Seeds and weeds

I started a few seeds Tuesday, the hollyhocks and Shasta daisies. I used twelve cell boxes like you get plants in at garden centers. I have them in a spot where they get plenty of sun and no cats. They should be ready to put outside the first week of May. Indiana weather is so iffy and I have waited until mid-May to set out plants and sow seeds. I'm going to give myself a head start this year.

I'm going to clean the flower beds well and add more dirt and peat moss. I need to kill off some shrubs that have found their way into the beds. I don't know what they are but I have them all around the house, close to the foundation. I've cut them back several times and have poured salt on them to kill the roots but I'm just going to use some sort of chemical killer on them... I'm tired of fighting them. I don't like using chemicals but these things are too close to the foundation of the house. I have enough house problems.