Beginner Gardening: Rocks and weeds and weeds and rocks!, 0 by LollyJean

LollyJean wrote:
Please help! I live in zone 6a, northern KY. My planting area of the yard runs roughly 120 linear feet x 2 1/2 feet deep, with various other small plots scattered around the yard. We bought the house 2 years ago and inherited an overgrown mess. Upon starting to clean up the mess I've discovered that the beds are just full of small rocks and overgrown choked out trees, unidentifiable plants and the aforementioned weeds.

It is a huge undertaking and I don't even know where to begin. Ideally I would like to plant different perennials that will bloom from spring into fall. The yard gets nearly full sun from noon on. How do I deal with all of the rocks? They don't appear to have been put there, just the natural make up of the soil. No matter how far down I dig, it's just more rocks.

We moved here from FL where I knew what, when and where to plant but I'm lost here.

Thanks for any help or advice you've got.