Ideas for how to cover a gravel yard
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What to replace gravel/rocks in Brooklyn back yard with?
Comments (7)Gravel or landscaping rock - it generally boils down to one's idea of a good thing becoming someone else's nightmare. If they're fairly new, haven't settled in and buried themselves, I'd make an attempt at raking a section of them up since you'd like to do some gardening. The rocks are not likely to prevent weeds. Failing that, many things could be planted just by digging holes down past the rock - a sort of rock garden, a garden with rock mulch. For an experiment on the inexpensive side, the big box stores like Home depot, Lowes, Wal-mart generally have seasonal garden centers with all kinds of things you could use - Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (bearberry, kinnikinnick) is a nice ground creeper with pink-y flowers in early summer and red berries later. Juniperus horizontalis (Creeping juniper) is a good filler and can spill over edges. There are low growing sedums, phlox subulata, artemisia schmidtiana "Silver Mound", as well as other easy care/no care perennials... and there are always the annuals for instantly gratifying a need for space filling color. If truly temporary digs, I wouldn't make a big investment, but would at least give myself something pleasant to look at and be out in....See MoreHow to improve appearance of the side yard's graveled, planter area?
Comments (5)Hadn't thought about making the area deeper. That would look much better. Thinking of doing that now & possibly topping the rocks with some type of mulch and maybe putting in a small yard statue or two. Am not really picky about what to do, just want it to look pretty and not be an eyesore. Won't be able to power wash or paint until after this project is done and paid for. But, that's a future goal for possibly next year....See MoreHelp me with ideas of how to cover this ugly back wall in my yard
Comments (11)Another option is hanging an outdoor rug. They won’t fade as quickly and it looks like a 8x10 one could fit there fine. Try TJ max or home goods. The shower curtain idea will be less $ but I’d be afraid it would fade quickly in the sun (but that may not be an issue in the location)....See Moredrought tolerant gravel front yard is too bare
Comments (20)some big Agaves, Aloes, and or Cactus and maybe some landscape boulders would add interest and are very drought tolerant. We have octopus agave which are very sculptural, Aloe vera which flowers in spring, and Lophocereus schottii monstrous which are thornless but great looking totem cactus....See MoreSherry8aNorthAL
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