I'm hoping to get your ideas on a little project I've decided to undertake ;/ lol.
I live in the DFW area and a few years ago we had an extreme cold snap that killed large bush in our front yard which wasn't a big deal because we didn't like the bushes anyway. So we dug everything up.
Our goal was to remove the bushes and do a no border/edge (I guess that is what you call it?) flower bed? I like the clean look of the grass just dropping off into the flower bed. To me it just looks super crisp and sharp.
My husband outlined and cut the flow of the flower bed. He basically cut down with a half moon edger and a shovel to about 3 or 4 inches down, then he did like a V-back cut. We then laid down cardboard as a weed barrier (which was what we found a lot of people doing? That actually did work very well).
We then went with black rubber mulch (we liked the color contrast of the grass and to the house and also like the idea it won't break down etc...
After we laid out all the mulch something didn't look right? I THINK what looks off is that the flower bed is too high. It has too much dirt. The dirt/flower bed should be lower than the edge? At least that's what it looks like in the pictures we've seen online.
So I'm in the process of removing the rubber mulch and getting rid of some of the dirt (I have no plants or shrubs or anything (yet!)).
So here is where I'd appreciate anyone's input.
1. Should I lower the level of dirt?
2. What type of weed barrier should I use?
3. I'm wanting something low maintenance flower/plant/shrub wise...again, we live in DFW...any ideas?
4. Anything we should do differently? or change? Any comments/help would be appreciated!
I've attached some pictures of what it looked like before we removed the bushes and then what it looked like after adding the mulch, and what it looks like currently. I added some pictures I found on the internet of what we'd like it to look like. (I apologize that the pictures are out of order. I couldn't figure out how to rearrange them lol but I think you get the gist) lol.
Oh, and if anyone in the area needs dirt, let me know! lol.
Thanks as always!
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I live in the DFW area and a few years ago we had an extreme cold snap that killed large bush in our front yard which wasn't a big deal because we didn't like the bushes anyway. So we dug everything up.
Our goal was to remove the bushes and do a no border/edge (I guess that is what you call it?) flower bed? I like the clean look of the grass just dropping off into the flower bed. To me it just looks super crisp and sharp.
My husband outlined and cut the flow of the flower bed. He basically cut down with a half moon edger and a shovel to about 3 or 4 inches down, then he did like a V-back cut. We then laid down cardboard as a weed barrier (which was what we found a lot of people doing? That actually did work very well).
We then went with black rubber mulch (we liked the color contrast of the grass and to the house and also like the idea it won't break down etc...
After we laid out all the mulch something didn't look right? I THINK what looks off is that the flower bed is too high. It has too much dirt. The dirt/flower bed should be lower than the edge? At least that's what it looks like in the pictures we've seen online.
So I'm in the process of removing the rubber mulch and getting rid of some of the dirt (I have no plants or shrubs or anything (yet!)).
So here is where I'd appreciate anyone's input.
1. Should I lower the level of dirt?
2. What type of weed barrier should I use?
3. I'm wanting something low maintenance flower/plant/shrub wise...again, we live in DFW...any ideas?
4. Anything we should do differently? or change? Any comments/help would be appreciated!
I've attached some pictures of what it looked like before we removed the bushes and then what it looked like after adding the mulch, and what it looks like currently. I added some pictures I found on the internet of what we'd like it to look like. (I apologize that the pictures are out of order. I couldn't figure out how to rearrange them lol but I think you get the gist) lol.
Oh, and if anyone in the area needs dirt, let me know! lol.
Thanks as always!
