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Weekly Photo progression

16 years ago

I just installed this rock wall along my driveway. I thought it might be fun to post a pic once a week. The first photos are the blank slate.The rockery is planted with seed, so it maybe slow going at first. I will post a new pic every Monday.

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The tee post fence is temporary. Will need a more stout fence for the pigs next year.

Eric

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bigack
16 years ago
That's neat, you're so handy! Don't think you've ever posted pics of your piggies!!
eric_wa
Original Author
16 years ago
Thank you.

No pigs this year. April 2008 hopefully.

Eric
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zitro_joe
16 years ago
those are some big rocks, my back hurts just thinking about moving those things
gmom74
16 years ago
That's going to be a good looking wall. I see a nice garden back there, too.
luvtosharedivs
16 years ago
Will be fun to watch!

Julie
eric_wa
Original Author
16 years ago
New photos. Seedlings starting to show.

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Doesn't look like much so far. New photos next week.

Eric
Dee1
16 years ago
Beautiful so far. I can't wait to see more!
juanital
16 years ago
Wow, Nice work, Eric...What did ya plant atop the rock wall?
eric_wa
Original Author
16 years ago
When I ordered cover crop seed from Peaceful Valley, they through in free seed. It's different flower seed mixes.
Butterfly Garden mix
Hollyhocks
Lupine, perennial
Lupine, Russel
Pacific Northwest wildflower mix
Poppy, California Golden
If you want to know whats in the mixes, go to the site below. Hope this isn't considered advertisement.

Eric

Here is a link that might be useful: Peaceful Valley
eric_wa
Original Author
16 years ago
Hey everyone,

I installed the post for my new fence. Doing so, I trashed most of the flower starts. When I designed the fence layout, I thought it would be safe to plant. I should have waited on seeding.
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Eric
gmom74
16 years ago
That's coming along really good. And look at that neat coil of hose around the bucket! At least, it looks like water hose-
eric_wa
Original Author
16 years ago
Yes water hose. The green bucket is full of water for the two dogs.

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Eric
eric_wa
Original Author
16 years ago
Still not much in the way of flowers. It's turned more into a fence project.

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This is two photos stiched together.

Eric
doris_mi5
16 years ago
Coming along nicely. That is a huge project you have going there. Should be beautiful when it's all done.
juanital
16 years ago
Wow, that is going to be fantastic!

juanita
luvtosharedivs
16 years ago
Good stitching, Eric.
Picture took a long time to load, but well worth the wait.

I have a program that stitches too, but the finished product comes out with curved edges. How do you get yours to result in a nice rectangle? What program do you use?

The program I use is Camedia Master, which is the software that came w/my Olympus camera.

Julie
eric_wa
Original Author
16 years ago
Julie,

I have "Microsoft Picture it, Photo premium 9". It doesn't have the stitch feature. What I did was, make a copy of one photo and pasted it along side the other. Then wiggle around a bit and resize until they match. Then save the the new photo. After saving, I crop the photo to square it up. Save again. Is this clear as mud??

It's not perfect. See the line in the photo.

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Eric
luvtosharedivs
16 years ago
Very clever!
I never would have seen the line if you didn't point it out.

Your explanation was clear. That took a lot of patience and a good eye to match the edges.

Julie
arkie62
16 years ago
eric wa, Might want to take a look at the link below for your panoramic pics. It's fast and does a good job.

Here is a link that might be useful: Autostich
arkie62
16 years ago
Here's a sample of Autostich work I did of our garden. Six images, about 3 minutes or less to process and then cropped with ACDsee.
eric_wa
Original Author
16 years ago
Thanks arkie62, Autostich is a great program and easy to use.

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Eric
arkie62
16 years ago
You're welcome. Nice view of your place and the work you are doing there.
lianne
16 years ago
*ahem* pardon me eric, this needs updating...
eric_wa
Original Author
16 years ago
Are you trying to get my attention! It worked!!

I'm charging the battery pack. I will post some updates on a new posting.

Eric

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