Weedwhacker said:"Just being realistic here as I find myself struggling more and more to keep up."
I'm pretty sure quite a few of us here can relate to that!
Yup ... This year, I finally had to take a hard look at my garden and tell myself it's time to change the focus of my garden. No, I am not going to quit gardening, I just need to reduce the number of roses I am growing so that I only grow the ones I truly love and grow plants that like my soil and climate without my having to do a LOT of mulching and extra watering during the high summer temps when there is no rain.
I can't take the heat any more and I am tired of going out and gathering mulch material and hauling it home and then hauling it up the stairs to the garden. I need a xeriscape garden for a wet Mediterranean climate. Roses are not xeriscape plants, so it's time to do things differently and have more fun.
I've been giving away roses I do like, but don't love. Moving roses to two beds because they have different watering needs than the rest of the garden will have and am planning a garden that will be a lot less labor intensive for my older body.
btw ... I never wear my glasses outside, so I often can't see all of the weeds ...
