Too many of you may feel that you have a "black thumb", and become discouraged with your landscaping and gardening efforts.  I'm here to tell you that you don't have a black thumb, and even those of us that have been at it for years, will feel the same way from time to time.   True enough, though, there is nothing worse than a depressed gardener, when even your plants die.....

Have heart, as this year's rainy season even has me replacing lots of root-rotted plants!  So maybe it's not a black thumb after-all, as even this quote confirms:

"There is no gardening without humility.  Nature is constantly sending even it's oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder."  ~Alfred Austin