If you remove and repour just the center slab, you’re going to change the pressure against the ground which is likely to cause some shifting among all the surrounding tiles. You’re definitely going to find someone willing to replace just the center tile, but if you do that you’ll almost certainly be in a position in a couple years where you’re looking to replace the whole thing.

I’d save up to remove it all, and think creatively about what an entirely new patio could look like. You don’t have to replace it on its current footprint, but I can’t see enough of your space in this picture to give you any layout recommendations.

In Texas, we play a delicate game between last frost date and sear-your-eyebrows-off heat. Growing here from June-August can be difficult without the proper balance of shade and sun and consistent irrigation. We have a ton of natives that love this weather, but not many are good to eat. All this to say, I’m jealous of people who can have a simple veggie garden all summer!

While I’ve largely given up on the invasive species fight, I still think it’s important to not plant virulently invasive plants. Jerusalem artichoke is one of those plants that’ll take over your whole garden and beyond, and you probably shouldn’t plant it in-ground in an area where it’s invasive. Even native plants can sometimes be the wrong thing to plant if they’re not in the right place. I’m dealive with some willow-leaf aster that’s native to my area that I just can’t eliminate from a raised bed. I thought it’d look pretty in there, but turns out it sends up shoots everywhere and the tiniest bit of root creates a new plant

All that said, I’ve been planting things native to hotter and dryer areas to the south and west of where I live. I also look around at invasive species and realize the fight is hopeless. Chinabarry, ligustrum, and paper mulberry are everywhere, crowding out our native oaks. I did a volunteer project where we cleared ligustrum from a creek bed, and two years later it’s all back, new growth from seed. The manpower required to stop it is not realistic for most places.

I’ve had onion starts in the ground about two weeks, growing yellow and Texas sweets this year. About to transplant cantaloupe, watermelon, and eggplants outside!

Edit cause all y’all are talking about perennials, my Fuyu persimmon is leafing out and my Mexican plum is covered in white flowers and buzzing with native insects!

The YPG is a Kurdish militia in Syria who are libertarian socialists. They fought ISIS and Assad, and Erdogan hates them and has attacked them along the Turkish border. The US had given them consistent support until Trump abandoned them in his first term.

I don’t know who the bereted man is though.