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paulan70
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Comments (9)Is the soil level around the shrubs at the same level as it was before excavation? They look very deep. What is going on with the loose bricks? Sorry they look funky. If it makes you feel any better about their potential for recovery, it took us 2 years to kill a shrub like that at my Mom's house. Cut it down repeatedly for 6 months, then gave up and put a black pot over it, upside down, with the saucer to block the light from the drain holes. It finally quit trying to grow after about 18 months under the pot....See Morehelp me save my garden..please!
Comments (12)I'm going to take an entirely different approach. And this is based on many years as both a professional design/landscape consultant and garden coach. Extensive perennial plantings are high maintenance. Not sure how large your assorted perennial beds are but maintaining 8 of them, 3 of which are very visible, is going to take a lot of time. Based on your screen name, I assume you work for a living? And no doubt, so does your spouse. Do you want to spend limited free time doing a lot of gardening or would you rather have more time to just enjoy your outdoor space? And if you are new to gardening, there is a high learning curve involved with an extensive, existing garden, I'd suggest that you slowly convert the perennial beds to lower maintenance plantings, focusing on small trees and shrubs. These will not be maintenance-free but will require less attention than a heavily herbaceous perennial bed. You can certainly keep whatever perennials you find very appealing, but include them as only a portion of the plant selection, not the focus. There is a horticultural rule of thumb - the larger and longer lived a plant, the less ongoing maintenance it will require......a sliding scale with annuals and perennials at the high end and shrubs and trees at the lower end. Also, the more evergreen, the less maintenance required (generally). You may want to hire someone to help with this. Garden coaching/consultation is a pretty active business segment in many parts of the country. They can help you both identify the plants you have, determine which might be appropriate to keep and help to select others to replace and offer lower maintenance and a longer season of interest. At a modest hourly rate, this may be an excellent investment. FWIW, most Master Gardener organizations do not provide for this type of onsite, individual/personal attention, at least under the auspices of the program. Their mission is community outreach via plant clinics, community gardens, answer lines, etc., not a one-on-one approach. Checking with your local program office or county extension should clarify....See MorePlease help me save my catmint and russian sage...
Comments (2)you have to shade them from direct sun for a few days to hot for them.. I had the same problems when moving things from dapple shade to full sun.. I placed a big old time bushel basket over it and it survived. Take it off at night and put it back on in the heat of the day.. And of course water (C:...See Morewant french country kitchen save my sanity!
Comments (15)Ok the corner by the unfished soon to be bakeing center, is unfortunatly a doorway. im tired of the peachy orangy pink color thats on the black hutch wall. im thinking more neutral with a glaze only because i have all that beautiful texture already there. The thing is my mom is an interior decorator( I know Why am i asking for help)her taste and mine are totally different, this kitchen is all her, i want some more light and airiness, id love to paint and glaze my cabinets, after i finsh my baking cabinet im hoping to wow my hubby into saying go for it!! I want to be able to say that I put on my big girl panties and see i can do it!!! So far my 12 yr old daughter and i have done all the work lugging the cabinet up from basement moving hutch from the living room, and rearraning the silly kitchen stuff like 5 times!! i also have a bakers rack ill post a pic of. so basically i need help with my glazing project how the heck do i pick glazing color and do you guys like that color on the wall and unfinished cabinet) what to do with backsplash tile antiquing unfinished cabinet furniture arrangement! im thinking creams and id love to maybe do a blueish color on my tile if that would not be dumb looking. Geeze i guess i need confidence too!!! pic of moved table! sorry bakers rack is a mess im trying to keep kitchen clear to help my creative juices flow this is the living room view of kitchen thanks for teaching me about pics its so handy, ill try and narrow down some inspirations and post them as well...See Morepaulan70
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