Re: What's a finished garden? (was Weeding, in theory)

Title: Re: What's a finished garden? (was Weeding, in theory)

It seems the little criticism I've gotten is coming from people who
aren't gardeners
at all, and don't seem to have much interest in plants generally.  Or
their notion of
a proper house requires a proper lawn.
Don't quite know what to say to that!

This is pretty typical. To me, grass serves no purpose other than as a playing field, though on occasion, it can be used nicely as a unifying element in the garden (i.e. when grass is used as paths between garden beds.  Other than that, it appears to me to be only carpeting and who needs carpeting outside? I have many many far more interesting plants than grass!  And those plants never need to be mowed!

I was just thinking that working in my garden is like reading a great book. I am always disappointed when I reach the end of the book and there is no more to read.  But in the garden, there is always more to do!  There is no such thing as a finished garden just as there is no such thing as a finished person!

Nan
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Nan Sterman
San Diego County California
Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11
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