Thanks for the quick reply Worth!
The house is on one edge of a 14 acre plot. The area right in front of the house is a large rectange, probably 1/4 of an acre, with a large magnolia on one side and a pecan tree on the other.
We're mainly looking for something to replace the hedges along the house. I'm only interested in a huge veggie garden next year, mostly tomatoes of course!
so I don't much care about the front of the house. The ugly little trimmed shrubs drive my husband crazy, and he wants me to DO something
So I may as well have herbs, which I will enjoy, if I can! We just moved in in July. I'm not sure about my soil conditions yet. I will say that our well water has high pH (husband is an aquarium hobbyist..tests the water often) so that may mean our soil has high pH too. It's not been very wet here, we've had drought conditions for a few years
But I can suppliment water of course.
The house is a long, low brick house probably built in the 60's. I wish I knew how to post pics, but I'm logged on with a webtv and I've never figured out how to post pics with it. I can EMAIL pictures though...if it would help you make suggestions I'd be happy to send you a couple
Thanks again!