Megan,
Let me add my dime's worth of advice in the general matter of gardening. Since it appears that you are just starting out let me assure you that we have all been there at one point in our lives.
1) Research It depends upon the amount of time…
Thanks to both of you. Several people have suggested an extra layer or two of mulch to help with the wind problem. And I think I will try rhizomes and bulbs in the fall — since the irises I planted last year were some of the only pants that did okay…
I just moved to Alpine from South Texas. So I had to adjust to gardening in West Texas. I had some annuals whither and die on me this spring even though I was watering them every day. Most of them survived however when the wind slowed down a bit and…
I have been thinking about your problem. One problem is that we are in a drought and unless the soil/lawn around your flower bed is being watered by a sprinkler system or manually, all the moisture you put on your flowers is quickly being soaked up…
This is our first house, and my first experience gardening. I say gardening, really all I want is for the flowerbed in front of our house to look half-way decent. The first batch of flowers I tried withered away. We put down 3-5 inches of mulch/plan…