To Weed or Not to Weed

What is a weed? I have heard it said that there are sixty definitions. For me, a weed is a plant out of place. - Donald Culross Peattie

I like to think of myself as an interested gardener. I truly love looking through the seed and flower catalogues in the spring. I devour the catalogues and have considerable ideas in my mind of wonderful gardens that I never have the time or money to actually execute. When nothing else will grow in my yard, weeds are always present. I am constantly grumbling about the tediousness of pulling weeds. If I do not persist, they take over my flowerbed, and I just can