Mulch, Mulch, Mulch!

We moved here in October 1993. In the almost 14 years we have lived here, we have been unable to get grass to really grow in our front yard. Then the well work we had done this year tore up what a good part of what we had managed to get to grow. This is because we live on a hill. And before they put our doublewide in, they had to cut down about 5 feet in order to make a flat spot. Nothing grows in this dirt...heck, we don't even get dandelions to grow here! Added to the poor soil is the run-off problem. We have put plants on the hill to block run-off, we had rocks and logs at one time and we installed a french drain. But when there would be a big rain we would end up with huge puddles in the front yard, sometimes three inches deep. Not conducive to growing grass.

This year I decided that mulch was the answer! So here is what our front yard looks like after two dumptruck loads of mulch and three weeks of me spending 1-4 hours a day moving mulch by wheelbarrow. My husband says the yard looks like it is dressed in a tuxedo. Our Orkin man, Joshua, says, we'll have more bugs and a greater risk of termites! Thpt!