Maine zone 5b/6a – coastal.
2nd season of tearing out my front lawn progress update.
At the start of Spring, I just finished building the "broken wall" effect for the garden beds. I got this rock for free (I posted on Facebook looking for rocks), and played Jenga for two weeks getting the walls just right.
I only added a couple of plants, as I'm still waiting on many to mature, but I'll add a few more as the season progresses.
I just finished mulching this morning. Side note: the Vigoro mulch is pretty terrible this year. There's a ton of pieces that are only dyed on one side, and the color is more washed out.
Next steps: adding a nice bench to sit on, and figuring out the transition from the gravel to grass. I may make that a decorative grass border.
Plants: stonecrop, sedum, purple coneflower, creeping thyme, phlox, lavender, butterfly weed, blue fescue, buddleia, lupine
Past progress posts:
– https://www.reddit.com/r/NoLawns/comments/1e930yp/and\_now\_we\_begin/
– https://www.reddit.com/r/NoLawns/comments/1klumpu/rocks\_placed\_time\_to\_start\_planting/
– https://www.reddit.com/r/NoLawns/comments/1nedeh4/first\_season\_of\_ripping\_out\_my\_lawn/
by RatherNerdy
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Images descriptions:
* Various angles of organic shaped raised garden beds, with gravel pathways. Beds have various native plants, amid various rock sizes and the beds are partially buttressed with a “broken wall” effect. Shots are at head level looking down, with one shot from above showing the layout
What’s your weeding plan for the rocks? Just get out there on your hands and knees or torch them or something different?