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One side of my house has a strip of soil that's currently covered in gravel with fabric. It looks nice and clean. But also cold and lifeless. The strip is about... 20' by 2'. So it's small, yet sizabley cute.
I can just dig up the soil (get rid of gravel), and plant crap right? I wanna put plants and crap that are virtually maintenance-free. Like beautiful towering sunflowers, shrubs, random beautiful stemmy wild flowers like forsythia, etc.
1. What are the considerations? What are the pros and cons of doing this? I don't want to be arrogant and assume. Wife doesn't want bees because of the young kids. I can see that. Anything else?
2. Should I do it? Just get rid of gravel and sow seeds on soil right? Is there any gardening planner for this online? Any sample or common templates?? I'd be surprised there isn't.
3. Any online communities or magazines for this? Is this gardening or landscaping?
I can just dig up the soil (get rid of gravel), and plant crap right? I wanna put plants and crap that are virtually maintenance-free. Like beautiful towering sunflowers, shrubs, random beautiful stemmy wild flowers like forsythia, etc.
1. What are the considerations? What are the pros and cons of doing this? I don't want to be arrogant and assume. Wife doesn't want bees because of the young kids. I can see that. Anything else?
2. Should I do it? Just get rid of gravel and sow seeds on soil right? Is there any gardening planner for this online? Any sample or common templates?? I'd be surprised there isn't.
3. Any online communities or magazines for this? Is this gardening or landscaping?