Big admission here. *grin* I rarely, if ever, mulch. I don't like the
look of it. I also lean heavily towards the "cottage garden" look so
you rarely see much dirt because of the plants. If I see dirt, I tend
to throw down some alyssum seeds. Another benefit of having these
overblown gardens is that it doesn't give much room for weeds to take
hold whne all the available ground is taken by the flowers.

Susan
shsimko at duke dot edu