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Posted by pegconnelly Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:01:58 PDT
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0 responses 0 comments It only takes one warm day to stimulate the weeds.

Within a few hours they seem to explode upon the barren ground.  One day you marvel at your nice clean flower beds, but before the day has ended little green sprouts emerge everywhere.                                                                                                                                                    

They care not where they protrude.  So what if they ruin the beauty of your pansy bed or strangle your roses.  They are the masters of the soil. 

Kill them and they come back. 

Strike them down and they push through the ground elsewhere. 
The mighty hula hoe only deters them for a limited time. 

Pull them out by the roots, but you always miss one little finger and they sprout again.                                                                             

Round Up is one of the tools I use to fight the mighty weed, but I spray and spray and spray some more and still they come back with a vengeance. 

They seem to have a life span equal to the cockroach and they multiply like rabbits.
The dreaded dandelions spread into the lawn by floating on the wind.  There is no way to dig them out. Their root system extends all the way to China.  I spray and spread granules around and kill many of these annoying yellow flowers, but there is always one I miss, and it starts the cycle all over again.                                                                         

Weeds are one of life's negatives, but some say we must have negatives in order to appreciate positives. 

Not so! 

I can appreciate the positives of life without weeds messing up my yard. 

I admit reluctantly, there will never be a winner in this battle of the weeds, only a standoff for short periods of time.

Fighting weeds is almost like combating ants — a never ending problem.

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