My Outdoor Garden Grows Like A Weed In Summer

Every year my garden starts off neatly raked and ready to go. By August, the almost daily Florida rains have everything growing so fast that if you blink the weeds take over. Look at my poor tree garden. Mowing is getting hard because I can’t tell where the garden starts and the lawn ends. We have had a lot of rain with hot muggy weather. It didn’t make me want to do anything outside. To make matters worse, my husband’s sliding glass office doors look out onto this mess. With a tropical storm making its way up the gulf side of the state, we have a little drier air. I decided to grab some yard time while I could. Here’s what it looked like after a few hours of dedicated weeding.

Ahhh, much better. It just goes to show that the weeds can overtake the best of intentions. You couldn’t even see the bricks before. Now I keep walking by the door and looking out because it makes me feel so good to see it cleaned up. I guess I am going to have to tackle the gardens around the edges of the yard next, but only if Hurricane Bill misses Florida next week. If not it will be time to batten down the hatches and ride it out. :0)