So last year I explained my issues in the shade garden with the landscape liner. I am so happy to report that my shade garden is doing wonderfully. A lot of plants that I did not think were going to make it ended up coming back in full force. A year without the landscape liner helped the smaller beds immensely. The soil is starting to soften and the drainage issues are lessened. I still have one corner giving me trouble, and I have mixed more peat and leaves into that corner to see if that will help. I will do more in the fall. I am noticing a lot more earthworms, which is a good sign of healthy soil.
Flora is an award-winning creative director in Chicago turned food and lifestyle blogger extraordinaire. She is also author to the popular BEE NATIVE! gardening book series and various children's books that celebrate the wonder and hard work of bees and butterflies. Her blog and social spaces inspire thousands to create, learn, cook, grow, and craft, making their world lovelier one pixel/petal/seed/bite/stitch/brushstroke at a time. Follow her on all the social spaces, YouTube, and Amazon, and get creative!
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