

I really prefer British style fences, but with the wildflowers blooming I am coming around to ours.
I really prefer British style fences, but with the wildflowers blooming I am coming around to ours.
We found this beauty when we were weeding the mulch under the jungle gym. A fascinating science project to see how an acorn sprouts into a mighty oak.
This is the first year I’ve been well enough to really spend time weeding the wildflower area of our garden. Years past I’ve let the seeds go truly wild and only pulled a few “mean dandelions” (you know, the spiky ones) and weeds I suspected might be poisonous. This year I’m enjoying sitting among the bachelor buttons and pulling up plants that are less desirable so we have fewer weedy seedlings competing with wildflowers next year.
Bachelor Buttons and Love-in-a-Mist.
Two of my favorite self seeders.
As suggested in my Chaos Gardening zine.
My front garden is largely overrun with weeds, but the daisies and bachelor buttons (self seeded into the yard outside the garden bed) are living their best life.
Two view of our chaos garden. First a peek at the “wildflower meadow” a patch of self seeding Bachelor Buttons and Love-in-a-Mist.
Then, an honest look at the messier parts, as filmed by my 5 year old.
Gardening Without Work: for the aging, the busy and the indolent by Ruth Stout
(Read for free on Internet Archive)