[EQAndyBuzz]

I throw a bag of mushroom compost in about a month before I start planting. I turn everything, put in slug b’gone and then when I am ready to plant I turn the soli again. No fertilizer.

My gardens started with Mel’s mix. Nothing ever came from it. I planted roses on the side of the house, hoping to attract bees.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

EQAndyBuzz:" I planted roses on the side of the house, hoping to attract bees." If you want to attract bees plant clover , dandelions , and alfalfa .
Clover will bloom thruout the year, once established, and will fixate nitrogen into the soil .
Dandelions will boom throught the summer and into fall , also the roots go down 15 feet of more bringing mico-nutrients up from the subsoil.
Alfalfa is a late summer , fall bloom that the bees will load up on for honey and pollen.