Northeast Gardening: Anyone have that strip between the sidewalk and street?, 1 by DonShirer

DonShirer wrote:
Not only do I have that strip, but the subdivision developer dumped all his construction debris there. Stones, concrete, gunk, etc. I tried for three years to grow grass there with very poor results.

But there is a happier ending. I have found at least three things that grow well there (besides dandelions and other weeds). Daylilies (around the mailbox area), Heath and heather (picture shows one of my two heather beds a year ago), and thyme! I noticed that some thyme had popped up there and was doing well, so for the last two years I have been dropping thyme seeds all over and hoping they will overcome the dandelions. This year I am experimenting with a patch of Lysimachia aurea to see if that will work too, and am putting hardy geranium around the edges of the heather.