Loved the change in your garden photos Brian.
My garden mainly concentrates on reclaiming the lawn at the moment. I have slowed this down a bit because of the recent dry periods here and the water bills. I started on a clay base in 2006 - typically the developers had removed the top soil and probably sold it elsewhere, which is an annoying practise. Because I am on an island some distance from the mainland, I have a tertiary treated septic which maintains the garden quite well but only in about a quarter of the yard. Daylilies are the mainstay, but natives are close behind with vegetables and fruit next. I do not have a formal structure but it basically revolves around the large natives - some of which are grafted.
I give wildlife the main access to the garden but sometimes they can cause much heartache with their damage - but they can also engender an exquisite joy.
