Digging It

 

1. For shady to not quite full sun, poor soil try some hostas. You can’t kill these suckers if you tried.

   Posted by StephanA       07/02/2014  at  10:57 AM  



2. Truth! I’ve got 2 of them in the shady area that were here before we were, and I can get several varieties from my mom. I don’t know what they do in rich soil, but I guess I’m going to find out.

   A reader writes in that I should be careful about putting soil in around the base of my little dogwood tree; raising the soil level can cause bark rot. He is right , although I read in other places that younger trees are more tolerant. Mine had quite a number of exposed roots at the surface from when the old soil was washed away in the rains. The important thing is that the baby tree had not yet turned the skin of those roots to bark, so burying them is probably Ok. But I will make sure I pull a small circle of dirt away from the base of the trunk, enough to expose the root crown.

   I really appreciate emails like that. I’m new to gardening, I’m naturally impatient, and I always gravitate to some kind of massive overkill solution to any problem. Gardening takes a gentle hand, and a slow approach. So I’ve got to train myself anew.

   Posted by Drew458       07/03/2014  at  09:18 AM  



3. All that work just so a few worms and grubs could have a nice playground and lunch counter,,,,,,,,,,,,

   Posted by Rich K       07/03/2014  at  12:25 PM  



4. BTW, I saw that Ol Christie tossed that gun bill in the trash.What say you Jersyite?
   And don’t you mock those bowling stories you anti bowl-ite.

   Posted by Rich K       07/03/2014  at  12:30 PM  



5. Did he? Good for him. I knew he wasn’t completely stupid.

   Maybe I’ll run that while the bacon cooks.

   Posted by Drew458       07/03/2014  at  12:59 PM  

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