I was hoping to have at least one finished sock to show you, but I haven’t knit a stitch this week. In fact, it’s not much farther along than when you saw it last week.

So instead, you get to see what little bit I managed to accomplish in the garden over the weekend. Saturday morning, Dave and I were up early to drop off some waste oil at a Hazardous Waste Drop in Sarnia. When we got home, it was just starting to get hot, so before it did, I wanted to re-mulch the pathways around the veg beds. Mulch breaks down over time, and the paths were in a sorry state

While I would love to do them over in stone like the catio paths. That’s not in the budget right now (nor do I want to sling rocks again any time soon) as the paths are about double the square footage of the catio. So mulch it is, for now.

15 bags were spread out, nice and thick (and inspected by Furby afterward). I need a few more bags for the back in Willow Grove, and on the side where I have all the pots.

I have landscape fabric underneath all the paths, but it’s not strong enough to stop the Milkweed from popping up through it.

Naturally I mulched around them, because I love how they bring the monarch to the yard. There are several others coming up behind the peas.

By the time I finished, the sun was high and the temps were hot. I went inside, washed up, and laid down for a “short” nap. And… I woke up at dinner time. My day gone! Dave and I went out to grab dinner and run a few errands.

Sunday, they were calling for rain, but when I woke up it hadn’t moved in yet. So I decided to get out into the garden right away and get as much done as I could before the weather hit. The front yard was in desperate need of weeding, so that’s where I started. I got about half of it done before the skies opened up. I also gave ‘Cousin It’ a hair cut

It’s a weeping pussywillow, and those branches will grow right across the pathways if I let them. Cousin It will probably need another haircut before summer is out.

Next on the to-do list is weeding the Catio.

Lemmy is ready to assist!