EPISODE 622 ZINNIAS CAN OUTRACE THE WEEDS
alan skeoch
August 2, 2022
The Dundurn Kitchen Garden is terrific. Helped along by gardeners who diligently fight the
weeds wheeling them to the compost heap. Marjorie and I are not that lucky. The weeds get ahead of us
and defeat us. And that is why we love our zinnias. They now how to outrace the weeds to find sunshine.
Dundurn has nice clear footpaths. We do not.
Did you notice? No weeds insight. Why? Because a team of gardeners in full costume
of the 1830’s spend their waking hours searching and then thumping weeds to death
with sharpened hoes.
On our farm in Erin Township, Wellington County we always lose our race with weeds.
This year we gave up the battle and decided to let the zinnias fight the weeds.
We expected defeat but have been astounded to discover that zinnias can outrun weeds in
the race to get sunlight.
No big deal. Finding victory in defeat.
Speaking of victory here below is another picture of our elephant ear. Thriving on a
cold winter day in a farmhouse that is cool enough that our grand daughter Nolan feels
the need to wear a winter coat. That is one tough elephant ear. So tough that we have
given it a permanent window.
