Yikes! My garden grew too big! What to do?

by Nan Porter Yard with flowers and rocks I started my garden many years ago when there was a 20 to 30 minute rain practically every afternoon.   I would expand every summer with more wildflowers and perennials.   The garden grew and grew and grew.   Then the rains stopped and I had to water by hand since we are in the country on a well. The ground around my flowers is rock hard since I only watered the plants individually.   That took about 2-3 hours every other day. I weeded, and weeded and weeded. Oh, and I got a horse that I wanted to ride.   Hmm, should I pull weeds or go ride my horse? I had to figure out what to do.   I didn’t want to kill my sparse flowers that were significantly getting even sparser the drier the climate got.   I had used river rocks for borders.   I love rocks, collected them on walks, vacations, even got a ton for a Mother’s Day present a few years ago!   River rock and flagstone The answer to my dilemma: ROCKS! ...