I don't know if just my wife is a bit crazy or if she has much more foresight than most thais, but she had concrete poured almost all over the 100 square wah we have outside.
We just have a few mango and papaya tress at the fence and flowers in flower pots.
I understand the concrete is a good idea because of that red dust everywhere in Isaan and the water puring down at monsoon time, but it has a certain ghetto style feeling.
It makes gardening easy though and I am not really into gardening.