I made a Moon Garden 30+ years ago out of necessity! When I moved to Vermont and couldn't afford to live in town, I rented a barely winterized 'summer camp' in the Lake Champlain Islands. (Heat tape on the water supply. That was then, price-wise, sigh...) A great place to skinny-dip on sultry summer nights; my little dock was too far from the house for lights to reach. I planted lots of Dusty Miller and white Zinnias to line the path and everyone found their way safely. Wish I'd had a digital camera back then. Since that time, we're agreed that fragrance has more importance at night than during the day? Have y'all tried Mignonette? Annual, easy from seed, kinda ratty looking, but short. Easily tucked behind anything 8" tall and heavenly scented. ~Ana Who thinks luckygal captured sunset perfectly!

I sure wish I had photos but my moon garden exists only in planning stages right now!

Here's some of ours. We now have 112 roses (and we have small yards!), some are waiting to be planted. Hey, there are roses that are even shade tolerant, even ones that can climb up a tree! As seen from walking on the sidewalk: Front view: For more pics of our sides, front and back yards and more rose-y pictures too, Check out my Picture Trail: careytearose Here is a link that might be useful: look in the Landscaping Projects 2007 and Favorite ROSES we grow albums

Thank you so much everyone! Chris: My tomatoes usually stay in them but before this year my tomatoes truly were horrible. Last yearr out of 16 plants i got a grand total of 5 tomatoes. Yeah, that bad. I am not expecting them to stay in the cages though. As far as bug control, nothing at this point other than hand killing :) The flea beetles aren't out of control at this point so I'm not going to fret about them yet. I only know they are there based on minor damage and the fact that I actually seen them. I need to go out one night and look for my culprit. I think some hot pepper mix or BT is in my future. Tuamor1628 and simmran1: Thank you for the nice comments and suggestions! KCKook: Thank you! Yeah, my 'maters are a little close, but at the same time I was going into this season with very low expectations based on last year. My plants (indet) topped out at MAYBE 4-5 ft and were very pathetic and I gave them lots of room. This year I planted closer with the new beds (the beds are brand new for this yr) figuring I will prune if I need to. As far as the cages, based on what I've read, everyone agrees with you :) I pretty much figured I would eventually have to stake them as well with the wooden stakes you see for the tomatoes without cages. I figured it would help them stay contained at least somewhat lol. The tomatoes in the first half of the first bed (pic 2) ended up WAY closer than I intended. But most of the others are about 2 ft apart lengthwise and 18-24" diagonally. Like I said, I will learn to prune if I need to and I think I probably will as they are growing like weeds now. It is incredible compared to last yr. This is more of an experimental year for me than anything. Learning what works, what doesn't and IF raised beds really do make a difference where I live and so far the answer is yes :) Oh, and starting your own seeds can make an impact to. Out of all the plants above only 1 tomato, 4 peppers and 2 eggplants are store bought. Everything else is from seed, which was a whole new world for me as well!