Originally Posted by
Blackboy98
I would dug out the center to about 9-10" to try to find hidden rocks and excavate them, then add back the soil as a base and add good topsoil to form a raised mound, maybe 10-12" tall. Use any rock you found to make a garden with a theme.
I did this in the early-mid summer to an island I have in front of my house. I removed ALL the rock, rototilled to bring up new soil, added top and potting soil, re-rototilled to scrupture the ground to the contours I wanted.
I picked an "astronomical theme" with many individual gardens lined in different style and type of rocks-anything from crystals gardens to rocks edges with plain limestone. I picked large rocks to represent celestrial features of the universe. I know a little weird, but I love celestrial features about outer space, i.e. Orions belt and nebule, Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebule, Sirius-the brightest star in our galaxy and also called "The Dog Star". That one is of course special to me and is the centerpiece of the garden. I tried to place various rocks in prospective of Sirius and studied "Space.com" to get ideas and the numbers I needed to make accurate placements. Then planted different types of plants in each garden.
I know, way to much work for a sane person, but then again it was me. I like unique projects like that where the end is completely differnet than the start.
I agree with Fran as her idea sounds much easier.