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Weeding for the audience

July 27th, 2008 · 16 Comments

Every year about this time, the Juneberry bed looks like this:
Image of grass infested daylily bed, with a Juneberry tree anchoring it.This photo was taken last July, but gives you the general idea: milkweed, musk mallow, lambs’ quarters, and a weedy form of evening primrose all detract from the daylilies that are supposed to shine here.
Being a detail person, in past years I have attempted to deal with the problem by starting at one end, and taking care of every single weed in one spot before moving on. Like this:

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