Lani wondered where everyone was. Well since it is spring a lot of us are outside working. I've inherited a 2-year old large yard with neglected ill planned garden. And so I've spent hours a lot of time trying to get weeds out of it. While pulling and yanking and grunting and ripping I've had some thoughts.

* If you're not where you're supposed to be, you're a weed. No matter who you are.

* Nothing can substitute for a good daily weeding. Otherwise it is a miserable chore.

* Pulling up huge roots after neglect can affect the good things around it.

* Soft soil is a pleasure to work with.

* Trying to take care of a garden beyond your ability or time constraints results only in something ugly to look upon.

* All of nature has a part in a healthy garden i.e. worms.

* The dying time of winter is vital for new growth.

* The decay of last year's growth can feed the tender shoots coming on.

* When plants are first put in the ground they are fragile and need to be encouraged a lot to grow.

* Some weeds look exactly like a perennial to me. I can't tell, but time will...

* The root system is almost always much greater in proportion to what is seen.