Beginner Gardening: Blank, dry, shady slate. :), 1 by MsKatt

MsKatt wrote:
This is where we want to put a patio. It would be a half-circle or arc shaped retaining wall around the pine tree at the end of the wall and some sort of paver/flagstone/??? patio. I would like it to be an undulating shape to break up the severe lines of the ol' ugly workshop. No, I can't knock it down without divorce happening. :)

I would love to put a pergola roof over it with some lush vine climbing it, but it's so darn shady there.

This picture is taken from a position right alongside the swingset.