Northeast Gardening: Coffee Break!!, 1 by gardenobsession

gardenobsession wrote:
Hello folks, I'm new to Dave's Garden and am happy to see this NE gardening forum! Can't really talk to non-gardeners about the little iris rhizome you rescued from an abandoned lot without putting them to sleep. I am really thrilled to be back gardening again - I just underwent a 2 year (yes, 2 year) whole house remodel. I have so much respect for plants - they have survived such torture and abuse. Before the project started, I moved a bunch of plants to a "nursery" area in hopes that I could protect them. Didn't work very well. Most of my garden beds ended up being "storage" areas for lumber, roofing material, extra bags of concrete mix and such.
I haven't let the poor weather stop me from getting back to digging in the soil this Spring. It turns our that nearly all my plants survived and are doing very well. During the renovation of my 110 year old house, it was necessary to remove one whole side of stone foundation (just boulders with no mortar) in order to attach the new foundation for an addition to the house. I ended up with MANY 3-5 foot boulders - my backyard looked like a moonscape. We dealt with the situation by using the rocks to terrace the backyard into 2 levels. so, this year's project is to use this terracing to create a rock garden. I am attaching a picture of the boulders that were removed from the original house.