Beginner Gardening: Buried Treasure!, 1 by ge1836

ge1836 wrote:
Yes.I found a whole area of mulch 75 feet long and 10 feet wide with 20 year old spruces growing down the middle.
There was contractors plastic just under the surface and like you it rolled over when I pulled up the plastic.
I kept pulling and cutting these 4x8 sheets until I had the entire area cleared. I put deeper mulch down and now I can garden the whole length of the area, lots of hosta and shade-part shade loving plants, even lilies.
One of the trees had to be cut down(it was definatly dead) now I have a swath of full sun.
The variety of plants in the whole area is fantastic.
It will be another year brfor I have it filled in.
This is how it looked last May