Up date on expanded bed

16 years ago

As some of you may remember pictures of what I have been working on with expanding the flower bed here it is almost finished just need to get the rest of the rocks around it.

The start of new flower bed mostly Daylilies.

To date

I'm so looking forward to next year

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okbt
16 years ago
It looks great!I can't wait to see you in bloom either!

Betsy
fantasylilies
16 years ago
How gorgeous! You've got some great space there - I'm very envious! Here's how my little new bed's coming - losing grass by the week!! (A true addict!)

-Chris in CA
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If I can get it done in the fall I just turn over the sod and let it break down over winter. In spring though I usually have to wait to work the soil until it is time to plant due to it being too wet... so there isn't much time for sod to break down. I end up expanding beds pretty much every year at least a little. I usually just edge it and then scrape off as thin of a layer of sod as possible to get all the roots, knock off the extra soil and compost the grass. By the time I chop up the soil a bit, add the plants, and mulch...it is pretty much back up at the same level as the existing bed. That is without adding any compost or anything either. It will probably bring up more weed seeds this way than using a no-till lasagna type method. Regardless it is my preferred way to do it in spring when I don't have the materials or time for doing it no-till. I also think it is easier expanding the perimeter of a bed this way, and doing lasagna style when making a whole new bed.
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I've never been to PA but I would love to go there, everything I've ever seen about it makes it look like a gardeners paradise. It is too bad that the winters are so long though, the garden centers here in TX are in full swing, plants everywhere. I've already spent more on plants than I have on groceries this year. I bought a whole flat of bluebonnets the other day and I found tall red and orange snapdragons for $2 in a half-gallon pot. I think I got 12 of those. I only left 10 on the rack and I'm thinking about going back and getting the rest of them today. It looks like rain here today so the things I've already planted this week should be happy. I'll be glad when more things are up so I'll know where I need to plant more stuff. I have a little greenhouse and it's jam-packed with things that need setting out, but first I gotta bump out the edge of those flower beds in front of the house. Your 'walkway garden' sounds intriguing, is that the garden beds alongside a walkway, sidewalk or path or something else?
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mikeandbarb
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16 years ago
Chris, I love your yard art. I look forward to seeing everyone elses new babies in bloom too.

I know mine is very small compaired to others but I'm happy with what I've got.
fairysoapgirl
16 years ago
Looking great Barb!!

Chris - I haven't taken any grass out - YET!
fantasylilies
16 years ago
Barb - thanks so much! I'm totally addicted to garden ornament stuff, especially toadstools! We actually have an ebay store Garden Fantasies with all of it. Won't it be fun to see the DL crosses next year?? I've got a Zahadoom x Gavin Petit that outta be really interesting.

FSG - You're so smart :)- I didn't show the piles of dirt this caused on the side of the house that I have to throw out week by week as each seedling needs a new spot!! Whew!! Oh my aching back.........
mikeandbarb
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16 years ago
Michelle your lucky you haven't had to deal with removing grass. When doing a daylily bed I don't think the lasagna thing works for making a daylily bed. Everyone say's not to have mulch next to the crown of the daylilies, so to me this meant to take out the grass.
I looked up how to do a bed and it said to mix compost in with clay.

Fantasylilies, your lucky being in zone 9 you'll get to see your daylilies before me maybe.
What part of CA. are you from?

My DH is from orange county, fullerton area. His mom and dad still live there.

Barb
fantasylilies
16 years ago
Hi Barb - We're in the Woodland Hills area, about 1 hour North of Orange County. So lucky here, the weather is perfect the the DL's. I'm hoping for a super mild winter so we may see blooms next year on these seedlings!
jkunkel
16 years ago
Barb,
Your garden looks very nice! What is the big plant in the very first pic that looks like a giant daylily? A crinum? -Jessica
fairysoapgirl
16 years ago
Well, When we bought the house we are in now, it was new, which meant there was zero landscaping done - so we had it done to our specs - which was great! I had them put in a huge bed in back (they brought in topsoil and compost -though not as high quality as I would have liked) and put in the large trees and rose bushes. Lucky me! But, then I got to put in all the perenials/bulbs and LOTS OF DAYLILIES! Every time I do that, I amend the soil - I use a mix of potting soil, perilite, peat moss, bat guano, blood meal and worm castings. I make sure I mix it in with the original soil (which now consists of our lovely clay and sand mixture, compost and topsoil) so I don't have a "cup" or "bowl" effect - ie. water just collects in the spots I have dug a hole. So far, everything really seems to like that. I have to be creative and find places to put some of that old clay/sand mix when I dig it out...Thankfully, I have some holes along one of our retaining walls!

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MaxBaerHems
16 years ago
Barb,
The bed expansion looks Great!....Keep it up...there is still grass in the pic....LOL Serious, it really looks very nice and shows care and lots of attention....keep it up...:) There are more Daylilies to get...LOL

Rick
katlynn719
16 years ago
Oh, these garden pics are always my favorite... And all of yours look great! I enjoy seeing how everyone incorporates daylilies into their existing landscapes. Isn't it cool how we all plant daylilies, yet every garden looks completely different? Thanks for sharing.
Kathy
mikeandbarb
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16 years ago
Jessica, I don't recall the name of the lily I'll have to see if I can get the name again.

OOOOO, Michelle, You have a big bed and it is filling in very nicely. I hate running out of room LOL.

Rick shhhhhhhh, don't let my DH hear he doesn't agree with me on to much grass and not enough daylilies.

I started taking over inch by inch in planning and planting out the gardens with DH grumbling right behind me all the way. I'm a big girl I can take grumbles LOL. At least he does cut off my cash flow for them :)
but really it's all fair I put up with his toy's that has taken over one of the bedrooms with no walking space, that's his problem, so long as it doesn't start spilling out into the rest of the house I'll close my eyes. BTW There is a warning on his door DO NOT ENTER LOL.
fairysoapgirl
16 years ago
Barb,
Now you have lots from the trade to fill in all that "extra space" - I do have room for a few more DLs, but then after those, I gotta make a new bed somewhere!

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