I did some accidental gardening; just weeding and moving (almost all of) the rest of the plants out of the patio flowerbed. Just a few coneflower and black-eyed susan left to go). The yard doesn’t look much different, but I did a pano anyway.

Yeah, I plan to deal with the grass (or lack thereof) over the long weekend…after I finish making the flowerbed for which I bought perennials today. I’m such a dumbass.
I finally figured out what that stuff was popping up all over the Honeysuckle Horseshoe. I left it, hoping it wasn’t a weed. It’s not–it’s bee balm. First flower!

Onje likes to sleep in my Virginia snakeroot, and he’s killed a couple already. Before investing thirty bucks in cold-pressed orange oil, I decided to try cheap Walmart warming oil. Sunny citrus orange and rosemary mint. Cats are supposed to hate the smell of citrus, especially orange, and the smells of rosemary and mint, so I’ve covered my bases.

I didn’t want to soak the bark chips and risk killing wildlife or even worms, so I cut down plastic cups.

I put two orange and one rosemary in with the snakeroot. I did sprinkle a little oil on the bark chips, but not enough to really get into the soil.

Hope it works. It certainly smells nice!