Spent 8 hours yesterday, from noon to 8pm, making a new shade garden under an ancient sugar maple in our front yard. I've been thinking about it for over 20 years, lol. If you've every tried to create a garden under a maple tree before, you know what a horror it can be, with all the surface roots, etc. I hacked, grubbed, pulled grass and weeds out, dug holes where the tree roots dictated, spread a layer of compost over the whole area to feed the tree...then the fun part...planting! Went all around my gardens and dug and hacked pieces of hosta, brunnera, heuchera, lamium...including a BOUGHT azalea! I put them in their new homes. I had to take special precautions with the azalea and large hostas so the tree roots wouldn't grow up into their roots and rob them of all the nutrients. I had to make planting baskets out of "spin out" fabric for those...special copper impregnated cloth, that repels the tree roots....and of course, when I'm done I have to mulch everything. When the light is right, I will take a pic. smile emoticon P.S. I might be feeling my true age today.