I know, I know, I’m fixated on weeding. If you had as much weeding to do as I do, you would be too!
I can’t seem to remember to take before and after pictures to illustrate the work that I’m doing. I started weeding the day lily bed along the south side of the house. The weeds were so healthy that they had shaded the lilies and some of them have languished. I got about 75% of the bed weeded. I walked around the corner of the house and discovered that there is extensive work to be done on the west side of the house, too. As with the front gardens, I weeded up to the poison ivy and stopped for the day.
I had to prune out some mulberry upstarts, but everything else was just weeds. I cleared a path to the meters on the side of the house. I really don’t know how the meter readers have been getting in to do their work. I’m rather surprised that the companies haven’t called to tell me that I needed to provide access.
I asked Dear Husband to be my delivery man. I wanted some mulch for the gardens that have been weeded, to keep more seed from germinating, and to help hold moisture around the plants. He brought me two cubic yards! Just before he got home with it, he saw a sign offering mulch for the same price with FREE DELIVERY! I believe that he likes to grouse about having to help with the gardens. You should see how nice the herb garden looks with the chat we laid this spring!
If I could persuade the men of the house to help me, I’d clear a narrow bed on the west side of the house and plant hydrangeas and other blooming shrubs. It would cut down on the weeding, add to the beauty of the house and grounds, and create an easier path to mow. We really need to improve what my niece would call our “eyesore.”