On Sun, 27 Apr 2003 21:14:10 -0500, "Someone"
wrote:

There's a 4 ft wide space between two sides of my garage and the neighbor's
fence. One side has a beautiful and fragrant vine I've seen at the nursery
called "Today and Tomorrow" on the top of the fence. The other side has a
tree I've never seen before which is producing black and reddish berries.
The tree is getting sandwiched between the garage wall and the fence.

The ground is covered in weeds and some ferns. It only gets a little bit of
light. Although the space is not seen often, I'd like to do something to
give it a more finished appearance. I'm thinking of just throwing a whole
bunch of gravel or using a non-climbing ground cover. Any suggestions?

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The 'tree' looks as if might be pokeweed. If so, no reason not to get
rid of it. I would try a narrow gravel 'path' on the side next to
the garage, and some encouragment of the ferny bits next to the fence.
It looks as if ferny-shady-mossy plants might enjoy it there. OTOH,
it's not exactly an area where you would sit out and admire the
mini-garden. In which case, I'd go for all gravel to minimize care.