A friend of the family gave me the book, The Secret Garden, when I was about 10 years old. I loved the story, and wanted to have a garden. The next year, my family let me have a space about 10 ft. by 15 ft., and that was my first garden. It didn’t have walls around it, like the one in the story, but it was still special! Later, I had an elderly friend, (and mentor) named Elisabeth, who taught me many things about plants (and life, too!) She was like an extra grandmother, and she was kind and wise.

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I have tried everything to save and protect my gerber daisies, but grasshoppers and snails continue to eat and kill them. I put a snail and all insect insecticide on all of my plants, yet the gerbers were eaten anyway! Anyone have any suggestions on how i can save my flower garden? If you can help, i would appreciate it because this is my first attempt at gardening and I am getting frustrated and I can use all the tips I can get. I am sure I have a lot to learn.

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My wife put bark inbetween our rows of vegetables. As I prep the garden can I just mulch that in or should I take it out?

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