Hello Fran Marie, I cannot tell if you consider attracting bees a good or bad thing. Just wondering. Leonard On Sat, Aug 3, 2019, 6:45 AM FrannMarie Jacinto < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > It draws bees. Depending in the type of clover, lots and lots of bees. > F J > > On Aug 2, 2019, at 7:47 PM, leonard cicero <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > I don't know if it will grow in your climate but clover would provide > coverage and add nutrients to the soil if it takes. > > Leonard > > On Fri, Aug 2, 2019, 6:17 PM Michael Rebman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Greetings, >> >> I do not have a green thumb. My fingers are rather pale from years of >> wearing gloves while hiding in collections storage at other museums. With >> that said, my historic house museum is located in an agricultural area in >> New Mexico. The lawn is mostly grass, with sections that have gravel >> around modern outbuildings and assorted old outbuildings relocated onto >> concrete pads. Historically, the grass lawn went up directly to the >> house's foundation. There are two flower beds the length of the front of >> the house that were installed at some point in the past fifty years, that >> are not particularly deep (ranging three to six feet in depth), that are >> bordered with rocks. I had the idea that we can have a Spring Fair and a >> Harvest Fair each year (coinciding roughly with Easter and Homecoming). >> The Spring Fair would include various flowers or other vegetation that kids >> could plant in those flower beds while learning about planting and calving, >> to go with the existing plants and large sign. >> >> Here is my question: what should I do with those flower beds between now >> and next spring? They were mostly exposed dirt, grass, and weeds when I >> started earlier this year. I do not want to leave them in that present >> condition, and the custodian already self-assigned the task of removing >> those weeds and grass. Would it make sense to put a barrier layer over the >> dirt and leave it until it can be pulled up the week before the Spring >> Fair? If so, what would be the optimal material (for aesthetics, price, >> and labor hours)? >> >> Thank you, >> >> Michael R. <[log in to unmask]> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To unsubscribe from the MUSEUM-L list, click the following link: >> http://home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-HOME.exe?SUBED1=MUSEUM-L&A=1 >> > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MUSEUM-L list, click the following link: > http://home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-HOME.exe?SUBED1=MUSEUM-L&A=1 > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MUSEUM-L list, click the following link: > http://home.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-HOME.exe?SUBED1=MUSEUM-L&A=1 > ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).