weeds

In culinary spaces and literature, zucchini is often treated in the same manner as weeds, shamed for growing untamed and unabashedly.

Zia Shaked, 11, who said her favorite activity was reading, had spent the morning with her mother stuffing five bags full of the weeds that had been uprooted by her younger brother and cousin.

“He would ask me if my yard needed any weeds removed or anything like that,” Martinez said.

In other areas of the state, they are grown primarily as a cover crop, a plant grown to control weeds and promote soil health.

The US accepted the premise of this Russian argument and is now deep in the weeds of a potential ceasefire proposal.