Alice8, I swear you live on the same street as my parents. Are you, like, really really near the High Line canal on a curved street? If so, my dad is the old duffer who takes a walk every morning around the block.

Well David, I don't know a High Line canal, but I do live near Rolland Moore Park. The only regular "old duffer" I see out for a walk has a dog named Ladybird. Is that him?

No, Duffer dog's name would be Marmot ;-> , and you're a few miles off to the north.

But it is kind of an interesting coincidence - the houses across your street are the exact, same houses across from my folks house, the siding identical as the neighbor to the south, the same trees, even the same slant to the driveways. Those same pictures could have been taken from one house over. My Dad is yet to discover the joys of digital photography, but Santa is thinkin' hard about that, so perhaps some day you guys can see why I am so astounded at the similarities.

That would be cool David. We could have a Twilight Zone moment. Marmot wouldn't be some kind of Scottie, would he? I think that's what Ladybird is.

No, an elderly Daschund, who often gets carried the last block.

By any chance, does the red brick house with the grey second story across the street have a circular driveway with a big rock garden in the middle?

Alice, I love the soft curves of the lasagna beds, and I'm all for creating more places to plant things other than grass. We don't have any leaves, or newspaper for that matter, so I'm not using the lasagna method, but I have shrubs in two corners of the yard that I plan to expand into some type of curved bed. My before and after pics will have to wait until spring though.

Great job!

Bonnie

This is fun . . . and you'll have fun with that project, Alice. As for my yard, I'm sure there'd be some quack grass there somewhere to cause me future grief but that can be dealt with.

Since the pigeons have flown the coop, I guess I could be out walking the tree squirrel.

digitS'

Here is a link that might be useful: Walking Distance -The Twilight Zone.

Nope David! No circular drives!

Thanks Bonnie. Good luck with the bed in the spring. I didn't mention it, but the perennial bed that is already in is my pink and purple bed. Probably give you hives just to look at! :)

Thanks for the link Digit. That was pretty cool. And very appropriate. You have quite a knack for finding the interesting tangent.

Wow, Alice, you're way more ambitious and knowledgeable than I am. Your yard looks great. I'm using some recently broken ribs as an excuse to be lazy this winter, but plan to do nice things in the spring. I'd never even heard of lasagna in this context; I'm impressed.

Boy Susan, I kind of consider myself a newbie compared to the folks on RMG. I'm always learning from everyone. So it's nice to know that it looks like I've put that knowledge to some use.

I think it was Charlene's post on her lasagne garden that got me interested in this method to create a garden (and get rid of a bunch of grass). And compared to the raised beds that I put in the back for vegetables this was much easier. We started and finished in a day (not even a full day). That included Steve making a trip to go get a pick up truck full of manure. Although I will say that after laying all that newspaper (standing up and squatting down) my muscles were VERY sore for a few days.

Sorry to hear about your ribs. That does not sound like fun, but I guess it's sort of a relief for a gardener to have that happen in the winter, not spring or summer!

Hi David and Alice,
Just wanted to take a moment to say hi, since you are so close. I'm near the middle of the section kitty corner south east of Rolland Moore. Backyard opens to New Mercer ditch.

Thank you Alice for the lovely pictures. I'd heard about the Lasagna thing, but had not yet seen it in action. Keep us posted how it goes next spring.

I took some garden pictures over the summer but so far haven't found time to figure out the pictures thing here. I hear the little one waking from nap, so I'll have to look into it another day.
Later,
Bruce

Hi Bruce, I think with Berrytea4me that makes 3 of us in or near FTC. We can have a little mini-chapter!

I am excited for next spring and to start planting in the new garden. The other day (before the snow), I was cleaning out another flower bed of dead annuals and took the remains and threw them on top of the lasagne garden, but not before shaking them vigorously to loose any seeds. Whether they take or not is probably iffy, but I think it would be neat to see some volunteers next year.