You have a classic utility mud pit. Every time you pull that hose or the spigot drips you are dealing with a wet mess right next to your foundation and dragging dirt onto your new pavers. Stop trying to treat this tight corner like a garden bed. Those few scattered plants are just going to get trampled by your feet and whipped by the hose anyway. You need to look at this strictly as a functional landing pad and design for structure first.
Rip out the polka dot planting and fix that sloppy exposed black plastic edging. You need to cap that entire bare dirt patch with a thick layer of heavy washed river rock to kill the mud and handle the constant dripping. If you have the budget you could also just extend those new slate pavers all the way to the window well. Either way you need durable hardscape in this wet traffic zone instead of hoping delicate greenery will survive the abuse.
Before you go lugging heavy bags of stone or cutting expensive pavers you should run this picture through the GardenDream web app. It lets you overlay different hardscape materials right onto your photo so you can see if river rock or matching slate actually looks good next to your existing walkway. It is a good safety net to make sure your plan fits the space before you waste your weekend sweating over it.
msmaynards
That looks great! I’d hang even more stuff on the wall. A brush and tub to clean off yourself and such. Great to have pavers under the spigot so no more mud. The way you’ve placed the plants shows you know good and well the hose will ruin anything in its way but the little lattice fence will stop most of that. If a plant gets damage move it. There are little moisture loving plants that survive some trampling you could plant to the sides and see how they do. Corsican mint, yarrow, frogfruit and more would love it and wouldn’t get out of hand like other mints would.
CubedMeatAtrocity
Fill it with a bunch of different colored cannas. They’ll come back every year, are very hearty so you hose can whack them at will, and are tall enough to cover the foundation.
3squiddy
If it is shaded, moss will grow. While some say rocks, let me say they are a pia to clear of leaves, etc. If in a rock path not near a structure, you can torch the path to burn pine needles, leaves, weeds. A leaf blower does not do the job.
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You have a classic utility mud pit. Every time you pull that hose or the spigot drips you are dealing with a wet mess right next to your foundation and dragging dirt onto your new pavers. Stop trying to treat this tight corner like a garden bed. Those few scattered plants are just going to get trampled by your feet and whipped by the hose anyway. You need to look at this strictly as a functional landing pad and design for structure first.
Rip out the polka dot planting and fix that sloppy exposed black plastic edging. You need to cap that entire bare dirt patch with a thick layer of heavy washed river rock to kill the mud and handle the constant dripping. If you have the budget you could also just extend those new slate pavers all the way to the window well. Either way you need durable hardscape in this wet traffic zone instead of hoping delicate greenery will survive the abuse.
Before you go lugging heavy bags of stone or cutting expensive pavers you should run this picture through the GardenDream web app. It lets you overlay different hardscape materials right onto your photo so you can see if river rock or matching slate actually looks good next to your existing walkway. It is a good safety net to make sure your plan fits the space before you waste your weekend sweating over it.
That looks great! I’d hang even more stuff on the wall. A brush and tub to clean off yourself and such. Great to have pavers under the spigot so no more mud. The way you’ve placed the plants shows you know good and well the hose will ruin anything in its way but the little lattice fence will stop most of that. If a plant gets damage move it. There are little moisture loving plants that survive some trampling you could plant to the sides and see how they do. Corsican mint, yarrow, frogfruit and more would love it and wouldn’t get out of hand like other mints would.
Fill it with a bunch of different colored cannas. They’ll come back every year, are very hearty so you hose can whack them at will, and are tall enough to cover the foundation.
If it is shaded, moss will grow. While some say rocks, let me say they are a pia to clear of leaves, etc. If in a rock path not near a structure, you can torch the path to burn pine needles, leaves, weeds. A leaf blower does not do the job.