Beginner Gardening: ☞ Opinions please , 1 by mwhit

mwhit wrote:
2- You might have a hard time getting anything to grow directly on your RR timbers because they are usually treated so fungi etc. do not grow on them and contribute to decomposition( in their "natural habitat"-railbeds)
However, with age, a lot of the products used to treat them dissipate sufficiently that if you grow trailing type plants above them, they will cover, soften and disguise that excessively boxy look RR ties
can have. I have used creeping phlox, hardy geranium,vinca and other trailers pretty successfully.
The area looks pretty sunny- what type of sun exposure do you have there? That might affect your plant choices too- that exposed dark wood can really soak up and reflect a lot of heat on your plants- I am thinking of the hosta you mentioned and also your mosses tend to like a cooler, shadier type location.
I envy you the "fresh start" It is so much fun trying new plants and seeing a garden design evolve. Just remember the perennial gardener's motto-"First they sleep, then they creep, then they leap!"
It is usually 3-5 years before a new garden really comes together so don't be in a rush to fill all those spaces the first couple of years....unless you use colorful annuals....hhmmm!!!
The picture is what I am dreaming of as Northwest Ohio has yet another gloomy, overcast, snowy day!