WEEDS AND COMPOST 



country, "thistles" in others, "groundsel," "pig 

 weed" (or "Red Root" as it is sometimes called), 



GRASS IS OUR WORST WEED BECAUSE IT REQUIRES ONLY A LITTLE PIECE OF 

 ROOT OR STEM TO MAKE A NEW PLANT 



"Shepherd's-purse" or "pepper grass," "plantain" 

 and "mullen" and dozens of others come to take up 

 room in our gardens which we want for more useful 



SORREL, OR SOUR GRASS, SENDS OUT LONG STEMS UNDER GROUND, MAKING 

 NEW PLANTS EVERY FEW INCHES 



or beautiful plants, so we must remove them. This 

 is called "weeding." 



There are two ways of weeding, one good and 

 the other poor. To actually get rid of a weed we 



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