Texas Gardening: Back Yard design help needed, 1 by Sheila_FW

Sheila_FW wrote:
I can see trellis on that brick wall in view of the window also, but I would also encourage you to put in a water feature of some sort. Nothing brings in birds like the sound of water on a hot TX day.
I love the picket fence idea, including the crape myrtle bushes and elimnating the trailers etc. The extra gate to have access to the dog run would be a must to keep from having holes dug in the new flower beds! You will not miss the Bradford Pear and you plumbing will thank you. We had to have a new sewer put in and the plumber told me it was the pear that caused it. We have one more in the backyard and it's days are numbered.
As for your drainage section, I would think about the dry creek bed idea. It is something that we have done in a couple of areas where drainage was a problem. I needed to direct the water coming down a sloped yard at the side of the house and through my flower bed. I first did a raised area in the bed, but that diverted it to the fence line and directly into my flagstone area around the pond. Then we opened up a dry bed from the corner of the house out into the grass beyond the flower bed. We lined it with thick plastic and filled it with some cobble stones and large gravel. That did the trick, no more washed out beds.


Meant to say the front and side yard is so pretty, nice job on those! I have loads of seeds for sunny butterfly garden plants when you decide what you want.

This message was edited Oct 14, 2009 4:45 PM