Low Maintenance Gardening

Thanks Nancy. I will take a look at Tracy's book. Meanwhile, does
everybody have any ideas on HOW to do low-mtce [shade] gardening? I bet
you do. Let's hear them.

I ask because my husband and I have been working very intensively in our
yard this spring and summer, and it definitely shows! But the hard labor
is getting to us, particularly the weeding. Frankly, I don't know if we
can keep this up year after year. We ain't gettin' any younger. Hiring
help is one possibility, but I'm sure it would be difficult to find the
right person, one who could be trusted not to uproot the good stuff. We
already try to plant as many natives as possible, and minimize the things
that need a lot of fussing over, like roses. It's still getting to be too
much. We are even thinking of moving someplace with a smaller yard!
I would hate to do that. So, any ideas?

Bobbi Diehl
Bloomington, IN
zone 5/6


On Wed, 7 Jul 1999, Nancy S. Shlaes wrote:

> Bobbi - a landscape architect with whom I worked once told me that "low
> maintenance" means "on your knees".  I concur.
>
> Nonetheless, I recommend Tracy diSabatino-Aust's book The Well-Tended
> Perennial Garden.  It is very precise and interesting. However, it is
> neither about shde gardens specifically nor low-maintenence--so I am
> certainly not being responsive
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