spaces and picked out
the weeds and popped new bean seeds in between the little string bean
plants. Then I prepped another row
(weeds grow fast I all this wet cool weather) and sowed another half row each
of spinach and lettuce. All unplanted
areas not presently under black ground cloth needed weeding. After lunch, I walked down to the field to do
the same with the squash and cucumber beds. Although I’m not fond of looking at the black cloth, it is invaluable
controlling weeds and thus making more time for other pastimes (read that fiber
related activities). Several years ago
we began planting our tomatoes in beds covered with black plastic to warm the
ground and give us the extra week. In
doing so we also found that this kept maintenance down and we had far less
wilt, mold and mildew. Pretty good
benefits, so we put up with the ‘look’. Next up, the raspberries. I
weeded them earlier this spring but it was time again. The runners are heading out into the walks
and I want to see them before I mow them down. There is a small patch of garden that they can be moved into and there
are never enough red raspberries come picking time. It seems like I’m always going to the ‘pick
your own’ fields to fill the freezer. So, my fingers and hands are sore, my thumbs and fingertips split. Time now to knit, blog, and relax with a
glass of wine on the deck. Sounds good,
huh? Damn chilly out there now that it’s
time to relax. The wind picked up, the
sun went under and thank goodness the glass is full. 

What am I knitting? The sock:

And a new project (yet another one) to test some yarn I dyed
and haven’t tried yet. It’s the Midwest
Moonlight Scarf.

It’s The Summer of
Lace, right?