A plot of land...

I'm not sure why I haven't thought of this before... but there is an extremely shabby "garden" outside my door. It wraps around to the front with only a few sorry looking rose bushes and weeds.

My neighbor, who lives in the front, just started putting new plants on the part closest to her. So, I thought "Hey! If she can do it, so can I!." In the 4 1/2 years that Ryan has been here, no one has done anything with this dirt. We used to have a manager who tried to take care of the rose bushes, but that's it.

So, i have a plot of land to garden on now!!! I'm going to seriously garden! I'm going to dig up all the weeds, and turn out all the soil and get going.

Here is what it currently looks like...

This is a bush that I want to get rid of ASAP. It's always full of cobwebs, it's ugly and it's right outside our window and front door, yuck!:

























Here is a picture of all the space I will have.

I plan on planting up to the fuse box which gives me a good 10+ feet long and 2-3 feet deep to work with.

As you can see there are quite a few weeds, some big and small. My only worry is that it's on the North side of the house. I don't think it gets 6 hours of sun, maybe 4. But I haven't paid too much attention to that. My worry is that it will end up being a shade garden :(. But..... if it is - it gets more sun than my porch!

Any suggestions for planting on the North side of the house? It has a lip on the roof that may block sun from above - especially the part closes to the side.

Also! Any suggestions for how to cut down and uproot the bush? I don't want to stick my hands in there to try and break it down manually. (I have MAJOR arachnophobia...) haha :)

When we move - I will simply dig up the plants and pot them. Hopefully this garden will be more successful than my current porch garden.

Any advice is welcome!