~ Container Count / Zone Wars ~ Zone Wars Summary: Zone 4 . . . . . . . . . 295 Zone 5 . . . . . . . . 1,627 Zone 6 . . . . . . . . 1,717 Zone 7 . . . . . . . . 1,185 Zone 8 . . . . . . . . . 506 Zone 9 . . . . . . . . . . 12 Total Containers: 5,342 Good morning, winter sowers! Pixie_lou - please check your total - you post 270, but I've got you down for 370. Book junky - please check your total too. I've got you down 183, not 158 (your previous post said your running total was 175). PS - there are no measly containers! Click the Container Count / Zone Wars Spreadsheet to see the container count in detail.

Tracy - just pull your canna rizomes - they will be fine. I have always waited till the first frost kill my cannas and dahlias- it's good, as they put everything to the roots. There is a french canadian song that I love....:mon pays, c'est n'pas en pays, c'est l'hiver. mon jardin, c'est n'est pas un jardin, c'est le neige..... My country is not a country, it is winter. My garden is not a garden, it is the snow. Pardon me, I have probably screwed the french up big-time. Then again, it became a separatist athem, which it too bad, as well. such a pretty song. Cheers, Nancy.

It was so much fun to read about everyone's paths to a "new old house." We are finishing our build in the next month, and I was very inspired by the concept of the new old house. For me, it was about capturing the classic proportions of old houses, rather than attempting to replicate them. For us, budget was a major concern, so I could not afford all of the materials that a true Versace-approved new old house would require. Instead, we focused on not making the mistakes that poorly done "new old houses" seem to really suffer from, like wrong roofing, wrong windows, etc. In some ways, it is just as important to focus on what NOT to do as it is to think about what TO do. I used two books, in addition to Versace's and lots of books of historic homes from our area, that gave detailed information about construction patterns. One is "Traditional Construction Patterns" but I can't recall the other right now. They are both on Amazon. (And I probably reviewed them there.) What they did was teach me what the obvious markers are of a poorly-done traditional construction...they are the things that - once you can recognize them - make the house obviously "wrong." By adhering to traditional construction practices and using new materials, we were able to avoid some of the mistakes that we would have inevitably made attempting to build a "new old house" on a budget. The homes in Versace's book and portfolio are gorgeous, but totally out of our reach. And, as other have suggested, really studying the home in the area helped me immensely. I paid attention to the size and placement of windows and doors, shape of window lights and number, trim details, porch raining profiles, etc. I was really obsessed! Good luck on your design and build. This is such an exciting process.

Here's another product by the same architect with a tower. These homes are smaller patios homes arranged in clusters. I also included a view of a cluster. If you plan to build a Mediterranean or Spanish style home, you may find the Architecture section in the attached guidlines for this community helpful: https://santaluzscc.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Custom-Design-Book.pdf Here's another reference for another community (same developer) that includes architectural guidelines for other traditional american homes. It's what I had to use to design my Rural Mediterranean home: https://verrado.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Verrado-Custom-Home-Design-Guidelines-Regent-Hills.pdf No matter what I suspect the guidelines will offer you some food for thought. Hope this helps.