are those rose "wrestlers" in the last pic?

Looks like it, Kathy. Nice job, Roselee..........but my back is hurting just thinking of all that work. It will be great to see the "after" pics.........

Rose rustlers no doubt. It's going to be beautiful, Roselee. I'm trying to cut down on pots, and you are adding them. I'm thinking that you, with a garden hose, will be a permanent fixture in your garden this August.
Jim

Yes, my rose wrestlers, the terrior/basenji mix "Max" and the white miniature poodle "Sport" were both 'found' doggies and given to me like some of my roses :-)

Yeah, Carrie ... I was actually 'down in the back' and lost three whole weeks of playing outside when I first started shoveling all that soil. Seems I never learn to take it easy.

Jim, even with all the ammendments I've put down it seems like the roses don't dry out in the large containers as quickly as they do in this thin soil over rock. I drill several very large holes in the bottom of the pots with a door knob attachment so the roots eventually go out into what soil there is anyway. Plus I've got powerful water pressure and 5/8 bore water hose so I can pretty much stand in one place and water stuff 15 ft away.

However, I'm thinking I might eventually run a drip system to some of the pots. Anybody know a quality source of drip irrigation equipment in San Antonio? I used to buy the Submatic brand at Fertile Garden Supply, but they quit carrying it.

Thanks for your comments guys.

Very cool, Roselee! Great idea in painting the pots to match. Oh, and the blue globe is cool too! Luv the color blue in the garden :)

Did you make that triangle climbing thingy? or did you purchase it?

I want one for my garden...

Lots of great ideas, Roselee. Hope you don't mind me taking a few for my garden :)

Audrey

Oh yeah, Roselee, I meant to ask, did you have to remove many plants to make room for your pots?
Jim

Jim yes, I moved 'ton's' of plants. Well, it seemed like tons anyway LOL! It took some thinking to decide where to put them. A few are still waiting in the pot ghetto.

Please do take any ideas you want Audrey :-) That's why we post. It's in hopes that someone can benefit from our experiences. I'm always moving things around and trying something different.

I too love blue accents in the garden. The blue glass globe was a gift from a dear friend and the blue ceramic pot was on sale last fall at Garden Ridge. Cobalt blue paint has been used on a couple of other pots and as you see outlines the pigeon loft.

My hubby, Bob, built the pyramid trellis. He went by plans in the magazine, "Birds and Blooms" but he made it a little larger. I think mine is about 8 or 9 ft. tall.

Again ... thanks everyone for looking. Your comments are appreciated.

Here is a link that might be useful: Plans for the Pyramid Trellis ...

Digging things up is how I lost the bucket of red and white stripped amarylis bulbs! I just hope they are not at the bottom of one of the pots with with a rose on top!!! LOL ... I remember covering them with soil to keep them from drying out.

Great start Roselee. Makes me want to get started.

Wow wow wow! Winter is good to see where everything is before it grows in. I'm jealous at how good it looks dormant. The containers add color and height to the whole shebang. I'm sorry you hurt your knee and lost your flowers, but amazed and inspired how you came back with a great looking plan.
I love trellis too. Yours don't exactly match but go together well, a look I like. I like your puppies too :)
I will post my trellis soon too.

I love your blue and yellow house too.

Thanks PJ! Bob built the lighter colored trellis this year for the Austin rose 'Abraham Darby' to climb on. It will turn grayish with age.

About the yellow and blue store/work room -- on top of everything else we totally cleaned it, threw a bunch of things out, and organized the stuff that was left. That burned a lot of calories for sure :-)

Also I'm turning the pigeon loft into an art gallery! Bob enlosed the whole thing in hardware cloth a year ago to keep the rats out of the pigeon feed, but they got in again anyway so we moved the few Indian fan tail pigeons we had left into one of the wrought iron cages and well, I had to do something with what was left ... lol. Weird, huh?

After moving to our present retirement home some years ago, which is half the size of our former home, there was not enough room for all the pictures and wall trinkets so they've been hanging in the garage. There's still a bunch of them there, but I thought it'd be fun to see some of them outside. Some are pictures my daughter and I painted.

It's fun to be able to throw caution to the wind and do fun things as I grow older!!!

Here is a link that might be useful: When I Get Old I'll Wear Purple ....

I can't wait to see how your new plans progress!
The trellis is great too, how nice that your sweetie made it for you. The poem is awesome :)

Absolutely gorgeous, Roselee - can't wait to see all those roses in bloom this spring/summer!

Lin

Those pots look great. Love the verdigris effect.

Are those fence boards making the round raised beds?

Look forward to seeing the progress as the plants begin to recover here.

Thanks Ladybug and Lin. The roses will be blooming this year, but will be much better a year from now.

Shirley, the round planters used to be sold by Gardenville years ago, but then the man who made them retired. They are made of treated posts that are flattened on one side and stapled to 8 ft sections of sheet metal so each one makes a 30 in wide planter, or they could be strung together to make a large raised bed. I bought some and then was lucky enough to salvage several more sections from the houses that were torn down around here after flooding. I have eight total. Some are on the other side of the yard.

Thanks for noticing the verdigris effect! It took a long time for those copper pots to develop that color ;-)

I love your crazy art gallery! LOL!

PJ, Bob just saw the picture of the 'art gallery' and couldn't believe it! He ran outside for a look. (Giggling) I still have the mounted deer horns to put out there. Hahaha!

BTW, I still want to see, and/or hear about, more of y'alls garden designs/anticipations.

OMG! (oh my garden!)

Roselee, what a wonderful space - so creative, whimsical, beautiful and I'm sure it will be a feast for the senses.
I admire your determination and your back muscles.
And my favorite...FAAAVorite part is the outdoor pigeon loft gallery. I can't...won't stop smiling. :^)
A labor of love.

Is there a comfy seat or hammock for the garden crew and stewards from which to contemplate and take in this magical roseland?

Wings, thank you. Love your definition of OMG :-)

Here's the latest additions to outlandishness ... LOL

They are all oil paintings, not paper, so can take the moisture. And it is dark back there so only a hint of color can be seen unless you are peering right into the pigeon loft.

Yes, there are lots of places to sit outside and enjoy the garden. There's a cedar swing, two cast aluminum benches, three wrought iron rocking chairs on the patio, and several wrought iron chairs from an old dinette set scattered here and there. We enjoy sitting outside, reading, talking, listening, watching the dogs play, in all the seasons except at the height of summer when it's too hot.

I hope this inspires some of you to do a few outlandish things in your gardens. If this isn't enough go to the Garden Junk forum :-)

"Oh yeah, Roselee, I meant to ask, did you have to remove many plants to make room for your pots?
Jim"

Hmmmm ... Jim, it just hit me a couple of days ago what you meant by this statement. Since I'm always saying I'm going to cut back on plants. You meant 'remove' as in 'take away' -- not 'relocate'.

Well, ummm ... one of these days I'm really going to get serious about cutting back on the number of plants I have. Probably at the height of next summer :-)

Yeah, Roselee, I had to laugh when I read "I moved 'ton's' of plants". As hard as 'move' is, it's not NEAR as hard as 'remove'! Ha!Ha!
Jim

Did you see my note on 'thumbnails' on the other thread?