Photos from My Previous Home

14 years ago

It was becoming dark so the photos are blends of the flash going off and on. Hell I tried everything I could to get a decent photo. Dax

Acer palmatum Seiryu (15-gal 2001) and Thuja occidentalis Malonyana (1-gal 2003):

Acer griseum from a 3-gallon pot planted 2001

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Acer griseum trunk

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Acer japonicum Acontifolium - 12 years old.

Juniperus pfitzeriana Daub's Frosted (1-gallon 2002) - Picea pungens Glauca Procumbens (1-gallon 2004 2 plants)- and Metasequoia glyptostroboides (5 month old seedling 2007):

Juniperus communis Gold Cone double leader (1-gal 2002)

Larix decidua Lanark (1-gal 2004 *large)

Metasequoia glyptostroboides (3'/1M tree planted 2001)

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Metasequoia trunk (tree must be nearing 40 feet or 12 M)

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Picea glauca Sander's Blue left (3-gal 2004) and Picea glauca Arneson's Blue Variegated (5-gal 2004) right.

Pinus ponderosa Morris WB (1-gal 2003 *large)

Pinus resinosa var. fastigiata (1-gal 2003 *large)

Pinus sylvestris Argentea Compacta (3-gal 2004)

Thuja occidentalis Malonyana (1-gal 2003 *large)

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Comments (15)

dcsteg
14 years ago
I remember when you lived there.

Still own it or under new ownership?

Shame you couldn't take more plants with you.

You gotta be happy with what you got now. You have made some BIG strides in the last few years.

Be trucking friend.

Dave
firefightergardener
14 years ago
Wow, neat to see how quick some of your trees got big.

Went from .1 acres to 11.1? lol :)
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gardener365
Original Author
14 years ago
This girl bought that place which helped finance my move where I was in my new house Sept 2007. She bought the house in 2008 (bad market crash - we lost money but were stuck with the bill on this new house and property - but we were fortunate to sell, as well). Anyway, in 2008, after about 3 or 4 months my folks told me she hadn't pulled a single weed or mowed the lawn. Her mother came over and cleaned the entire place. Ever since then she hasn't done a single thing and mows (it used to take me 10 minutes to mow) once every few months.

I left the plants to improve the neighborhood or maybe I should just say, to add interest. This is a case where you think someone else will enjoy a small conifer garden with maples and hostas and rhodies, but instead they spend every waking hour locked inside of the house.

Fortunately, I stopped on a day where it looks like she had mowed a few weeks ago!!! LOL
Gotta have a sense of humor :)

Dax
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
14 years ago
similar to my move from suburbia to the country.. doesnt it amaze you that you could sardine-can your life into that small lot.. compared to what i now call .. big sky country

ken
gardener365
Original Author
14 years ago
It's better than anything other than sports that I've ever encountereted or something such as music... because I know that I can live somewheremost-importantly, for the rest of my life and have this "piece of "Oregon" with me, as well as any single garden plant I should choose. So you bet it is truly amazing.

Have a good one Ken...

Dax
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
14 years ago
i dont know about the plains of IL being oregon ... but you live that dream.. rotflmbo ...

you have a good one too

ken
jaco42
14 years ago
Dax- They say you can't go home again, and you story is the exact reason I have never gone back to the house we left 15 years ago- it was beautiful when we left and that is the way I want to remember it.

Jack
gardener365
Original Author
14 years ago
I break most of the rules Jack!

Whatchu talking about Ken, no OR. p-shaw.

Dax
jaco42
14 years ago
Dax, thanks for the laugh, that's about the only rule I don't break.
kbguess
14 years ago
Dax,

good and a little sad to see images of the old homestead. When I first got interested in conifers, I was following your landscaping/improvements there. I remember some really nice deciduous material in addition to the conifers.

Love how much that griseum has grown. Makes me want to plant about a dozen more. I have 3 in a group planting currently. Should be fantastic in about 10 years.

Gotta keep sticking stuff in the ground because time is flying.

Keith
gardener365
Original Author
14 years ago
Yup, ya might not know when life's gonna strike you a good or bad deal. Keep planting my 'earthy friends'.

Dax
dansgrdn
14 years ago
Dax,that 'Seiryu' is getting HUGE! My old place doesn't have anything super special planted, but I think it's kind of fun to see how big things have become and if I were in the neighborhood, I probably couldn't resist checking things out, assuming they were still there.

Dan
arceesmith
14 years ago
Dax, is this in Portland? I'd like to drive by and check it out sometime.
gardener365
Original Author
14 years ago
That Seiryu is a massive sonofabuck.

Randall that place is in Illinois.

Dax
arceesmith
14 years ago
Thanks Dax! I guess I missed that part of your story. A little longer drive than I had imagined. lol