Garden Therapy

Like a poorly trained toddler, I often find transitions unpleasant.  I'm happy to be free of work obligations for the summer (especially the alarm clock), but also at a bit of cross-purposes with all this time suddenly on my hands.  I know that the remedy for the funk is to organize a bit of a schedule for my days.  Yesterday, I partook of the cure by taking to my garden.

 Planting happened around the 1st of May and I've already weeded the patch a half dozen times.  But as the summer heat grows nearer, it's time for my favorite method of weed control and moisture management: newspapers and mulch.  It took about three hours of weeding and mulch-spreading to finish half of the garden.  That half looks nice and tidy now.

 The rest of the job will wait until Monday morning, when I will have read the weekend's newspapers and can put them to work on the ground.  It's always satisfying to consign the week's news to the dirt.  I'm hopeful that I can find at least a few Joe Barton pictures for the next go-round.