My garden…
June 17, 2011
Back in the day when we first bought this place and I didn’t take pictures or blog, this was a dog pen. We added a gate and planted a garden, since I like things pretty as well as serving a purpose I created the flower beds in front with old brick Sean discovered while moving a random hill of weeds in our yard..we didn’t know much about it or that the weeds would be more plentiful than our harvest. Our first year we ended up mowing around things. Then we built the raised beds, still a lot of work weeding, then we added the rock. Our mistake, we didn’t put down landscape cloth, guess who will be shoveling gravel this fall, my dearest hubby & I, ugh, but it will be worth it next year!
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My name is Julie, I love cowboy boots, food, art, and all things vintage. Married to Sean, a talented, hard working man (who can build anything I draw out for him) we have three children, two boys and a girl. I thank God every day, the ways He is revealed to me through them is astounding. My passion, the reason for this blog...developing the gifts God has given me, sharing what he lays on my heart through painting, and turning useless junk and forlorn furniture into something fabulous. 
WOW!!! I’m impressed!!!!
your garden is so pretty it looks like something straight from a magazine!!!!
In my opinion, the cloth does NOT make that much difference, I wouldn’t waste my time doing it again. We have put it down everywhere we made beds, and the weeds are ridiculous!! If it’s coming up through the rocks, don’t expect the cloth to do any better.
Ohhh, I want your garden!
Oh wow, your garden is gorgeous! I’ve used the landscape fabric in the past but it’s not a sure thing. I’ve bought the cheaper black kind that you can almost see through, I totally would not recommend it, doesn’t work well at all. The next time I tired a more expensive, thicker, gray fabric that the guy at Home Depot said landscapers use but it doesn’t last forever, after a year or two weeds started coming up through it. Actually, I think seeds probably landed on the fabric itself and started sprouting. They don’t need much room for roots they just grow like….well…like weeds!
bummer!
Julie, This is beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
thank you!
Your garden is gorgeous! I’m so envious! Well, not of the shoveling gravel thing though
Beautiful Garden, very lovely. I use flatten cardboard not landscape fabric under my raised beds. Its biodegradable and a great way to get rid of old pizza boxes and such.
thank you and what a wonderful idea! I will have to try that…