Pacific Northwest Gardening: Hey All, 1 by tillysrat

tillysrat wrote:
Oh Heidi, that looks like fun, wish I could send my DH over to help and you could pay him in plants LOL Can't wait to see it when its done. We tried to make a pond years back, my neighbour came over with his backhoe dug it all out, and we had some nice rocks a few plants and bought 25 goldfish. looked great for the summer. Then the crane came to visit. took most of the little guys we ridge up some nets. I think I had 7 left at that point. Then the rains came, the flood of 92 and wash it all away. Somewhere under all that silt are my big lava rocks and a large truck rim, we used for fires. So we have never tried that again.

Lynn, I would use the leaves more so on the new beds, let the worms do their magic, But it does not hurt to use them also to protect the perennials, where there is no fabric. To use it where you have the fabric, you will cause a greater problem, once it composted you will have more weeds help them self to those areas. Most of my gardens have no cloth, only the trails where you walk. Hope this helps. Or someone has a dif. idea.
Tills