Weeks 10-12 review, plan for week 13

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Week 10 (beginning 18/4): No real progress. I did decide to use the prettiest glitter pens from the stationery stash for my language learning rather than bog-standard biro: they run out fast, but ... my notes are all glittery, and the pens were bought to be used.

Week 11 (beginning 25/4): Tiny progress; took some inspiration from colleague who was doing "10 minutes weeding a day" and reported it making a big difference. I think I did two sets of that over the week.

Week 12 (beginning 2/5): Better progress! I was prompted by garden-waste collection resuming this week (after being stopped for a couple of months, it will now happen every 4 weeks), and trying to find something more useful than pacing around the house to do during my required hourly keyboard breaks. ( Read more... )

Plan for Week 13

• Continue clearing the garden (many subtasks here)
• Agree with spouse what to do next (basically: mulch or turf the cleared areas; pros and cons to both which I won't rehearse now)
• When we are agreed and I'm confident of having the ground clear when it arrives, order whatever we agree on for delivery. (I am trying to avoid the trap of not being able to lay mulch/turf when it arrives, so it sits around and turns into a Giant Expensive Pile Of Guilt.)

As is probably apparent, I am so not a skilled or experienced gardener. I just want an outdoor space that is not actively unsafe for the children to play in (no banks of waist-high nettles or brambles, etc), and I'm reminding myself that achieving that, even if just for this summer, will count as SUCCESS.