It doesn't look like I'll be posting much of a weight loss this week. Even with the heavy lifting, the 'ditch-digging' and the tilling, the yard work and the gardening aren't really aerobic and don't burn the calories. I've known this from past summers when I didn't do enough hiking and/or biking but I guess I need to be reminded. With the end of this warm, dry weather pattern–and my overworked hand–I'll be back to the park next week.

This week I've been transplanting forsythia to one property line and adding redbud along the front road. 'Rocks and redbud' pretty much sums up my week; lots of rocks wherever I dig and moving/removing the redbud that reseeds all over the place.

I also think I've figured out why my big daphne cneorum suffered last summer: some rodent digging beneath a plant that doesn't like to have it's roots disturbed. I'll have to be more vigilant but meanwhile I've filled in with humus and spread Critter Ridder. The plant is pretty bare in the center but has lots of buds on the periphery so I'm hopeful it will look like this again: