I have the prettiest weeds, wild asters.

Last year when we moved into our apartment there were 3 oversized, and uncut shrubs that we were dealing with. I could not stand them being there and clearly blocking the view of our home and it entirety. So in Spring I went out and started to cut them and try to make them look as good as possible. There was no getting around these gigantic bushes. So i realized they had to go. So i went out one day with a pair of hedgeclippers, and lol wire clippers, and went to work. I finally got it all the way down to the root, and let me tell you, I was scratched from head to toe lol. So finally my husband had a friend who had a truck and he took a chain hooked to his truck and to the schrub and pulled the rest of it out of the ground. I have never seen roots that long in my life! Anyway I went to tilling and planting, then watering. I'll be durned if the scrubs didn't cause tons of weeds to grow there now lol. So before long I didn't know what was flowers and what was weeds, so I let them all grow and picked out the sticker bushes. Low and behold It started getting really bad and weedy out there so i ended up taking everything out expect for 3 sunflowers in the back and one rose in the front. So now i know which ones are flowers and which ones are weeds lol. Great discussion.

I let lots of things just grow around here. If I did not, I would miss out on some real beauties. I got a tube of wildflower seeds on clearance one year at Wal Mart, then forgot it. I think I will plant them, maybe even this fall so that they can lay there and get ready to grow next spring. Someone here evidently did that in a vacant lot near a busy intersection. They had lots of bachelor buttons and cosmos that I know for sure, as I got my hubby to stop and I took some pictures, close ups of some of the flowers. I will post one, for fun.

I used to have wild asters before I moved. I let them grow, sometimes bringing in a bouquet for the dining room table. I love wildflowers and never destroy any of them.

When wild flowers come I sometimes cut and put them in a vase.Some are very pretty as dry flowers.I cut them and hang them upside down and when they dry I put them in dry flower arrangement.Actually these wild look very good.If there are lots of seedlings I try and arrange them in a bed.

The only wild flowers we have are dandelions and yes, I have eaten them and juiced them before..

I am sure we have many weeds out in our jungle. My husband digs some of them up and moves them to other areas where he wants them. I haven't ever eaten any wildflowers because I'm always afraid they will make me sick. Plus, I know there's only certain ones that are safe to eat. I love sunflowers, but we don't have any growing around here.

When I have any I just enjoy them. One year I had a bunch of flowers that came over the fence from my neighbor - I enjoyed the HECK out of them!