Gardening should really be a pleasurable experience, indeed, fun. It only becomes work if you let it. Like leaving mowing the lawn until such time as, things are howling in there.
Summer gardening, consists in the main, of keeping up the water to your plants. Always a good soaking too, as light watering only brings the roots to the surface where they will be damaged by burning. There is always topping up the mulch at this time, plus general maintenance such as dead-heading the flowers etc.
A wild-flower garden has a most attractive sound. One thinks of long tramps in the woods, collecting material, and then of the fun in fixing up a real for sure wild garden. Many people say they have no luck at all with such a garden. It is not a question of luck, but a question [...]
