I’ve been in the gardens, and there’s a ton of work to be done. But there’s nothing like the warm sun on your back, little wind in the air, and soil that is ready to give up its weeds to get motivated. Especially the ease of pulling weeds.
Have spent time the past two days, after removing rose cones, addressing the weeds. I didn’t mulch last season, which means weeds felt free to spread their roots and leaves.
Some people mulch over the weeds, but I’m a purist. I start each garden season pulling weeds before laying mulch. I also prune my bushes before laying mulch so that it remains as clean as possible for as long as possible.
All of this means that while my neighbors in the condo community are mulched, I am not. It’s by request. In one way, it means more work later in terms of laying the mulch; but the bushes will be trimmed, the annuals planted, and the weeds banished.
I am a happy gardener.
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