SinGinG in The Garden The Wire Grass Wars When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant. ~author unknown Text and art by Ginny Neil Shortly after setting up house with My Own Farmer, I planted a strawberry bed. I did all the right things. I dug the sod out. I excavated the edges of the bed and lined it with plastic. I built a rock wall on top of that. Then I filled the new garden with loamy soil. I dug holes, piled up little cones of dirt and capped them with my strawberry starts. I poured each plant a drink. Then, I went to sit on my front porch and July/August 2016 63