Gnome Hill

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I have several huge pine trees in my back yard. They provide good shade in the afternoons but make it difficult to have a nice, grassy green lawn. There was absolutely no grass in the back yard when we bought this house. Planting grass under the trees would be an exercise in futility. A garden wouldn’t work either as I would be digging through roots every time I tried to plant something. I took the easy was out and hauled in a bunch of mulch. It’s piled up around the trees creating a little hill. I hauled in a bunch of flower pots and hired a couple of gnomes to take care of them. I have a lot of shrubs, flowers, and vegetables growing in flower pots. The gnomes have trouble keeping up with them so I end up out there helping them most of the time. My husband figured I needed a little extra help. He brought George, the turtle riding gnome, home on Sunday. I don’t know that he’ll get off his ride long enough to help with the weeds, but I thought he was cute so I said he could stay.