All Bugs Love Me
Time in garden: 10 mins
Amount of mint ripped out: About a packed milk crate’s worth
Number of insect bites: 5
Unanswered questions
- Why is calamine lotion puke pink?
- Why do bugs favour my left leg?
Heather
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I'm Heather MacFadyen and this is my place for thinking through things that interest me or puzzle me. Often the same thing.
I've been an academic and I've worked in a variety of communications roles in high tech (everything from technical manuals to comics). And now I'm working on an MLIS because libraries make me happy.
I turn up from time to time at Plenty of Nothing, a site I share with my hockey-loving, comic-drawing partner, and I've cross-posted most of my entries here.
I've been an academic and I've worked in a variety of communications roles in high tech (everything from technical manuals to comics). And now I'm working on an MLIS because libraries make me happy.
I turn up from time to time at Plenty of Nothing, a site I share with my hockey-loving, comic-drawing partner, and I've cross-posted most of my entries here.
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I started weeding my garden today and gave up because I got tired of slapping at mosquitoes.
Did the mint at least smell nice as you ripped it out?
Yup–mint smelt wonderful and since it was flowering it was easy to spot.
We’re pretty lazy when it comes to weeding the flower beds so there’s always lots of mint and clover and grass in the midst of the perennials. This year, tho’, the mint has gotten out of hand. It’s one of the many “invasive” species we let be. I’m fairly certain that our tangled gardens annoy many of our pesticide-using neighbours. But the tangle stays.