Re: Low Mainitenance

It seems to me that Pacific Hort didn't get Low 
Maintenance right. I'm an old coot and many of
my old coot gardening friends all seem to be
saying the same thing. . . I'm having problems 
getting down on my hands and knees, My back
is killing me, I can't keep up with my garden, etc. 

The fear is that down the road, we'll have to give
up the garden and go into a condo or worse.

I'm going to do a class series at the L.A. County
Arboretum this fall - three sessions: 1.) Labor saving
tools and how to use them in a less labor intensive
way; 2.) How to design a less labor intensive garden -
simpler designs, using plants that are less labor 
intensive, using raised beds, etc; 3.) How to garden in
a less labor intensive way - greater use of mulch to
minimize weeding and watering, greater use of automated 
watering systems, learning how to not to see those things 
we don't want to see, etc.

Planting native grasses,  etc. just doesn't get it when the
problem is failing strength, agility, and endurance.

Bill
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