oooohhhh what is the challenge... ive been trying to find it.. lol.. apparently did a bad job looking this morning.. lol.. where is it i will go and look!!

Yes the pavers were under all the weeds. and i had to scrub with a brush for AGES to get them to scrub up like that. lots of elbow grease and sore fingers. ha aha

no the weed mat is the THICK BLACK stuff. No oxygen and no water gets through it is hideous. Like black plastic bags but thicker. Vile stuff. kills all soil in sight. not the breathable stuff. (that is in the front garden and bad enough)

as for the selfie i took a few, but when i reviewed them there was too much boob showing lol.. this was the only one at a low enough angle not to be from a garden porn journal... lol

i love bird of paradise, we don't have any though... its just a shame the previous owners planted everything on a jolly retaining wall.