Out of Order
June 28, 2010 
These are my weeds. Actually, this particular picture is of weeds that have been pulled already, and replaced by an even denser crop. And it's still too wet, after the torrential weekend rain, to go out and pull, hoe, or eradicate them in any manner.
And we're sick.
This puts me on the verge of hyperventilating just a bit.
Then I take a deep breath, and look at all the vegetables that are flourishing, even among the weeds, and I let it go.
I let it go.
I do this multiple times a day (whenever I look out at the garden), but in the end I always let it go.
(Is it really letting it go if I keep having the same reaction over and over?)
(Don't answer that.)
Every time I think about the weeds in our garden, I think about that line in Crocodile Dundee... "He's got a knife." "That's not a knife." (Dundee draws a large Bowie knife.) "THAT'S a knife."
"She's got a weed."
"That's not a weed."
(Farmer Gal draws out a large pigweed that is about to seed out.)
"THAT'S a weed."
Sorry. I'm trying desperately to find some humor in my situation.
Now if I'm going to be looking at weeds, this is really the way I prefer to do it... In a wheel barrow, and out of my garden. This little pile is but a fraction of what we've pulled so far. And did I mention that it rained? And it was humid.
Weeds like rain. Weeds like humidity.
And I've got a cold that makes me want to sleep all day.
And my digestion has been a little wonky.
So not only am I losing the garden battle outdoors, but keeping up with things indoors has been a struggle as well. My loose grip on some semblence of order around here is slipping away! (Wimper.) Help!
But here's the good news... Yesterday, Mr. Blue Eyes and I spent a little time cleaning up around the house, and it's looking okay again. By tomorrow evening, things should be dry enough to get out there and pull weeds. And pulling weeds really isn't all that hard. It just takes some time. But it's kind of rewarding to look at something that seems so overwhelming and see it cleared up within a few hours.
(Except the potatoes. I've pretty much left them to fend for themselves.)
And there's more good news. There are some things around these parts that are doing quite well, and give me joy like a fountain in my soul...
Weeds?
What weeds?
Reader Comments (3)
I hope you and the the kiddos are feeling better!! Weeding, I hear is stress reducing, but when they are the source of stress, how would you relieve THAT stress? Hmmm...interesting question to life's little oddities! Hang in there!
Hope you're feeling better asap. Sickness and summer just don't go together, do they?
Thanks for the shout-out at PW's!