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Some how i manage to skip a post & i was just looking at the new post & went up a few.I read the post written by Greg,i can't believe i didn't see it before now,I am not sure about the names to the different size & types of rock.I think the rock i am using is pea gravel.I was wondering if the way i done it was good or not.Greg spoke of doing about the same as what i have done.Maybe i can get an opinion or 2,maybe some advice!!

I started my rock garden on a slope,which is what my whole yard is.That's one point towards drainage,Our land being a slope,the ground has been wind blown & the ground is hard and has no good soil or most places in the front don't.So we put purchased a load of forest compost to put down.There's a place that the slope drops off & i put leaves over it to decay and then reuse.I mixed some of them into the compost,another point for drainage i thought.I planted upright sedums behind my semps.i put pea gravel down as i planted,the gravel has ended up mixed into the soil.There isn't any way to have to fast of a drainage? I figured in the spring when the sedum's start to get some height to them i will put down more pea gravel but i didn't know how much to use??

The pea gravel seemed to big around the semp's,i bought a 25 pound bag of gravel in the pet section with the fish supplies and thats what i put under (to avoid rot from touching wet soil) & around the semp's.I can use pea gravel up as close to the semps as possible without damaging them.

Any advice or opinions or even criticism.Did i do something that's isn't making a good environment for them to grow in??