Last week the dandelions bloomed all over the yard and in the city park by our house. Years ago, when I lived in a different house and was a lot younger, I waged war against the dandelions. I had a large vegetable garden to protect and I cared more than I do now about what…
Last spring, the tree next to the neighbor’s house dropped a thousand tiny round seeds that blew into our yard and piled up in the patio like autumn leaves. The Siberian Elm is not a great shade tree and does not bear fruit. It must have come up volunteer, because nobody would plant a tree…