I found your pic today while looking for inspiration as to what to plant around our split rail fence. You did some HARD work there! It's lovely...looks just like Valley Forge (down the road from us).

Kris, Let's see if somebody will start a new thread - but you can read all about the SBC product at the link below. What do you use to catch rainwater off your shed? Are you really limited to shed roof for runoff? The ground is the best source of rainwater catchment, particularly if you have a low-lying area of ground that holds water after a rain event. Digging a hole in the ground and installing a liner of any type is still the most efficient and cost-effective method. Robert Here is a link that might be useful: Quikwall SBC Info

Rocks are good for cacti bed. Include them, even if only as a border. Even though you can't plant until spring, you can start designing it now............Looks like you have lots of room.........

Thanks everyone! =) Ken - Yeah no cure for that lol I'm staking Gold Drift for height... I believe this is one of those plants that will wonder or grow over sooner or later. I think a few people on this forum said they staked there's till 10' feet tall then let it go. I put that small stake in place because last year the new growth was growing at a 2:00 angle. I wasn't planning on getting any longer stakes anytime soon so I pulled it back over with the small stake temporarily. Will - Congrats on the new addition! I definitely needed a break this year from planting. It'll be good next year since only the new arrivals will need care. Luckily so far this year I've only had to pull out the hose and buckets 1 or 2 times... we had a lot of rain June & July. My youngest ones were planted around March 2012... with all the rain this summer they should be established good enough. Plus we've barely broken 80 here... most of the summer it's been mid to upper 70's. Last year we had weeks in the 100's. Frank - Can't wait!... My neighbors all the time are planting in there garden. They have a small girl & a boy that use there toy shovels & buckets to move dirt. It'll be awesome having teaching her this stuff and spending the day with her out there.