Dear Houzz, We're All Having Problems With Photos
Jillius
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Comments (11)Yes, Mike - a homeschool trip except my old one in high school got to join us since he is on holiday break, which was nice. You would love the aquarium! They even have a bunch of frogs! Vladimir, I just spent some time looking through Houzz and it does not even show me the message I sent you even though you got it. I looked at the privacy settings and it does not give me too many options. I wonder if we are only allowed to PM people we are "following". Check and see if you are following me. I think I am following you, but if you have two accounts, then who knows......See MoreHouzz, we have a hill problem.
Comments (22)I am coming to the party late and skimming replies so this might be repeat. I caught Biondanonima's recommendation to skip the weed barrier/landscape fabric and "second" that this is good advice. As she says, weed roots grow through it, locking it to the ground but doing nothing to stop weeds. While the "surprise" plants might be welcome when they come, they might not be the basis of a good design unless they are in sufficient quantity. It would be hard to predict how you might use unknown things. Maybe you can get these plants identified and quantified and then someone might be able to calculate how they might be used. Keep in mind that too many different things, randomly organized, can make the yard end up looking like a junk repository. If we were to "dissect" what architectural element (floor, ceiling, wall, furniture, etc.) would be the most important in creating a nice finished product out of this slope, it would be a FLOOR. With that element alone you could have a pleasant, serene looking space. (Some walls and ceiling -- tree canopy, retaining wall and fence -- are already in place.) While a floor ALONE might not create the highest glory, it is the beginning. I suggest you begin with a groundcover that is low (so as not to feel oppressive to the adjacent spaces) and does well for your area. If it was evergreen that would be a "plus" but whether you can have it that way depends on where you are. In addition to a groundcover, other plants will help add more interest, but it's hard to make much in the way of specific recommendations because we cannot see a cohesive total scene or a "to scale" plan of the area. I suggest you draw a simple plan showing the existing major elements. To show a complete scene, place the camera at a central position opposing the scene, and then take a series of slightly overlapping photos that pan the scene from one end to the other. In addition to a groundcover, it's likely that most other plants will be placed at the back of the scene, not the foreground. There is no point to screening the back of the scene, which presumably you will make look good, with taller plants placed at the front. Other plants, if they are single, must be large enough if they are to captivate an audience. If they are not large enough on their own, they must be in groups that are large enough. Having small, unrelated plants does not make a nice scene. Unless you are creating a "wall" (hedge) as a backdrop, avoid placing plants in lines. It usually doesn't look good. Instead, place them in masses/blocks....See MorePhotos Photos Photos is that 15 characters or more dear Houzz
Comments (17)Perhaps this is another opportunity to laud the Rose Forum of the National Garden Association where many of us have joined (Jeri, Lisa, Nippstress, MustbNuts, Christopher and many more whose names escape me at the moment. It's a very friendly and easy to use forum, pictures are easy to load and there are no ads! You can be from overseas also, Marlorena, so I hope everyone has a look-in to decide whether they might decide to join. Anything new is never comfortable right away, and this has been my home for so long that I'm really sorry to part ways. I'm still going to answer posts here but I don't think I'll ever start a new post. Houzz has just worn me down with their ineptitude and lack of genuine concern for the gardenweb users, but it's difficult to wrench myself away. Perhaps it will be easier if I meet more of you over there!...See MoreHello? Houzz? You have website problems!
Comments (34)Just popped here again to relive the problems of the past almost year now. Still have "like button" issues described above between the app and web versions, which has plagued so many forum users for quite some time. I still get 404 error messages when trying to load some pages from web... those seem to be related to the size of the thread, amount of photos perhaps on those threads? and is sporadic. Sometimes pages load fine, other times, it takes multiple attempts for a thread to load up. Posting photos has gotten somewhat better, but I still need to use a workaround (ie I use my iphone app to post photos, and the web/updated Chrome to read/write/edit comments)... Posting photos through my laptop using the web is a PITA bc I discovered I have to size down each photo in my library, but I refuse to switch to using app only bc I hate that you cannot edit comments from the app. So my workaround is that I post photos with the app on the iphone and then switch to my laptop to use web version for commenting, reading, writing and editing comments in the threads. I have to use two devices and two different platforms to make it work the way it used to... What a totally ridonkulous way to operate. SMH!...See MoreBunny
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