Weeds
To the little plant baby which you love and wish to grow, weeds are like terribly hungry beasts who steal their food, and choke them to death, and say:
“Get out of here! I’m a piggy-wig, and I want everything myself!”
So unless you want your favorite plants to die, you will kill the weeds in your garden.
Even if some of your plants do live through the fight, they are weak and poor from the lack of food, and the hard work they have been through.
Someone has said that weeds are plants that are not wanted, and people often find that the less they are wanted, the harder it is to get rid of them.
You see, most weeds have grown in spite of everything, and have accommodated themselves to such unpleasant surroundings that when they find themselves in splendid surroundings, as in your garden soil, they begin to grow ‘with a vengeance.’”
“I know!” Mary Frances laughed.
“Well, we fairy folk want to help you as much as possible with your garden. I am going to tell you about—