I've made my bed... do I have to lie in it?

We are divying up the yard - Dave is in charge of grass - I am in charge of the flower beds. I think they are going to be equally hard to keep under control.

On Saturday while Dave was weed-n-feeding the grass (practically naked) I was in the back working on the bed closest to the deck. It took me 2 hours but I got one little section weeded and looking MUCH better. What's great is there are actual nice flowering plants trying to grow; I've just got to keep the weeds out. I don't think I am going to plant anything until I've got a clean slate. The ratio of what I've done to what I need to do is slightly off. Here is the bed I weeded...

Here is the bed I haven't weeded...


This could take awhile...