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Lilac’s Lesson

It’s June and the chervil is in full bloom. Oh, those delicate white flowers might look harmless enough.  And a single flower may well be of no consequence. But this noxious weed multiplies quickly and can grow to a stunning six feet.  It fills the field beside my yard.  All I can see behind my falling-down wooden fence is the ragged phalanx of chervil threatening to choke out my beloved fledgling hedge of young lilac bushes. I do everything in my power to tame the floral invader and keep it at bay.  Even so, chaos looms at the edge of…