Mid-Atlantic Gardening: FIRST FLOWERS OF SPRING!!! Mid Spring Edition, 0 by typwc

typwc wrote:
Seq, I would definitely have a woodland garden if I could, but my yard is too urban, too arid, too "well-draining", waaaaay too hot and sunny for these things. My husband likes having a lawn, and that complicates things too. I have planted trees but they are still too small for appreciative shade. The soil ecology is totally off balance here, and won't ever be fixed while I'm living here (probably not much longer).

In some places, the ground is compacted to the point where it is literally 6 inches of dust over the subsoil which is clay. I have pretty much resigned myself to plants that don't need shade, rich soil or moist ground. :(

I grew up appreciating the Gunpowder River State Park system which was near my childhood home, and I pine for a woodland garden!

Here's the google street view of my front and back yards, hopefully this helps. My home is in a 60 year old neighborhood. 60 years of lawn, privet, rats, starlings, silver maples, and benign neglect. :/