Hard to find gardening stuff this time of year around here. Now I know for next year to buy vermiculite in July or August...The seasonal stuff has all been christmas christmas christmas since Oct. As a matter of fact the other day I was starting to get some bat flower and bird of paradise seeds started..you think I could find anything I needed? NO. No seed starting mix except for store brand. I had amazingly found a couple of bags of MG Cactus succulent soil that a local hardware store had leftover to pot up my Heliconias in, even though that wasn't what I wanted either. I potted up the Heliconias and used the extra soil for the seeds..I hope they do OK with it. I need to move south where its warmer longer and this kinda stuff is available more. Lol, It's just so hard for me to spend money in the summer time on stuff I know I'll need in the fall..I always think, well, I can buy plants right now, and the fall stuff can hold off...now look at the pickle I'm in cuz I'm so plant greedy. This happened every time I went to HD this year..I'd have peat, vermiculite, potting soil, mulch all in my cart..then I'd pass something I couldn't resist..then the reduced rack..then more plants i can't resist..then the fall stuff gets put back for next time. ARGH!! I checked my tubers today and all seems well so far in the bags. But I am going to go on a vermiculite mission tomorrow..someone has got to have some somewhere. Thank you all very much.

crewe you really should start your own posts ... and narrow them down to one topic ... as here.. you are moving on from the old post topic of fabric.. into other areas ... the theory being.. that if you start a new post.. with a searchable title.. then others can SEARCH for the new topic ... dont worry about too many posts ... its just not an issue ... that said.. i have no clue what your second question is.. the words are confusing me.. and that is part of your learnign curve.. word use ..... but in general ... pull back mulch.. plant.. put mulch back .. 'mulch' is a ground cover to reduce soil heat.. interfere with weed germination.. keep the soil loose ... and reduce water evaporation .. it is NEVER amended INTO the soil ... that would be 'compost' ... but we rarely amend soil when planting trees/conifers anyway ... so.. start so new posts with singular specific questions.. and we will get you where you want to go ... see link for planting guide ... there will be a pop quiz on it.. lol ... ken Here is a link that might be useful: how to plant

I didn't have wallpaper paste but I had Weldbond, so I watered it down and used it. Came up with a paint scheme yesterday but Dh really likes it as is... ??? it could stand but I'm not sure. BTW ignore the blue wall color, it's just the primer - that's going darker with a color wash. anyways, I'm thrilled with this, it looks 100% better.

I put them through the shredder and the carton boxes I used to line the sides of the bin, doubled or tripled. Once they started to break down, it was easy to rip them to strips. Replace with dry pieces. Be careful when ripping the liners because worms could be found between the layers.