More back breaking work

Today I decided to get cracking and stop procrastinating about getting those weeds on my paths under control.

I started by digging out the worst of the weeds (mainly creeping buttercup and convolvulus) and laid down the weed mat. When that lot ran out (not far into the job lol) I decided to switch to a different method (and will use it as a comparison for my project!). I dug out the weeds, laid wet newspaper thickly over the soil and covered with mulch. I will also cover the weedmat with mulch as well. I'll just methodically work my way up the grid to do all paths and depending on my motivation and energy I will work my way around the grid as well.

I had Simon use the line trimmer on the entire lower section (where the vege patches are) - what am improvement it makes and looks really tidy and like a *real* garden now. I have decided to stick with the current 9 vege patches (plus the 2 adjacent ones which aren't really near by) since a few of the original plots are almost fully harvested and one potato patch will be dug out in the next few weeks I think which allows the chooks to move back onto those areas. By stopping with that number of patches it leaves heaps of room for the kids to get to the pear tree for climbing and another upper area for playing on. Looks a bit square, but makes me smile to see it so tidy.

Today was so hot, but it was great that the bathtub (aka water trough) was right there and available for standing in while my legs cooled off!