Northeast Gardening: Garden Projects 4 - 2010, 1 by Noreaster

Noreaster wrote:
I guess this is my major project this year...this pic is from a few weeks ago but I haven't had a chance to work on it yet- maybe this week. I am putting in a small raised bed along the back property line for some of my hosta, but I couldn't afford to buy a palette of stones this year, so I bought a bunch of cinder blocks and slathered them with hypertufa on one side. I will spritz them with some acid stain for color, since hypertufa dries pretty light. Then my master plan is to get moss growing on them, which I don't think will be hard because this whole hill is moss and just gets more every year. I plan to cover the tops with a layer of flat stones....think I have enough from various other parts of my garden. I think they'll blend in pretty well when it's all said and done.