How to you hide / conceal your garden hose? PIC
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Comments (11)Thanks everyone. Lynnencfan, I am a little concerned about being taken over by amaranth too, but I figure it's in an enclosed circle, so hopefully will stay there (unless the birds spread it!) Rosepedal, I have oak wilt too. We lost 1 about 5 years ago, and 1 in mid-stage now. So sad... Carrie, I've started Ice Plant twice now, but it didn't make it either time. What's your secret? M...See MoreHow did you design your garden beds?
Comments (24)When we moved to this property a little over 4 years ago I was faced with opportunity and obstacles. There were only a couple of very small flowerbeds that seemed to have been laid out with no apparent plan in mind. But there was a LOT of space to add more. Almost all the beds could be sunny and all would be very well drained. But the "soil" was sand and the sun can be fierce in this area. Besides that, our 5 acres is mostly heavily wooded. There is only a relatively small clearing where the house, garage, and storage sheds are located. A white sand drive winds back to that clearing from the road and all is surrounded by mixed hardwood and evergreen woods. The privacy is wonderful but it's a bit like being inside a big green room. Also, for reasons of access to the back of our land my husband insisted that enough clear space had to be left all the way around the house to drive a truck or tractor - grass was o.k. there but no beds or structures to get in the way. That further pushed my gardening space to the edges of the clearing. I didn't want to simply echo the shape of the lawn and I really wanted a reason for the shape of the beds. It's all fairly level except for a gently slope from the road past the house and down to a creek far back in the thickest woods behind the house. I spent a lot of time looking and thinking and finally came to the idea of addressing the fact that my garden would be at the exact point of transition between "wild" and "domestic" - the natural woods that gave way abruptly to green lawn. I tried to think of places in nature where there is a transition from one state to another and decided to model my garden beds on the tide - the shapes made by the tides, advancing and receding - at the transition from sea to land. I love smooth curved edges anyway and my garden would not have lent itself to formal symmetrical shapes. I've tried to lay out the edges to suggest the shapes left on the sand by the water's movement. Abstract, I know, but it has given me a place to start and I like it very well. Of course the placement of plants is still very much a work in progress and is also "trial and error" as others have mentioned. But the shape of the beds makes sense to me. Here are a couple of pictures that may make my "tidal" beds more clear. All are taken from the front of my house, looking toward the road (not visible through the woods). This one shows the "high water mark" in the shape of the beds along the foundation of the house:...See MoreHow Are You Storing Your Shoes? Any Pics???
Comments (18)Ok so now i don't feel so bad. My good shoes are either in clear or the cardboard shoe boxes that they came in..labelled..planned on photos to label them..but haven't gotten to it.. I am a person that seldom..if ever..wears a dress..although i have lots of beautiful dressy dresses and shoes..they seldome get worn..so the beautiful dress shoes are in the boxes..as well as some of my summer sandles. I have cubbies for my other shoes..mostly garden shoes..and walking shoes..and running shoes..and sandles..and a few slippers and flippy floppies..which i hate. they are in cubbies and the few i wear daily are generally around the house. boots are on a shelf on the floor of my coat closet...See MorePlease Show Me Your Garden Hose Holder
Comments (19)hosenemesis- your name cracks me up! I had to check your profile (to see whether you created it today) and am in AWE of your garden. Find that PVC! You must spend so much time watering those beautiful beds/area. BTW - which hose holder(s) do you have, that you dislike so much? fun2behere -- I don't think we'd have the patience to curl the hose up in a planter pot; plus, need a lot to reach far ends of front lawn. oakleyok - that's what we had too, on a covered patio, but we bumped out the front of our house 5' last summer and no longer have the overhang (or the spigot). DH installed one this past week, dangerously close to my budding hydrangeas. lynninnewmexico - the deer would move in ours, if they could! Let us know how yours works. natal - that is really pretty, definitely one to research. katyb - Now you will have to post a picture so we can see :) rafor - hmmm. Jury's out on that one. Having to tug, twist and snap might be a little too much. (Say, is that at all like the bend and snap? I'm just picturing the neighbors watching :) ... Lazydaisynot- that's what I am concerned about (this will be in the front of the house)....See Moreeldemila
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