Re: question
- Subject: Re: [SG] question
- From: R*
- Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 14:51:14 -0400
Why not a scree garden. Pick plants which will do well in the gravel base.
-----Original Message-----
From: Marilyn <marimuse@EARTHLINK.NET>
To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Date: Thursday, August 23, 2001 12:14 PM
Subject: [SG] question
>Hi, all, am hoping that someone can help me out with this.....I have an
area
>in front of my house that needs some drastic work. It is covered mostly
>with gravel and some dirt mixed in, with mulch that was piled on
top.....and
>TONS of weeks....almost looks like a lawn! We want to do something to
>neaten it up, without having to spend a fortune to have the gravel removed
>and soil brought in. Someone suggested using Roundup to kill the weeds,
>then covering with black plastic, and covering that with mulch....and
>planting some shrubs by the porch and house.
>
>However, someone else said that she would never use black plastic, that it
>keeps the weeds from coming straight up, but does not prevernt them from
>growing.....and she suggested just piling a severl-inch layer of mulch each
>year.
>
>I would love to hear suggestions from people here.....thanks!
>
>marilyn
>
