Re: [SG] Plant unfriendly area
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] Plant unfriendly area
- From: j* <j*@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
- Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 09:49:28 -0500
Denise: Please email to me the dimensions of your strip and I'll wear my
thinking cap while working in perennial borders today. Meanwhile, other
members of this list will no doubt give you good ideas.
I'm familiar with Missouri's clay; I used to live in Cape Girardeau and did
I have a time building up poor soil! Now I'm improving my Iowa soil.
Contrary to popular belief, all of Iowa is not blessed with good, black soil
that will grow anything.
John G. Adney
Marion, Iowa (zones 4-5)
-----Original Message-----
From: Denise Holder <DENISEHOLDER@PRODIGY.NET>
To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Date: Friday, June 18, 1999 9:20 AM
Subject: [SG] Plant unfriendly area
I have a strip of yard located between 4 mature white pine trees on
one side and a fence on the other, about 8 - 10 feet away. The white
pines are on the south, the fence on the north. To the east there are
many mature deciduous trees, and to the west, more thick foliage and a
house. The strip gets 3-4 hours of morning sun before the sun goes
behind the treets. I can't get grass to grow there (not that I
particularly want to), and the area is typically sprinkled, at least,
with sparse pine needles. The ground slopes gently downward from the
trees to the fence. I'd like to put something along the fence, but
with all these problems, I'm kind of at a loss. I'm open to anything
small or large, or a combination, as long as it can survive these
inhospitable conditions.
Oh, did I mention, the soil is clay.
Denise Holder, z6
St. Louis, MO
