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Killerhurtz  ·  3437 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: [OC] Tending Your Mind's Garden

It's an okay point of view, though I have a few things that I have issues with:

Be wary of advice - because some gardeners might tell you that the squash you're growing doesn't fit in, even though you purposefully grew it because of how useful it can be despite being ugly.

Be also wary of jealousy - because some gardeners can't stand the sight of a garden better than their own.

And third, treat all advice as suggestions, not a list of things to do. Because reminder, there's the Butterfly "weed" that'd help pollinate your garden and looks pretty; the sunflower looks like a weed until it blooms, and clover flower is both delicious and beautiful.

Finally - never use weedkiller, because that shit also kills normal plants too often. Pull the damn weeds.

(Though the rest is okay, even though you make it seem very full of efforts - with a tiny bit of effort, you can grow a 'wild garden' that looks like untouched land but still is healthy/beautiful)





TechOwl  ·  3437 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I honestly do think that keeping a well-tended garden is a high-effort task. Of course, it depends on what you consider to be a weed, and what you consider 'healthy' and 'beautiful' to mean. But my take is that e.g. believing that homosexuality is inherently bad would be an example of a weed, and depending on a person's upbringing, that can be a very easy belief to hold. Weeds of that sort can be difficult for people to come to terms with and pluck, especially if they've been strongly indoctrinated into a particular system of beliefs.

I think I agree with your other points.