Choice Morsels

For me, here in northwest Florida, mid-February to the end of March is my window for edging and mulching all my beds while my grass hasn't fully awakened from it's winter sleep.  I say this because I have southern creeping grass, like Centipede & St. Augustine, that is relatively easy to move while it's brown, but horrible to adjust once it's fully greened in and a thick mat. Edging it now makes edging stray grass runners is easier later. Usually, I use mowings for mulch, but it helps to put down a base of pine bark mulch every couple years, then layer the mowings on top of that. This year, I'm laying down the pine bark mulch again.  Finished End of New Block Retaining Wall: I added these red scallop edged blocks on the outer edge to separate the dirt around the tree from the blocks forming the pad for the trash bin.   This, of course, involved moving those blocks over two inches! Then I added Liriope (pronounced la-rye-a-pee). It blooms purple flowe...