... I hope...
I mean, we've had mother nature fool us a couple times already so I'm proceeding with some caution here...
But warm weather does mean I can get back out into the backyard and continue to improve on my flower bed and create a warm, inviting back patio where I will likely spend most of my summer grilling and relaxing away. Unless of course it's like last summer and it's over 100 degrees everyday, in which case I'll likely be inside in the air conditioning...
And now for an update!
Last summer I neglected my backyard due to the drought and the heat, and I developed quite the crab grass problem in the center of my flower bed. Not really knowing how to get rid of it, I dug up all of it including a lot of dirt (I didn't want to leave any roots in there) and replaced it with some new top soil just the other day.
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| There'a a beautiful view of the crab grass from last year |
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| And there lies my problem. No mulch invites crab grass |
It has taken me two whole summers to realize that I need to have my entire flower bed well covered with mulch throughout the entire season to prevent weeds, so that is something I hope to keep on top of this year. I also tried something new when I replaced the soil. I put down several layers of newspaper in the area that I had dug up as I have heard it prevents weeds from growing by acting a lot like landscape fabric. I then covered it with just about an inch of soil and then with mulch, so I'll be reporting on whether or not that works.
Also, the crab grass sort of killed out a lot of the plants I had in the center of my flower bed so I'll need to add quite a few more plants this summer. Another thing I've read is that if there is no room for weeds, there won't be any weeds... So I plan on packing the flowers in quite a bit this spring.
Stay tuned!
