Didn't get out in time to mow before it was too hot. I'll mow this evening, but I'm still puttering in the yard. Just did the second repair on the soaker hose (the first one split) and I'm trimming the shrubs to give easier access to some parts of the yard.

I need to de-clutter in the garage this afternoon, and also, to rearrange the shelves beside the driveway door. It has been functioning very well, but now I need to have a few of the bottles and tape for bug removal or treatment where I can pick them up easily. If they're ready it is easier to get out when I'm thinking of it to do the work. Otherwise I'm liable to be distracted by something else. Out of sight, out of mind, as they say. So, the shelves are due for a tune-up.

Finally, there is a spot in the new garden that is imply mulch over paper, put down to kill grass around the roots of the now-removed redbud. I'm going to put a pretty blue ceramic pot over there and start some portulaca in it. A nice accent of color and at the same time, a great attractor of bees to the garden. I'm going to put some alyssum in around the beans for the same reason.

SRS