Our garden is now 4 months old and flourishing. Some nasturtium seeds I had planted months before our gardening bee had laid dormant in the ground for about 5 months. After we planted the other plants the nasturtiums surprisingly sprouted.
We haven't had much rain for a month but now that the garden is largely covered by leaves and mulch there are no signs of lack of water.
I am hoping the garden won't need much water over the summer.
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The foliage in the back half of the garden is more restrained but I am still happy with it as the growth of leaves shows the plants are growing well
What I am really happy with is that people have completely stopped dumping rubbish here. It shows what a difference it makes when people can see a place is cared for and it looks pretty.
However, you will notice a dumped shopping trolley next to the garden in one of the photos. That is still an issue. I caught one of our neighbours dumping a shopping trolley in front of our place about a month ago. I ran up the street with the trolley shouting "you've forgotten your trolley". I knew and he knew he hadn't 'forgotten' it but it helped him save face as I gave it back to him.
A couple of hours later I saw he dumped it further up the street.
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@pmoeser I agree. It has been very hard for anything to survive over summer. Now I have this ground cover to shield roots from the baking sun, I should be able to establish some taller plants.
I have an Ivy geranium planyed close to the tree trunk. I hope it will climb up it as the weather gets warmer.
Yvonne Perkins
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