bounty

benign neglect

Looks like my garden thrived on the inattention while we were at the beach:


Maybe I should leave it to fend for itself more often!

red mulch? seriously?

Seen today at Lowe's: people buying bag after bag of the stuff. Why? In what landscape would that be appropriate? And why not just take a shovel to - well, anywhere - instead? Just dig up some of that ubiquitous red clay and spread it over your garden if you have to have red . . . it'll be just as attractive as dyed wood chips.

Red, red, my name is red