Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Your neck of the woods, countdown to SPRING 2013,4 days left, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Jen--YEAH! I know--I know--!!
But as you can see, my beds are only about 2 1/2' wide--and that is where everything has to co-exist.
I have no sprawling areas--no free form beds--just straight, structured beds around the house
and everything else. 40+ years ago--that ois what I knew beds looked like....
Now--I would do things a bit differently....

SO--I do knot the leaves--and, sometimes, tie them loosely--or even cut them back by about
a quarter. I do what I have to do--so the annuals can get planted....

Here's my only all sunny bed. see what I mean? They are ALL like that....