Four Flylady Lessons for Weeding Your Garden

By Vanessa Richins

I’ve always been quite a bit disorganized in life.

I am a very visual person and have to see things in front of me, or I can forget all about them.

I am absentminded and start projects, only to get distracted by something new.

I’ve known about a website called Flylady for a while now. It’s a system developed to help you keep your house and life in order. I recently decided to start really working this into my life so I can be better organized.

I realized tonight that there are some things taught in Flylady that can help gardeners too when they’re battling weeds.

One of the first things she has you do is make sure you wear your shoes every day. It sounded silly to me; I’ve always been fond of going barefoot. She points out, though, that you care more and feel better when you get fully dressed for the day, even if it’s just around the house. Read the rest of this entry »