Berm Beauty

 Berm means "artificial ridge or embankment".

Our berm was created in the middle of our yard when I was working on the house,

before we officially moved it.  There were rocks in a circle around our two large

sweet gum trees in the front.  The problem with that?  Large weeds and small

trees grew inside the perimeter, making it look trashy.  I needed to remove all the rocks,

but where to put them that wasn't a huge distance away?  So I made a berm of rocks

between the two large trees in our front yard.

 It has taken two years (three summers) to fill in the cracks

with dirt and plant perennial succulents (I am not sure this red tipped one is perennial.)

 I saw something similar to the rock berm with succulents at

Powell Gardens near Kansas City, but this is the first time I have

tried something like it.  I am thrilled with the results.

 Last weekend I emptied the 30 gallon pond and put most

of the water on the berm (we haven't had rain in over a month.)

 All of the plants were so appreciative and looked so good today --

that I had to take some pics.