Cindi ...
I have a bed like that, but I call it the Bed-of-Death ...
I think my problem is due to drainage rather than the soil. Some day, I'll have time to work on it.
>>>I once saw a neighbor spraying a tree with brush killer, trying to kill off some poison ivy. The tree died too. The tree companies who removed trees and shred them have no idea if any trees have been exposed to chemicals like this, so I can see how one bag of bark mulch could have enough poison in it to kill a rose. Shredded up and made into potting soil, it would be even worse, I think.
That's exactly why I won't use the "free mulch" provided by the dump where a lot of people drop off their green waste.
I get my wood chip mulch from the utility company's chip pile. It's still free, but they are clearing limbs that may cause damage to the electrical lines located in easements in town and in the forest in the back country in the moutains. I've never had a problem with anything I've gleaned there. Yet.
Smiles,
Lyn
