Signs from Weeding

 As I attempt to remove the unwanted plants we call weeds I find myself contemplating their ability to survive. Burr weeds are particularly suited to overcome efforts to eradicate them. Once they emerge they split their main growth in several different directions. Pulling on just one of them leaves the roots in the ground which will continue its survival. You need to gather all of them before you pull to successfully remove them. Another weed I was pulling had just started its flowers and those were the ones I pulled. Later that same afternoon the ones I left behind produced flowers. I concluded that they heard their fellow weeds dying and sped up their flowering process which is their main purpose in life. My conclusion is that these weeds communicate to better survive the conditions they find themselves in. That and they can react in different ways to whatever threatens their existence. Cool stuff that makes you think. Just sayin’.