coolbreeze called me a little while ago to tell me he is going to be late egtting home from work because of the T'storms knocking out power all over the MD eastern shore. He was in Food Lion over on Kent Island fixing a register when it took a near direct hit and wiped out the self serve register....he said the woman at the machine actually screamed, because she had already scanned nearly a full shopping cart of groceries. From there he had to go to the Holiday Inn, because their server took a hit and then he has to head for one of the TV stations in Salisbury because they took a hit.
I hear you about the weeds.........coolbreeze actually has taken a machete to them.
Even not knowing where all your perennials will come up shouldn't preclude you from using some of the stuff I used this year...........in fact it gives specific instructions on the package for us in existing perennial gardens. I don't remember the name of this stuff, but we got it in WalMart. I think it was $13 for a 3foot by 20foot roll and it is more of a fabric type stuff than a plastic, and has a 10 lifespan to it (so it claims). You start laying it down, and then cut x's in it to go over the existing plants.
Once I've got shade on the kitchen side of the house, about 3:30, I'm going to limp my way out to attack the weeds in the herb garde, and tackle my humongous crop of basil :)
i will talk to my guy about that next year when he comes to do the mulch, would you put it before or after the mulch?
That always seemed so cool - food from the front yard. ;)