mulch

Sand & Soil seems to be the place to go for mulch. It's way the heck out east of Durham. (We drove past the Starlite on the way, but didn't see the remnants of the screen because it had all been cleared away.) They only charged $20 for a whole truckload! Though I have to say, it looked like a lot more in the truck than it does in a pile in my yard. I had thought that two truckloads would be all I'd need for everything in the front of the yard. But now I'm wondering if two loads will even cover that bank along the driveway.

My friend David went with me to get the mulch in his truck. We had originally planned to get two loads, but his truck was a bit under the weather (backfiring constantly and threatening to stall at every stoplight), and so was David (hangover). So we got one load and then called it a day. David is an avid gardener so we had fun along the way talking about his garden. He offered to give me a bunch of perennials when he divides them this fall, which will be great. He goes for native plants & a natural-looking garden just like I do. Nothing too fussy or high-maintenance.

I'm definitely going to need several more loads of mulch, and probably a load of soil too. I hate to take up so much of David's time, but I wouldn't really feel safe borrowing his truck and driving it alone. So I may have to look for another friend with a truck I can borrow, or maybe spring for delivery of a really big load.