Lynn,
Thank you.
Your concrete block raised beds are awesome! What a wonderful garden area with all the succulents. The more I looked at your photo, the more I thought about making a small concrete block raised bed of succulents. I do have succulents around my yard in containers, but never thought to make a raised bed full of them. That is so cool what you built!
I, too, wished I had used concrete blocks from the start. I wasted so much time and money using wood. I have since replaced numerous wooden raised beds and borders around my yard. And still have a few more to replace, but it is almost completed.
A stamped concrete patio would be beautiful. I hope you are able to eventually do that! I am on a very limited budget, so I have to hand-create most everything to make it affordable, but if I had the money .... Oh! The things I would do with concrete!
I love concrete in the garden. Originally, it was not even a consideration for hardscaping, but after replacing so much wood hardscaping over the past couple of years, I've really come to appreciate concrete. Now if I could just figure out how to make arbors out of concrete ...
