Perennials: The garden tour, 1 by rteets

rteets wrote:
I use fish emulsion/seaweed fertilizer, occasionally. Mostly just compost applied in the spring every year. I think plants become junkies with too much fertilizer. I see that with the plants I bring home from some nurseries. My favorite nursery sells small plants that haven't been forced and I think they do much better sooner in my garden.

As far as snails, I use diatomaceous earth around some plants but mostly I encourage and protect my garter snakes. They have places to hide and rocks to sun themselves on. I put the plastic water catchers from plant pots filled with water for them under shrubs. They are the only helpers I have so I try to take good care of them!

These pictures were taken today of my garden.