Having never owned a house or really had a yard of my own, I got pretty excited and decided to do some ad-hoc landscaping. Built some raised beds for vegetables, and just laying in some organic shaped in-ground beds for low water decorative plants. Gonna fill the rest in with gravel. Any pointers?
You're gonna flood that garden after a hard rain. If you want to pump water in like that you need a hanging garden setup. My suggestion is buy a water pump for your basement.