The grass on the side of our house never does great right close to the house.
Why, I don't know. Too hot and too much drainage if I had to guess.
This year I thought I'd take advantage of the dead spots and plant some sunflowers and pumpkins there.
I figured if nothing else, I wouldn't have to mow!
And....success!
(a small windstorm resulted in the plants bending over
and almost touching the ground! so we rigged up some white
twine and tied them back, hence why some of them look
like they are trying to escape to the underground!!)
The pumpkins sprawled everywhere, attaching to the ground literally with vines.
We have a pumpkin!
A few smaller ones too!
The only thing now is, with fall coming on, I have to remember to go out and cover up the plants.
