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why weeds and wild things? - Page 2© Barbara Hall
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Dec 9, 1997
'til now. Gotcha. Show any kid a
plantain leaf.
C'mon, you know what it is, it's right there in your lawn. A rosette of
leathery leaves with very distinct veins
running the length of the oval leaves. Yes, that's it, the one that send
up the stalks of seeds in late summer. Show
that kid how to bruise a leaf with a thumbnail and press it onto a
mosquito bite and you have given that child a
sense of power to care for themselves. With a weed. Go figure. I hope to take you all along on a fascinating journey past the things
you bought in pots to the scrappy creatures
who show up on their own in spite of your best efforts to eradicate
them, because they're trying to get your
attention. They were here long before we were and we have much to learn
from them. You game?
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