Hey Notz

I hear you about composting! My daughter and family bought the house we used to own, and I composted, amended, worked hard to improve the soil. Mostly it was sand or clay - not like the rich black soil from my home town in Grand Forks, North Dakota. But the soil I have here in Ohio is ok, I just have a wooded lot without much sunlight like you. It is an acher (can't spell today) of woodland, no grass, lawn grass that is, just ornamentals, it is all planted with groundcover and trees and the perennial beds. Very natural. Was very overgrown when we moved in. Oh, and did I mention, a ravine drop off, very sloppy back yard! Lots of shade. Nothing flat to speak of anywhere. OH, and ivy Did you know that ivy can grow with just 1% light?

I'm going to get rid of the ivy over the next few years and replace it with a ground cover than won't grow up the trees etc. Our project for this summer is a stone retaining wall and I want to also get rid of the day lilies that bloom all summer, or at least are supposted to. The name is stell'dora or some such name, I know it when I see it, just can't recall the name today.