Hosta haven: nothing grew under the balcony near the house and was told hostas would love it there. They are outrageously expensive so I wouldn't buy them but you Simon bought me a Bordines gift card last year and I used that and this year they are looking lush: beautiful all summer and completely maintenance free. And we never gets slugs so leaves look perfect.
Shitake mushroom plugs in fresh cut tree chunks. They take a full year to get their shit together but since it's completely shaded there next to the Dollar General, we have nothing to lose by trying mushrooms. If these work well expand to buttons and portabellos.
Raccoons did a number on the liner two years ago and I'd been putting off draining most the water, cleaning the algae off, patching (think patching bicycle innertubes), and refilling it. About three weeks ago the fish were fully recovered from winter hibernation so I set to work. Amazingly it worked and now the pond has a lot more surface which fish need. Plus the birds like the shallows.
I found a new plant store that does only pond plants so I got some when they got their first spring load. I got grasses as they can best withstand bad winters. In theory they'll oxygenate the water and the gdfish (some of which are 10 years old) will be even bigger and stronger,
Our soil is almost certainly contaminated so I'm going to try raised beds. Everyone on our street has versions of these popping up in their cars given that food has increased 500% in the past few months. Everyone is planning for the complete economic collapse of the US. Never liked where they were because they weren't near the things that needed water but moving them required installing guttering. Also they are ugly green so I'm going to paint them.
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