Comments on: Weeds Are an Illusion http://catskillcottageseed.com/2009/08/20/weeds-are-an-illusion/ Positioning within the Imaginal Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:04:27 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: ccseed http://catskillcottageseed.com/2009/08/20/weeds-are-an-illusion/comment-page-1/#comment-7734 ccseed Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:13:05 +0000 http://catskillcottageseed.com/?p=2681#comment-7734 Thanks for adding the story about St. John's Wort. It's an intersting<br />aspect of the claim we make on other species, namely, that if we can<br />not find them useful, then we feel sanctioned to begin eradication.<br />In the end, my sense is that like the St. John's Wort, it is rather<br />the issue that in our own ignorance, we have yet to understood the<br />value... Thanks for adding the story about St. John's Wort. It's an intersting
aspect of the claim we make on other species, namely, that if we can
not find them useful, then we feel sanctioned to begin eradication.
In the end, my sense is that like the St. John's Wort, it is rather
the issue that in our own ignorance, we have yet to understood the
value…

]]> By: Ian Harris http://catskillcottageseed.com/2009/08/20/weeds-are-an-illusion/comment-page-1/#comment-7733 Ian Harris Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:16:34 +0000 http://catskillcottageseed.com/?p=2681#comment-7733 I once saw a weed defined as a 'plant for which the drug companies have not found a medicinal use'. In Australia we have a plant known as St John's wort. For years some farmer's organisations have been lobbying the powers-that-be for support to eradicate it. However it has also become recognised as useful in alleviating depression. Now there is starting to be some demand for it. I suspect that it wont be a weed for much longer. I once saw a weed defined as a 'plant for which the drug companies have not found a medicinal use'.
In Australia we have a plant known as St John's wort. For years some farmer's organisations have been lobbying the powers-that-be for support to eradicate it. However it has also become recognised as useful in alleviating depression. Now there is starting to be some demand for it. I suspect that it wont be a weed for much longer.

]]> By: ccseed http://catskillcottageseed.com/2009/08/20/weeds-are-an-illusion/comment-page-1/#comment-7729 ccseed Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:18:05 +0000 http://catskillcottageseed.com/?p=2681#comment-7729 Bingo! The withdrawl of projections always leaves us with the<br />recognition that in many ways, we spin the web of maya...I've come to<br />realize over the last decade that all control is an illusion, a useful<br />illusion at times, but an illusion none the less. Bingo! The withdrawl of projections always leaves us with the
recognition that in many ways, we spin the web of maya…I've come to
realize over the last decade that all control is an illusion, a useful
illusion at times, but an illusion none the less.

]]> By: Fred http://catskillcottageseed.com/2009/08/20/weeds-are-an-illusion/comment-page-1/#comment-7728 Fred Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:02:03 +0000 http://catskillcottageseed.com/?p=2681#comment-7728 Beautiful bit of insight. You're close to touching one of my nerves which is the mass obsession with lawns that serve no purpose but ornamental value but... I'll keep that opinion to myself at the moment :) One person's weed is another's medicinal herb (I'm talking legal stuff here!). A plant is just a plant until someone calls it something else. I'm all for keeping plants that compete with my veggies out of the garden but there's a difference between tending the garden and waging war on weeds, right? Beautiful bit of insight. You're close to touching one of my nerves which is the mass obsession with lawns that serve no purpose but ornamental value but… I'll keep that opinion to myself at the moment :)

One person's weed is another's medicinal herb (I'm talking legal stuff here!). A plant is just a plant until someone calls it something else. I'm all for keeping plants that compete with my veggies out of the garden but there's a difference between tending the garden and waging war on weeds, right?

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