So the easiest patch of garden to re-haul is also the smallest. It is just a tiny strip of marble chips mixed in with garbage to help the water hose drain. I dug up everything out of there and painstakingly sorted through the white marble chips from the garbage. The garbage was 10 years worth of cigarettes, rusty nails, dead leaves, a lost earring. random plastic bits and a vortex to planet Zoran.
Before. Fugly.
Next I hosed the dirt off the marble chips and put them in a bucket with water and a tiny bit of bleach overnight. Since I was broke-o joke-o at the time I planted some random plants that were growing from the trees and base of shrubs from around my neighborhood. I figured since the HOA garden dudes weed wack these plants down anyways then it was okay for me to claim my free plants. I don't know what it is except as what I call it, "The Purple One."
My mom also has an unidentified green plant that we don't know the species of, except for the fact that it could withstand a nuclear fallout. Seriously. This thing doesn't die. It has been lovingly nicknamed "The Georgettes." If anyone can put a name to this plant please comment below. I'd love to know what it actually is aside from Fallout 3 Georgette.
I rinsed off the marble chips, added soil back in, planted several Georgettes and The Purple One in alternating order and gave everything a nice drink of water. Everything has had time to grow out for about 2 months now.
Tomorrow I will post the results.
and several seed packets.