the zen of weeding

If you plant a garden, you have to care for it every day.  Part of this responsibility is weeding.  I actually like weeding. It gives you a chance to really get up on every plant that you planted, check out how it's doing, what is going on with it, see its growth.  I throw the buckets of weeds to the chickens, who love to eat them.  Contrary to many myths, the yellow or orange-ness of egg yolks is determined by how much green the chicken is eating.  I weed for hours on end, up and down the garden aisles.  Your mind goes far away when you weed, to good places.