The side garden has been short 1 cu yd of composted leaves in the lower segment. Unfortunately, I think it's too late in the year for that -- the local Southern States store hasn't been able to get any in stock since the end of June. I've been holding off on rototilling the area until I got compost, but it's obvious to me that it's just not going to happen this Spring/Summer.
In the meantime, weeds (especially crab grass) have taken over the area.
Yesterday afternoon, I roto-tilled the entire down-slope part of the garden as well as some of the area up-slope of the small Japanese maple to till up the grass and weeds that has taken root there. I'm sure this isn't the end of the grass and weeds in that area, but at least it should reintroduce some nutrients to the soil and put a damper on the weed growth for now.
The area in the corner will likely become a permanent home for a strawberry patch. We like strawberries and haven't grown them since our very first garden plot in 2009. My parents have quite a lot of them in their garden (for their small-sized garden, anyway) and would like to remove a fair amount of the new plants.
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