kengr

That reminds me, I need to weed today. Gee, thanks. :-)

I've had a rude flower bed by my back steps for decades. A couple of years ago I enlarged it to include the entire patch of ground between the back porch and steps and the driveway. I've had mixed success with this new plot, mainly because last year I decided to see what volunteered, and got mostly one weedy (though spectacularly flowering) plant.

This year, thanks largely to having some stumps ground out last year, I decided to do a proper job. I put a thick layer of much on the previous flower bed and where two stumps were removed (the coarse sawdust that left providing excellent drainage) and then put bagged soil over that. *Then* I planted.

Naturally, within a couple of weeks robins tore apart the smallest of the new plots, out front. Also, a kid walking through my yard apparently (according to a neighbor who saw him) deliberately stepped in the other new plot. Ah, well; both still have stuff coming up, as does the main bed.