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I love wisteria! My aunt and uncle had a beautiful one that arched above their back porch. Just lovely.

We have various Rhodies, camellias, azaleas, roses, 2 lilac trees, fern, money plants, Andromeda, a large hydrangea, laurel, pampas grass, a pine tree, a huge cedar tree, 2 good sized fuchsia, and some other shrubs/bushes that I don’t know what they are. And, a huge Japanese maple that was my mom’s “baby” and has since become mine. I think it’s been there since the house was built in the early 50’s. The house isn’t that large but the front and back yard are filled with shrubbery/plants.

Trying to get through all of this and then may plant a few flowers and small plants here and there. I don’t mind trimming or pulling some weeds but the horsetails (almost impossible to get rid of) and some of the grasses that haven’t been there before are a real pain to pull. While covering most of the areas with bark is going to be a bit pricey, I’m hoping that will help keep the weeds down. I forgot I had muscles in my inner thighs and those are still hurting (not as badly as previously, and the soreness in the back of my thighs has subsided).

It’s hard to see to trim and do work when you have the sun is in your eyes. It was sunny and rather warm on Fri. Partially cloudy to cloudy Sunday and yesterday, so made it easier to work.

The gardener is coming to mow the lawn on Sat, so I’m trying to get all the clippings and weeds bagged up in the big paper lawn waste bags so they can take them (there will be a lot!).