Elimination ‘gardening’ occurs in the process of working along with Nature to create a habitat. (The initial ‘commas’ around gardening are used to acknowledge that this differs from what mostly pops to mind with regards to gardening.) The area under the bird feeder grew two or three large mustard plants (gorgeous yellow flowers winked along with the forsythia in spring) and several sunflowers. These were all in a chummy group and gave a bit of a crowd scene to that section of the garden. Last evening, when it was cool enough to inspire and motivate a garden stroll (yes, heatwave continues!) it felt time to relieve the mustard of one duty and embark them on another. Up they came. Was surprised to feel prickly stems: I had not put on gardening gloves not expecting to garden. The plants got tossed on nearby ground where they will look perky for a day or so and then wilt and wane and join the soil in enrichment. The whole aspect changed around the sunflowers. Now they are revealed, center stage. The earth bared by the removal of the mustard will have something green showing within a few days. I wonder what……