It rained this morning, and after it finally stopped, I weeded the gravel path. Took out two buckets full, and that’s two buckets mashed down as hard as I could. Lots of crabgrass.

Then, I got started on the post holes for the trumpet creeper. The first one wasn’t bad, except that I got rained on, then the second one, I ran into water and two biiiig roots, and the sun came out, so I was sweating Third one, I ran into more water, and my arms were getting tired. P helped with the fourth one, but it wasn’t fair because he had an assistant, and I didn’t!

I covered the holes with scrap plywood and aspenite; I may not like Charlotte eating my trees and flowers, but I still don’t want her to break a leg.

The only flowers on the trumpet creeper that Charlotte didn’t eat (yet).

I took a well-deserved nap, and when I got up, it was too late to do anything much, but I did finally put my long-suffering Strelitzia in pots. Reginae on the left (3 plants), Nicolai on the right (2 plants).