Water Gardening: How to Dry Creek Bed, 1 by

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I have a dry creek bed in my herb garden. I suggest that you use weedblock fabric that water can penetrate. That way water gets into the surrounding soil better and you don't have standing water in the 'dry' creek bed during rains. Weeds cannot get through, but you can cut holes in it to plant anything that you want growing among your rocks - creeping thyme or shrubby plants that like heat and little water. If you use weedblock fabric, then it's easy to water these plants when necessary. Here's a photo of the herb garden after I'd just finished the dry creekbed. It's filled in since then, but you can get the general idea.