On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 10:52:23 -0400, "Susan H. Simko"
wrote:

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.

You've sold me. Now I just need a crew of magical gardening elves to
appear and plant that alyssum. Or are you telling me I can just "throw
down some seeds" and they will take? I actually have some packets from
a couple of years ago that were intended for a bed that never happened
because roses happened..

Susan
shsimko at duke dot edu