My half-day in pictures

It’s amazing how many Fall chores there are. Today’s: Weed and mulch the front flower garden.

What a mess! I haven't weeded since the middle of July.

Looks marginally better after raking out the leaves...except that it just shows how much it needs to be weeded.

These mums cost $11.99 at Kmart last year. I was surprised they came back.

I am Jill's neglected garden. These irises bloomed in April; they should have been trimmed by now.

A little better after the first weeding. The key is to look at it from different angles to see what you missed.

After the second weeding pass and ready for mulch.

The pile of stuff I pulled out. Weeds in this garden come in three types: crab grass, dandelions, and violets. In the Fall you also get fungus (eeewww!).

Ready for winter: the black-eyed Susans have been trimmed and the seeds sown, the irises trimmed, and everything weeded. In a month I'll have to cut back the mums.

So…that was my afternoon. Oddly, it always makes me feel better to get my hands a little bit dirty.

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