Time vs Money

I spent time to save money...but not sure it's worth it.
Time can never be increased - the quantity of time we have  is set in stone. We cannot increase the amount of time we  have. We can only  use it wisely to make it "go further"....

But, "frugal" is my middle name in this blog right?
SO...I'm referring to money and   frugality in this blog.

I saved money,   maybe $25.00, by purchasing new opaque plastic, instead of black,  to place on top of weeds to  kill them in a non toxic way.   I read online that  clear, opaque, or black plastic all would work. 

I frugally used black lawn bags I already  had on hand on some parts of the yard however.
Sure enough, the black plastic killed the weeds better, quicker, more thoroughly!

It's quite time consuming to lay down the black bags,  then to anchor them down with bags of compost or the few bricks I happened to  have on hand.

Looking back, I now realize I should have spent the extra money to buy the black plastic in sheets.
I could have more quickly put the black  plastic all over huge sections of the yard, etc.  And more weeds would have been more quickly, more thoroughly destroyed it seems to me.
 
But I won't beat myself up!  I  am human, and it's ok to make mistakes and to learn from them.

And I do feel good about saving the money. 

In the middle of the extra work out there, is when I get those feelings of " I want to spend more money to save more work next time!"

Also re: time -- I'm thankful I  have forced myself to "just begin" in the yard, the past few cool mornings. Just an hour each time...and there is progress, progress, progress!!  Hard to begin since the job seems so overwhelming...but so exciting to see how it IS progressing.  Bit by bit, week by week... month by month...next spring it may look very nice!!!  The main goal is that five  or ten years from now, it will look very nice, with  little time or money needing to be  spent on it after this initial investment of time and money.

More than one neighbor has made friendly comments to me!   They each seem very positive and interested in my  non- toxic mindset!  Those have been extra boosts to my energy and attitudes!

progress/weedy thoughts

Looking at my pics, I see progress in my yard has happened! 
But when working out there, it seems like it is so s l o w  and laborious.

Most of the previously weedy green section is brown!

Amazing however, that some green weeds thrived under the opaque plastic.

I decided to yank those stubborn babies out by their roots manually.
Except, maybe only half of the time the whole root came out...sigh

So, of course those plants  with roots remaining could return.

Reminded me of sin  - unless I get to the root, it returns easier.
And also, unless I at least remove the  top flowering parts, they spread and grow.
So, at least working on sin as much as I can, could help it from spreading...

Meanwhile, back to the plant topic- I will cover the area with newspaper, cardboard and mulch so even those roots will likely not develop  into plants!  Not sure what the spiritual anaology to this is so I won't even try right now.

  Covering them that way, they will be "nipped in the bud!" so to speak...