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I just moved into a lovely home with a very sad back yard. There’s a lot of gravel, and a little bit of native clay soil. I’d like to amend the soil and plant drought-resistant native flowers, and then maybe add some Hugelkultur mounds.

It’s just soooo much gravel, I’m worried that I’ll regret it later if i don’t do something more extreme like removing gravel to somewhere else on the property, or roto-tilling the compacted soil before and/or after getting some soil amendment delivered. I have no idea what I’m doing, but I’m willing to learn if folks can point me in the right direction.

Thanks everyone!

I’m new to gardening and permaculture. I’ve been a lurker on YouTube permaculture channels and that’s about it. I don’t know if this is even a possibility. It’s been a fun thought experiment, but I want to look further into it.

Banana circles seem to take up a lot of surface area. I don’t have that much room in my yard. I want to optimize my limited area by designing Banana Circle Lite™ while still leaving room for my garden to expand in the future.

Use dwarf banana plants. Reduce the diameter of the circle. Any larger companion plants would be dwarf varieties as well. Reduce the number of plants a typical circle might have. I live in North Florida, Zone 9a, bordering 8b. We get a couple freezes a year so, I want to use Rajapuri banana plants because they seem cold-resistant, produce fruit quickly, and are a dwarf variety.

I’m just curious about people’s thoughts on this. Any advice? Improvement ideas?

Well, I left them alone. They were fine for about a week but now I’ve got aphids on my garlic stalks and they are definitely taking away the seeds I’ve planted.

Their hills are too close to vegetables and my rose bush to boil them

Any suggestions (other than diatomaceous earth which never seems to work well for me)?