Beginner Gardening: Is one color of mulch better than another? , 0 by Twincol

Twincol wrote:
Crashbandiscoot, I'd be thrilled to have encouraged another to follow his/her own heart-felt creativity, girl! Please feel free. I'll send you an email with some little details I learned over time with my project. You might find some of them helpful; you might not. But at least I've passed my hard-earned lessons along. BTW, I just checked out my "signature paver" and learned what my memory forgot; I completed this in October, 2000. I was 52 years old the summer I laid this out. Not bad for a senior, eh? Whew! Summers get hot here, though, and I was truly afraid I might not finish it, as it was one of our hotter summers and our temps can run 5-6 weeks at near-100+ in a hot summer.

I just went back through the thread to make sure I hadn't missed something. I did. DP72, your post made me chuckle. Thanks!

Venice, here's a better, I hope, photo of my pine needles/trash. I like the look to snuggle up to the fence on the inside until I figure out what else to do with that space. It'll just be a transition from the fencing fabric to the bare dirt to the pavers. And I hope it will help to keep the soil from moving downhill. And If I decide to do so, I can just rake it up next spring after I remove the Fruitless Mulberry leaves I'll leave down through the rainy season to initiate decomp and protect from weeds.

I'm off to bed. Up too late last night.

Linda and The MopTops