Looking down the bed, dark soil peeks out from the under green sticks of Romneya laid across the surface. A bit of green leaf still on branches. And there are still branches left on the Romneya shrub that need removing for new spring growth. I'm in a relationship with this Romneya.

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   Bed 4:
   About 3' x 13'

   3 total rows planted in blocks of seeds I harvested this year: Rudbeckia hirta, Rudbeckia triloba, Phacelia tanacetifolia, Achillea millefolium, and Amsinkia sp.

   I ran out of shade cloth, so picture shows my experiment to help keep the Towhees off the bed. I took long lengths of the Romneya and criss crossed them like pick-up sticks across the furrows. It's working so far :)