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Comments (18)Hosenemesis, I would love to plant up to the sidewalk. In fact, I'd like to have no grass whatsoever on our small lot. However, my partner loves grass (even though he doesn't take care of it like he should), so that's a no go! I told him I'd compromise and leave the grass upfront if I could have a pretty cottage garden in the back. C'est la vie. No rose yet. Not sure how I feel about the rose yet. It may be "too much". My partner feels that I am cramming too much stuff in. I love informal cottage looks and you can never have too much. He comes from a family with a house that has a few shrubs and a tone of mulch. I pretend to listen, but I don't, and I come back with plants from nurseries and he gets upset lol but I don't care. I may just go with a clematis that won't get as extremely large as the rose, as I will have a dutchman's pipe on the right side and I'm sure that will get huge. The bushes...he thinks they are just fine but eh. I'm going to look and research the fothergilla, cherry laurel, and annabelle white hydrangea. Wish me luck!...See MoreShrub for shade in a sunny area
Comments (2)I have a Blaze climbing rose in partial shade that does OK. My Clematis Jackmanii gets very little light and does well. Skypencil holly is the right shape but perhaps a tad too formal for the look you want?...See MorePicea glauca 'Pendula' VS Picea omorika 'Pendula Bruns'
Comments (36)I agree and thanks guys for pointing me in the right direction, I really like the curves compared to my straight lines on the dog bone bed. The curves on the bed connecting the arbor will make my picea pungens 'hoopsii' and Picea glauca 'pendula' really pop! I like this much more than the round circle I had before that made these trees blend in. Dave perhaps this fall I will take measurements off my yard and work on this over winter. Right now I just want to get a basic scetch of what I think could look good. I won't be putting these beds in until fall 2012. Tonight I'll lay the roundup down for the arbor bed, mark the spot for the plants, etc to get it ready to plant in 6 weeks pending weather. A garden hose is definitely easier to use and lay out curves, I just use rope because the beds are very large. Just an example, the bed I have to the right of my house, I have about 400' of rope down to create this bed. The cost of rope is much less than the cost of hose. When I add those 3 beds to the back yard I'll lay out all 3 beds at once just to make sure I really like it. If I do one bed at a time with my water hose, I may not like the overall design once all 3 beds are in place. What looks great on paper could look bad in person and vise versa. I use 1/2 pink hose, it shows up pretty good and I can easily see the layout from the second story window. I took your design and modified the middle bed to force the design to stay out in the yard and not so close to the house. I couldn't have it wrap around the kidney bed like you have it only because it would have put the small bed to the far right of your scetch in the back deck. With this design, I should have around 20' of space. I may or may not make the middle bed arch out on the other side a little instead of a half circle. It'll depend on how much room I'll have....See MoreAnyone else ready to throw in the towel sometimes?
Comments (13)I appreciate your post, because I've always had that 'dream' in my head, of living in the country, which I've never done and this is a reminder of the reality of how challenging it is. I don't know how you do it. I just wanted to share that we have a dog and it has not been a problem in the garden at all. This dog is not a digger at all, She enjoys the garden. I have a shrub border edged by grass on 2 sides of the back that she can wander through and look out the back post and rail fence at the next yard. And we have a 30ft mixed border with perennials that has a rock edge, that she was very easy to train to stay out of. She will chase squirrels when she sees them, and that has cut down on their mischief. So the right dog can be a workable solution and a joy as well. Maybe you have friends or family that might consider taking the dog when you go away? You might have to drive to them before your trip, but on the plus side, you might see them more often. :-) Maybe you have a friend with a dog that you could borrow for a weekend to test out how it would work out? We have never had outdoor cats, we have allergies in the family. But if I had rodent problems like you do, I would definitely get some cats right away. There are so many cats in shelters. But you might want to speak to someone about how you judge whether a cat is a good mouser. You said you have raised beds, I wonder if you added hardware cloth to the bottom of them? I would look into that. We just finished building new beds and added 1/4 inch hardware cloth to the bottom. I've been told that makes a big difference. I haven't had a lot of problems. I definitely have a mole in the yard, but not sure about the voles. So I did it as a precaution. It was expensive. I've also had it suggested to me to plant my bulbs in little baskets made of hardware cloth. On the Hosta forum, there was a suggestion to plant Hostas in wire wastebaskets that you can get at the dollar store. I've also seen people build chicken wire tops for their raised beds to keep animals out, although I haven't heard how successful that is. Good luck!...See Moresvtterminator
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