WEEDS AND COMPOST 



entirely away from the garden, dump them in a pile, 

 always taking your weeds to the same pile. Later 

 I will tell you why. 



The poor way to weed is to chop off their heads 

 with a hoe, for weeds are not like people and do 



GET DOWN ON YOUR HANDS AND KNEES AND GO AFTER EACH WEED, DIGGING 

 IT OUT COMPLETELY. PUT THE WEEDS INTO A BASKET OR BOX AND 

 CARRY THEM TO THE COMPOST HEAP 



not mind so much if they are beheaded; they can 

 grow another head. You see they are very much 

 like crabs and lobsters if they lose a claw, they 

 just go in hiding until another grows in its place. 

 Some weeds grow stronger and larger the more you 

 chop their heads off, and some make more new 

 plants if you chop them up, so you can easily see 

 how much better it is to dig them out. 



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