Re: [SG] Low Maintenance Gardening

At 09:27 AM 7/7/99 -0500, you wrote:
>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
>
Call your county extension agent and see if any MG is looking for part-time
work. If someone is divorced and living in an apartment, they may welcome
the chance to get their hands in earth. Margaret L
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