Why are morning glories bad? I love them and have been harvisting seeds (With owner permission) from all across the Chicago-Land Area! I have a mix of about 7+ kinds and just got some seeds for red one's yesterday at H.D. I'm gonna plant white Moon Flowers, Blue Morning Glories, and Red Morning Glories on my patio in seperate buckets so that I get a whole American Flag effect going! Thanks for all the info guys! I'm gonna go with calafornia and oriental poppy's for now and have a cheep box of "Wild Flower Mix" but I think that the birds got most of them...SIgh... Wish me luck!

Ask those same people in the construction trade if they have access to any leftover materials that could be used to build beds: chipped bricks, broken concrete blocks, paver stones, lumber, etc. Concrete sewage pipes can be stood on end & filled, also. Church members who are not in the trade may also have similar odds & ends in their basements or yards that they'd be glad to get rid of. The beds can be filled with lasagna materials & end up costing little-to-nothing. Good luck with your project !

It's either a catalpa or paulownia, both trees that grow in the area like weeds! If it's a paulownia the leave get a bit smaller at the tree develops! to keep the leaves huge it can be cut to the ground every year!

Hi cathyyg, thanks for that information! The DW I lived in with my family from ages 13-18, starting in 1973 was in a park where everyone owned their plot. That was in western Washington state, in a suburb of Seattle. My parents paid $6,000 for the lot in 1973. When dad moved in with my brother in 2008, the MH and lot sold for over $200,000. It paid for dad's care for the rest of his life and left some for us kids. I have an adult daughter who will need some form of care always, and I am going to leave my SW to her, in a trust. I would really like to own a small piece of land beneath it, so she would always have a roof over her head, come what may. So I guess I was grasping at straws here, trying to think of anything I could do to accomplish my goal. But of course, with your usual clarity and insight, you have pointed out the many flaws in that plan, and I thank you! Right now, land is cheap out here--30 minutes outside of Spokane, Washington, in the eastern part of the state. If it stays that way for a couple more years, I may try to buy something, even in Airway Heights, making it a 45 minute drive into the city. I'd have to have the resources to put in a well, septic, etc, so we'll see where my profession takes me, financially speaking. And I'd have to make a decision on moving it a relatively short distance. Thanks again for the great advice! If anyone in our community has any great ideas for me, please let me know!