Toni ...
>>>Lyn - Just getting tired of having to trim everything down to the dirt every single year.
I don't blame you at all. I'd hate that, too. I've been lucky that I don't have to deal with die back, but it's always something. I have lousy soil ...
>>>don't get me wrong, I think I'll still have roses. I just won't do the entire yard exclusively in roses any longer.
I am no longer in "collector" mode and have just added some repeats of roses I really like and that do well up here. I actually enjoy working with them more, now.
I'd love to have bluebeards in my garden, but with my soil, they would probably croak.
Cindi ...
>>>I have also found that intensively planted flowerbeds are much easier to maintain than lawn
I've never figured out how to move around in intensively planted flowerbeds. Sue advised stepping stones ... yeah, right. I am such a klutz, I miss the stepping stone and stomp on a plant.
As for tools and hoses, I have a set of tools down in the garage and another set in the garden shed on the house pad level. Each level has it's own hose. It's hauling mulch material, soil and rocks up from the street level that gets to me. I am sooooo tired of hauling stuff up those stairs.
The biggest problem is time management. More so, now, than when I started. I am older now and poop out sooner, so I don't get as much done. Maybe others don't notice, but I do.
Smiles,
Lyn
