Mid-August Gardening

Cool weather inspires  to get out and work in the garden. It was long overdue... but finally last week we had some cool - though rainy - weather.

Between showers I headed out to the flower bed in the side yard and began to smother out the creeping charlie and gout weed that was invading that flower bed - using newspaper held down with stones and bricks. Then I put mulch on top.










Not perfect - but it looks better!















(In my world, there is no such thing as a zero-maintenance garden!)