Northeast Gardening: ring around a tree..., 1 by PrimroseSue

PrimroseSue wrote:
When we put in our new house, the ground level was raised up quite a bit. It was originally pretty level with the maple trees and there was nice grass growing there. Now there's a stone wall and new, raised soil.

We put in new grass and I did the beds against the house with shade plants (NW side). Well, much to my anger and annoyance, the Maple feeder roots came up through all the new soil! I

t has snuffed out most of the grass, and this past Fall I gave up on cleaning roots out of the beds and just left hostas in there.