Good Weather

After getting out of Bible class, I met the gang outside Kenan Hall. There, we learned a new trick. Around all the shrubs was a layer of mulch that had been laid earlier in the year. Yet the mulch was packed down and settled. Mrs. Allen taught us that it's not necessary to lay down more mulch on what’s already there. Instead we took hardheaded rakes and roughed up the preexisting mulch. After about forty-five minutes of teasing the ground, it looked as though we had just laid brand new load of mulch. This mulch helps keeps the weeds under control, yet there were still a couple weeds around to be plucked.

We then packed up and headed to the raised flowerbeds next to the Fir Tree patio. There, we took everything out. The annuals were ripped out to later be put in the compost and the bulbs were dug up and saved. I can say with honesty, Thomas and I have become much better (but not perfect) at keeping the area clean as we are removing annuals.

It was nice to have such beautiful day after having a couple weeks of nasty weather. Today was warm but not too bad. By the end of this week, it will be up to the 90s, and I may be retracting what I'm saying now.