Walk around the yard with me.
newyorkrita
14 years ago
Walk around my garden with me to see were the rose beds are situated and how things fit into the rest of the garden.
Lets start from the front standing out in the street to get a long view of the house and gardens and then follow along thru the front and south yards.
I am almost accross the street looking at the front of my house.
Closer showing the right hand side. When I say that Floribundaville (on the far right) is directly by the street, I really mean it.
More medium view so you can see the really crooked steps and walkway leading up to the front porch of my crafsman stye house.
The left side of the front yard. Not as terraced as the other side. My pond is behind those shrubs you see there and pretty much hidden from the street.
Terrace closeup from the right hand side. This is planted with lily bulbs and daylilies.
Closer. You can see the shrub roses handing over the highest terrace wall.
Looking accross the front yard from the end of the driveway.
In the backyard directly off my kitchen door my patio, view of the right side.
Looking more left.
You can get a pretty decent look at the hill in back of the patio I call Azealea Hill. Part of my backyard is literally upstairs on top of that hill section. I have it heavily planted.
I have walked past the patio and am looking at the start of the rose bed that runs along the south side of my house.
A view of my sideyard. I planted a shrubby border of all sorts of shrubs along the property line. It hides my neighbors driveway and you would never know it was there.
Further along going back towards the front yard.
The rose and lily garden next to the front porch.
Looking around the corner from previous picture. Walk ahead and you are in the front yard.
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Comments (41)LOL Marcia, you are a card for sure. And I DO have one hellova Gulf Frit population this year. They know I am here, I guess. Tonight, after setting on my stoop for a bit, I gotta tell ya, that is my fav sitting spot these days. When I was a kid it was a big deal Friday and Saturday nights to hurry up with dinner dishes and join our folks sitting on the stoop. Sometimes they would get talking with neighbors. We were tickled to be outside after dark watching lightening bugs and see the stars coming out and the moon rising. Mom and Dad would forget the time passing conversing with neighbors that we sometimes got to stay up to 9 o'clock! That was a BIG deal for us. But sitting on the stoop, hugging my dad's leg and listening to the adults was certainly a time I cherished. Well, I digressed a bit. While on the stoop tonight I had ever more Gulf Frits put into the relocation program. They keep showing up on my smaller plants that I want to grow, not be defoliated. Tonights last bus to the big Passie farm. By the way, Dennis is wondering if moving them, touching them, is making them know me. I have had more gulf frit adults lately that will cling to my shirt, perch on my arm, it's a butterfly petting zoo here....See MoreWhy do people walking their dogs let them go in my yard?
Comments (58)I found this thread by accident and am very happy that I'm not the only person in the world who doesn't like dog - or any droppings for that matter - in my yard. We live on a corner and it amazes me how people will allow their dogs to run 20 feet up into my yard on one of those 'wonderful' retractable leashes. To me that's trespassing, plain and simple. On more than one occasion I have flung open a window and shouted quite loudly 'CAN YOU KEEP YOUR DOG OFF MY GRASS PLEASE', and then slammed the window shut so they got the hint that not only didn't I appreciate it but let them know they could be seen. I mean, what is it about windows, they think you can't see out?? And I don't care if they pick it up, it's STILL there. If you doubt me, go step on the grass where someone has just 'picked it up' and then sniff your shoes. Nice, eh? It's still on the top of the grass and you're gonna track the smell everywhere you walk. My favorite is what happened recently - I walk a treadmill in the evenings after dinner when many people walk their dogs, and I can see out two windows, one on the side of the house and one in the front. One evening I see a couple come walking two big dogs, a couple I've seen before, not every day but off and on. Never really paid much attention to them, I just see them through the window when they go by. On this particular night I'm walking, and I see them coming back from the end of the street, and I saw a bag in her left hand and thought, Oh, well that's good, at least they're one of those walkers who picks up. And as I'm looking at them - and this all happened in a matter of seconds - she suddnely turns towards her husband (which meant she was turned away from my house so I'm just seeing her back), she kind of leans in towards her husband, like she's saying something to him, then straightens back up and continues walking. As they continued walking, I notice a bag at the edge of the neighbors grass across the street and immediately looked at her hand. No bag. So here you have someone who probably picks it up but then will simply drop the bag somewhere so they don't have to take it home. As hubby said, not only is that a really low thing to do, it's littering. So I got in my car and followed them to see where they lived - which was in a completely different neighborhood than ours so obviosuly they come to OURS to do this - and then after dark I retrieved the bag and 'returned' it to them by tossing it up onto their driveway. I was really hoping it would still be dark when they left for work in the morning and they would drive right through it. At any rate, no one has seen them since, which I would hope is because they're too embarrassed to be seen on our street knowing they were caught doing something so unkind, and also because they now know WE know where they live. And like my husband says, we're pretty sure this probably isn't the first time they've done this, they just never got caught before....See MoreA walk around the yard
Comments (8)Thanks again! Diane, my Poseidon is on multiflora from Palatine, I planted another one this year, also on multiflora, hoping for the same results. I got JC from Pickering Roses in 2011, so I believe it is on multiflora too. That was a few years before they quit shipping to the states. My Souvenir de la Malmaison came from there also, I'm thinking in 2013, or the last year they still shipped here anyway. One reason I should keep a journal, I don't remember everything from one year to the next, so I need to write it down. I checked some old threads I had posted about JC, in 2015, at least in June I was very happy with it. But I do know the past two seasons have been hard on it, it barely bloomed last year, but seems to have recovered. I don't think here it will ever be anything like yours, but as long as it stays healthy and keeps blooming I'll be pleased with it. From what I've noticed so far, I think Austins might do good for me own root, My Molineux and Heritage, which I planted last year are doing good, they are own root. Although I do need to move Heritage, because I didn't put it in the best location....See MoreA short walk around the front yard
Comments (18)Thanks for the kind words Deb. Well there are few benefits to growing old, large hosta is one. We don't like to admit it but there are a few Packer fans around here. Inexplicably, I have to watch two teams already: the Patriots and Tampa to watch Brady and Gronk, three would be too much. I have a monogramed American Flag collar coming for Shasta. I'll post when it is delivered. That shouldn't offend anyone....See Morenewyorkrita
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