Shade Gardening: While y'all party..., 1 by lupinelover

lupinelover wrote:
Someone asked me for a photo of my bed. Well, this isn't the typical shady garden bed. Almost my entire backyard (about 1/6 acre worth) is woodland, originally carpeted with English ivy. That is slowly being replaced by much better things.

Ripping out the ivy, improving the soil, and replanting is very time consuming, and I do a patch every year. After I have replanted the improved site, all my left-over plants are up for grabs, or go into a compost pit.

Here is one photo of a very small part of the area.