Posted on 06/03/2005 5:47:47 AM PDT by Gabz
The weeding alone is a full-time job. :)
LOL!!! That's an understatement! We picked corn one evening last summer - and went out to harvest the rest of it the next day.........not an ear left. And they absolutely LOVE teeny tiny immature cantelope :(
We have been able to pinpoint their dagonal path from the creek on the northside southwest to cross the other creek. We're going to try "deer fencing" to keep them on that track and not detouring into my veggies.........I've got far to much garden space to make dog kennel economical.
I bet it is!
Our veggie garden is completely planted. 12 tomoto plants, 9 pepper plants, slicing and pickling cucumbers, zuchini, pole beans, carrots, lettuce, onions, garlic, radish, spinach and peas.
I still have 2 flats of impatiens to get in the flower beds, but I keep getting migraine headaches, so it just isn't getting done!
I love driving into my driveway in the summer ans seeing all the flowers! It's worth it to me to go to the work of planting and weeding.
OUCH on the migraines. But all the flowers sound so pretty, it's understandable to enjoy pulling into the driveway.
That is just beautiful:) What is the big leafy plant behind the pink flowers.
Becky
Those are hollyhocks. I didn't realize they were so large when I ordered them from Jackson & Perkins.
Those are lovely!!!!!!! Everybody's pictures are making me so jealous!!!!!!
What are the light green plants? They look like nandina. We had not considered doing a flower garden next to the patio when we put it in but now you've given us a good idea. Very nice.
Thanks Gabz. It was more work than I thought when I go into it, digging out the old plants then putting in the roses. There was/is a lot of clay soil under the flowerbed so I had to do extra digging to try to improve the ground where the roses went in. We put in other roses at the end of our driveway in front of our porch. Three of the Peace roses I planted didn't make it so my wife called Jackson & Perkins and they replace them free of charge. I put the new ones end last weekend and they appear to be doing much better. I'll have to compliment J&P on their replacement of the roses.
That's so cool about them replacing the plants you lost!
Yes, those are nandina.
Where all the flowers are use to be patio. We live in the country, no sidwalks and driveways, for kids to play basketball, roller skate etc. so we put in a huge patio. Once they married and left home, We cut out 3/4 of the patio and make it a garden. I had to have it fenced because of dogs and horses. I was surprised how many flower plants horses will eat:)
Becky
You certainly did a great job. Looks like a lot of work. All our kids are gone also. We bought the new house last year and got a big lot just so we could put in flowerbeds and vegetable garden, trees etc. We considered a pool but with the closest grandkids over 12 hours away we knew we wouldn't get the use out of it to justify the expense and trouble so we're just shooting for a retreat in our backyard, it's just going to take a while.
I have found the garden to be so peaceful, to sit in and watch the hummingbirds in the morning with my coffee. In the evenings it seems alot cooler sitting inside the fence among the flowers:)
Becky
We are going to be putting in more flowerbeds and they will go where we have lawn now. Do you happen to know of a herbicide that will get rid of the grass but won't harm new plantings. There used to be a soil fumigant on the market I used previously (can't remember the name) that killed plants and bugs and worked great, but Uncle Sam decided it wasn't safe.
I know I'm becoming moldy!!!!! I had water through my kitchen ceiling earlier and there is still water seeping under the wall onto the floor in the family room.....we know exactly where and what the problem is and how to fix it - but that can't be done while it is raining. Hubby went up and anchored some plastic sheeting to divert the water as a temporary fix. just something else added to the list of chores for next week while he's on vacation.....
I totally understand abut not wanting to plant anything when putting the house on the market. Wehn we put ours on the market, I converted the herb bed I had along the driveway into flowers for "curb appeal" and only planted a few tomatoes and peppers because I didn't want to go to all the trouble and someone else benefit. I'm glad I did - it took us over 2 years to sell the place.
but the housing market is different now - so I don't think you will have the trouble we had.
Don't you just HATE when that happens? Unfortunately it happens more and more.
I have no answer to your question, but probably the local county extension agent could help you.
"sigh."
If it weren't raining, I'd go out and take pictures of what I call our "moonscape," aka our yard. We just moved to a townhouse down the street from the townhouse we used to live in...and the yard has been neglected for about, say, 30 years. Let me tell you -- can't fix 30 years of neglect overnight.
Because real estate is getting so expensive here, all fixer-uppers are disappearing. In fact, all the neighbors thank us for working on this particular yard, it was so bad. So far, it's a work in progress. Truly, it needs some time and money thrown at it....which don't grow on trees in our yard!
I figure current hodge-podge of mulch, random bushes should hold us while we figure out what to fix first -- electrical? Add the bathroom (to bring the grand total to 2 bathrooms? Fix the kitchen? Did I forget anything! :-)
It is convenient, though, even though a liberal bastion.
I was thinking of doing a neighborhood "contest" for landscaping ideas. The liberals love those kinds of things -- you know, the "community pulls together" type-stuff. That would be great, until they found out who we voted for in the last presidential election...we'd probably find toilet paper wrapped around our sad bushes after that....
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