Weeds 1

Everyone knows the difference between weeds and plants. You weed the garden but water the plants. In a very real sense, however, i.e. in a sense not tinged with poetic device or philosophy, there is absolutely no difference between the two. Weeds are simply the plants we don’t want. A rose bush in a field of wheat is a weed. A delightful dandelion in a manicured lawn is a weed. And all those native grasses that turn the hillsides green when it rains and the sun comes out, if they wander down the hill and into the garden, are nothing but weeds. The distinction between plants and weeds is a false dichotomy. You and I are the primary difference between the two.