Northeast Gardening: things we did wish we hadn't, 1 by ge1836

ge1836 wrote:
I had a "dry stacked "stone wall in front of my old house.
Front yard was so close to the sidewalk it seemed useless to mow so relandscaping filled the area with creeping juniper and perennials behind the 3 foot stone wall. there was 2 feet from the wall to the side walk I filled with pesgravel.
That was 30 years ago, the barrier failed some time about ten years ago and the peagravel migrated down into soil.
There was such a small amount of PG that I decided to put in rockgarden sedums and stone crops as well as dwarf iris. It's impossible to dig for planting in this spot.Toomuch PG under the surface.
This view shows the wall w/ perens above it and some plants at the base.Looked great but a hassle to plant in.