Weeding a garden might sound like a fairly mundane, even feminine sort of endeavor. Men are more apt to plow; to wipe it all out in one horsepower-driven swath, whereas women and perhaps the more thoughtful of men, consider weeding a garden purposeful and intricate. I admit, I lean more toward the horsepower-driven swath method, but I’ve also been encouraged by the times toward the more thoughtful. Kill it all and start fresh will always be my default, my instant solution, but for now, in these times, I’m willing to consider alternatives.
I have raised a vegetable garden for years. A friend who owned horses offered me a trailer load of manure to spread on my garden prior to that season's planting. I thought that would be great, and that it would really help my vegetables with the additional nutrients. I had weeds in my garden that year that I had never seen before! They grew so fast that I could hardly keep up. I thought I was helping, but it turned out I did more harm than good. I think thats called unintended consequences. So often the ones we send to D.C. to represent us do much the same thing. They are enticed to go along with this program or that program to find out later that all they did was plant more weeds and the "garden" suffers for it. We all suffer, too.
I _really_ like the garden analogy. It's a very powerful tool, easily employed and understandable. Kudos, sir!
I have raised a vegetable garden for years. A friend who owned horses offered me a trailer load of manure to spread on my garden prior to that season's planting. I thought that would be great, and that it would really help my vegetables with the additional nutrients. I had weeds in my garden that year that I had never seen before! They grew so fast that I could hardly keep up. I thought I was helping, but it turned out I did more harm than good. I think thats called unintended consequences. So often the ones we send to D.C. to represent us do much the same thing. They are enticed to go along with this program or that program to find out later that all they did was plant more weeds and the "garden" suffers for it. We all suffer, too.