AAhhhhhh finished with the front aspen grove/nanking cherry and the flower bed beneath it. What a battle. I had to get help from my neighbor with a chainsaw to take out one of the young aspens that was riddled with borers that had been missed when the arbor guy worked there in June. I kept thinking, " I AM a Green Coalition Logger!"

I found the oregano and lemon balm... they had reseeded themsleves to new spots. I uncovered a rose, many sages (herb) and daylilies and found some columbine and daisies. Also, some cotoneaster, lily of the valley, and currant. It's been a neglected jungle in there for years, and now it is all pruned to get better light, dead stuff taken out, and thistles and invasive grasses whacked down.

Now I have only one neglected flower bed left to fix. It's long and wide, full of weeds, invasive grass, stuff I want to keep like tulips and poppies and iris and columbines mixed in with the stuff I need to clean out. It's against the front of the house, the aspen grove not quite hiding it now from the street. It needs major remediation, as it is part of the front facing landscape.

All in all, a very satisfying gardening weekend.