Quality time with a rock garden

So, for landscaping, the black ground cloth alone really isn't good enough. Holds the weeds back for a year or two, but really can't stand the test of time. Landscaping is generally intended to have a bit more permanence than that, so you don't want to have to rebuild it every couple of years.

R and I are taking the lowest (and smallest) rock garden apart and going to put down newspaper, then new ground cloth, and that should put us in really good shape. Great re-use of the newspaper and it's awesome for weed control.

Pulled the Element out of the garage into the driveway (so it can actually get an XM signal) and we're listening to XM101 for some good reggae. Not really feeling XM much beyond this channel and the 2 kids channels. It probably won't last for us beyond the free trial.