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[SHADEGARDENS] New way to garden

Hi everyone!

Classes are going okay -- except for the 4-6 hours of sitting in hard
plastic seats which send my back into spasms.  Waiting for those cushioned
seats promised me!

I just received a fascinating new garden product in the mail today. It is
called a "cubic garden".  -- You can read an article about it here:
http://www.suite101.com/articles/article.cfm/4780  Have any of our members
from the UK seen these around?  They are only sold over the internet in the
United States so far.  It looks like a good way to garden for someone with
some limitations of either physical strength or simply the availability of
garden space.  If you live in an apartment, it would work on a balcony too.
Take a look at it and let me know what you think of it.

If I manage to get a job in a greenhouse in a position of ordering, I jjust
may try selling these in Lansing.  They are very light weight even when wet
because they use volcanic rock for the growing medium.

Another question:  I am looking for a low-growing perennial that would be
hardy in zone 5 or lower and likely to be in flower in late July/early
August.  Any suggestions?  I need this for the front of a oriental lily,
hosta, astilbe, geranium bed--something that would give a finishing touch as
a border around the garden.
Diana Pederson, Zone 5, Michigan
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/1945/index.html
http://www.suite101.com/topics/page.cfm/262
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