Beginner Gardening: Landscaping with dogs II, 0 by greenbrain

greenbrain wrote:
This summer flew by. Didn't realize that it's been 3 months since I've posted on this thread. I've been busy trying to keep all my new plants well watered during an extremely hot/dry summer & also finishing up painting the exterior of the house.

I've finally decided to plant a rosa rugosa hedge along the rear chain link fence to keep the dogs from jumping on the fence when folks walk down the alley & to provide some privacy. For some reason, we have more foot traffic in the alley than on the streetside. (Maybe they're admiring my vegie garden.) Anyway, I'm busy researching vendors. I'm thinking of trying Greenwood Nursery. They have a few popular varieties sold as hedges with one order being either 5 or 10 plants. I'm going to make a lasagna bed along the fenceline this fall to ready for spring planting. I'll have to come up with a plan to keep the dogs from trampling the plants until they're established.

Here's a photo of the pack looking into the vegie garden which is off limits to dogs (cats allowed). More to follow.