yard progress and summer pictures

Ever since we put in our garden, I have had a constant battle against the weeds and grass trying to work their way up to, around and into my garden beds. My walking on them just wasn't enough to keep them at bay, and since I like things to be neat and tidy, this project was an important one for me to get done this year. Here is a photo of the work at the beginning:

I'd started the edging of my path, and clearing out the weeds and the grass that seem to flourish right where I don't want them.

And here is where I am at now:

So lovely that I could sit and stare at it all day (hence my chair set up for sitting and admiring the hard work). It's not done yet - we still have down the side of the house and we are thinking of adding a top layer of some sort of small rocks but for now, this will keep the weeds away and less weeding means more playing in the garden.

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And the garden is blooming and buzzing.

The amount of bees feeding in our yard is beautiful. The flowers are literally alive with them and their buzzing songs make great background music as I'm weeding.

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An incredible about of blackberries on our 3 year old bushes.

If you click on the photo, it will become bigger and you can see the insane amount of blackberries coming our way. I'm visualizing blackberry jam...