The last time I did a major weeding run in the back was when it was desperate for it: the weeds had completely taken over in the back. With some hard, determined work every day, I got it cleared out and back in shape. The only upside to all that work was that the weeds were large and thus easy to pull, including the roots, in large handfuls. The same row in the picture linked above now has eight billion teeny tiny individual weeds that are turning into a major project to remove. In the same amount of time that it would normally take me to clear three or four frames, I have managed one. Only five more in that row to go…

I’ve heard a saying that a “weed is only a plant in the wrong place” or something to that effect. No. A weed is a weed, regardless of where it grows, and if it happens to be growing in my frames, it’s a pain in the ass.