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I was under some physical restrictions and bed rest orders last week, so this week has been a flurry of planting and weeding to get some more summer veg gardens up and running.
Our squashes and pumpkins are pretty much ready to be planted
And my front gardens are absolutely popping off now
What's growing on with you all?
I'm so glad it's doing better, yay!
In my experience (I live among white pines) pine straw as a mulch holds less water than aged bark mulches or leaf mulches. I do tend to use the pine straw for my Spanish lavenders - several years ago I did some trials between the two and the pine straw ones fared better than the leaf or wood chip ones did. I'm unsure how the difference in native climate changes their water preferences but they tend to appreciate drier soils overall based on what I've read and experienced. Hopefully someone with amazing English lavender can weigh in on this.