embrace the weeds

Before I begin I need to get one thing straight. I do not like people who spray their lawns. I am sorry if you fall into that category and I will try to look past it and love you anyways, but with the amount of toxins in our air, food, etc., I think we can all refrain from adding more crap into the environment. So, with that said, I think you can understand why my backyard looks like this....

I normally don't do a whole lot about it since to remove the weeds would mean our backyard would be basically dirt. I am sure there are a few surviving blades of grass in there, but I have given up trying to find them. Lately, my boys have begun to call the sandbox their second home and I wanted to do something productive outside yesterday, so I started pulling out the dandelions. Really, why did I bother. I walked out back this morning and was sure there were even more out there compared to yesterday. I think I just need to be patient and wait until Andrew mows them down this weekend. Then our backyard will look more like our neighbours' (who do spray their grass).

And just because...here are two pics from yesterday.