A non-commercial guide to organic gardening in the mid-Atlantic states, with some specifics to central Virginia..and some information applicable across the country! Or to other time zones! Across the seas! Who knew? "No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden." Thomas Jefferson
Central Virginia Organic Gardener
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Wednesday Lagniappe: Rocks in the....
I have a very occasional peice "Love it or Hate it?" but I thought the answer was obvious here. People living somehwere nearish to me have removed the few perennials they had (mostly daylilies) and replaced them with...rocks (and this photo only shows a portion of the total rocked area). They used the kind of rock you use for drainage or for a driveway. Gray, chunks of...rock. I understand why businesses (and apparently some homeowners) do this, thinking it is a permanent mulch, and will not need to be replaced. I'm guessing weeds will still come up, unless they sterilized the soil bed, applied a landscape fabric and no weed seeds fall on the area. But even then. This is really one of the more unattractive landscapes I have seen. That, and the hedges these folks cut into balls. I would rather waist high weeds.
Happy gardening!
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