So, I followed you over there and saw the reply so checked out that Beck's and now I know how great these prices are, in the group buy! My goodness!
There is a toadlily at Becks I would love to have but one plant for 25 bucks is a bit steep for my sense of proportion, frankly. Though I know for some special plants that's not much at all!
Anyway. Today I was busy working on a couple things, one being adding more layers to the first new bed because too much stuff is growing there. I know most of it will freeze but still. So first I put down a sprinkle of alfalfa to balance the carbon, and then used up all my white pine shavings to cover, but there was not enough!
Which brings me to the second thing: the bags of oak leaves. I took one bag and stomped and rolled and squished it a few times hoping to crumble some leaves but it didn't do much that I could see. I put a layer of them over the areas I'd not been able to cover with the pine shavings, and then watered.... and had to run off because my friend called then! So I was really glad to see they'd not all blown off to kingdom come when I got back -- and I watered them more so I hope they will stay put!.
I'm going to put them on the other new beds too, but the first one was hardest because I put all those stepping stones down, so I had to place stuff around those. Very tedious! The other beds will be easy in comparison.
