April Showers Brings May Weeds

Two days of bright sunshine and warm weather start off the week only to be followed by multiple days of rain.

Love the rain even though I know it means there will be a bundle of weeds to pull this weekend.

Easter Morning In The Garden

Easter Sunday, the earliest I have been working in the garden since moving back to Iowa. The weather, today, is perfect for working outdoors.  Headed out first thing this morning before it gets to warm. Spent an hour using the three new garden tools purchased from the local hardware store - long-handled mini shovel, Frisker hand pruner, and Frisker heavy-duty hand rake - cleaning the first of three flower beds.

Creeping Charlie is the most frustrating plant I have ever had to remove as the majority of it is growing among the patch of glad bulbs. There is also a giant dandelion buried deep among the bulbs which are stressing me out. Could not remove the dandelion root without removing a handful of bulbs. Awwwww! 

Removed lots of the  Creeping Charlie but there is still more to pull out. There must be a natural solution that will stop the Creeping Charlie once and for all. Time to visit a garden center for help. Three years and the stubborn Creeping Charlie keeps coming back. I'm done being nice.

Dead heading the Sedum was easy this year, thanks to the new pruning tool. Tony was responsible for helping me get the single rose bush pruned.

The bed looks 100% done. Two more to go.