Dividing Out Seedlings
Every time I set out seedlings, I feel sorry for the weak ones. I long to be a Darwinian-minded spirit who has no trouble with "survival of the fittest," quickly tossing aside the stragglers, the weak-necked, the limp. But instead, I find a spot in the corner for them. I tuck them in and wish them well. Whether right or wrong, I've always had this sensitivity. Sometimes I hope it's a sign of compassion for the weak. Other times, it feels like indecisiveness, a wishy-washy inability to make "hard" decisions. I have this same problem with the semi-invasive plants. Why pull the mint so ruthlessly? They make great tabolui, tea, and salads--who doesn't love mint? But mint is a bully my mind argues back. And why remove every last clump of the sedum--nothing else grows so well in the crooks of rocks. So, I let a few stay... I wouldn't have made the cut with Joshua conquering the Promised Land---there would have been far too many straggl