After several seasons of trying to maintain plants in the little plot between the two garage doors, I officially gave up and devised a new concept for the area: A rock garden. With general instructions from Tom and Mark on approach, I began by digging out the soil and moving it elsewhere in the yard. Turns out when I pulled off the soil there was already a good layer of sand beneath, so we were able to proceed directly to laying down a layer of drain-field rock. And when I say "we," I mean Mark, who brought the rock in the back of his truck. He also leveled the area, put down weed barrier (that black mesh stuff), and shoveled the rock in.
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| The excavated bed, ready for the rock layer |
Completely forgot to take a photo of the bed with just the drain-field rock in it, but you can get the idea from the shot below.
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| The rock layer |
With the rock layer down, I gathered stones from other places in the yard for the more artistic aspect of the project. I placed some of the larger stones, then tossed medium and small sized stones until a flow and pattern emerged.
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| The beautiful (mostly Lake Huron) stones for the top layer |
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| I left a space on the right side for a container planting - like maybe a whisky barrel with some annuals |
Now I have a place to put my beautiful finds on display.
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