On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:19:38 -0800, Billy
wrote:

If you used a good mulch, like alfalfa, you would simultaneously feed
your plants and make good soil as well hold down weeds and retain
moisture.

What's been done here over the years is, when a new bush or bed is
planted, the adobe is modestly dug out, and the hole filled with some
kind of bedding soil. But somehow, a year or so later, it seems like
all adobe again! House could use a total relandscape, actually, I'm
just patching for now.

J.