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South Slope reader and professional gardener Rachel Prince sends us this report about her home turf… My garden has been 10 years in the making so far. The granite cobblestones were there in the beginning defining a bed at the back with three scraggly hemlocks in it. We dug the trees out as well as yanking out tons of English ivy. The patio we made out of stone salvaged from Vermont. We have since salvaged stone from all over the neighborhood; sills, marble mantles, bluestone pavers etc., which we plan to build with someday and now use as benches as well as dry laid stacks with planters on them in our front courtyard. The garden is mostly shrubs, perennials, roses and vines. I have deep affection for tulips, tree peonies, hellebores, roses, clematis, viburnums, blueberries and winter hazel. I have grown moonflower vines, passion flower vines and clematis up the clothesline ladder over the years.