RE: Upkeep - My Garden Journal

I love lilies, one of my favourite flowers! They are stunning to look at and scented ones are exquisite. So beautiful sit outside in the evening when its cooler and bathe in their aroma.

Weeds now - one of the first homesteading posts I read on the other place talked about chop and drop (and I'm sure I've read @mariannewest on the same topic) - chop or pull your weeds and leave them to die on the surface, ploughing all their nutrients back into the soil. I love the destruction element of chop and drop, too, I'd be in my element with a machete! I leave some weeds right on the beds like that, they also create a mulch that helps keeps moisture in the soil, others go in the compost bin which I turn out about once a year, and anything perennial (ivy, bindweed, brambles, bamboo from next door) goes in the green waste bin at the re-cycling centre.

Glad you're enjoying your garden so much and you're right - it is busy at this time of year!