Weeds Are Not All Spam

Light On Light Through · Aug 6, 2007

I was thinking about the dandelions in my garden, and how I like them every bit as much as the flowers and bulbs I've deliberately planted.

I've never understood the general dislike of weeds that flower - ranging in some cases to a mania to want to pull them out. If the color is nice, if the flower adds some sparkle to your lawn, why pick a fight with that?

I could understand if the unplanted flowers were so aggressive that they took over everything you carefully planted. But dandelions, though a stubborn species, pose no threat to most planted flowers. In fact, they do just fine with…