Beginner Gardening: First house - weird area, 1 by gp177

gp177 wrote:
Hi all,

My wife and I just purchased our first house and I'm looking to get opinions on what to do with this odd area to the right of our driveway in the photograph. I was thinking of some creeping flow along the logs in with the stones and something down below coming up to hide a bit of the fence and break up all the gray.

I have no experience landscaping and I'd like to keep a solution around a couple hundred dollars but can go higher.

The are is western Massachusetts. The area gets direct sunlight throughout the day.

Any ideas about what to do with all these rocks are welcomed as well!

Thanks.