I need help! The gray makes me depressed!
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Comments (21)I don't generally look at photos and see the potential as I do with yours. So here's the potential I see... Apple trees. Step 1. When they break dormancy in spring, go out there and remove the dead branches then step back and look at the tree and start shaping it the way you want paying attention to areas you want to fill and let branches grow. I would bonsai the two of those. Could be done really nicely. Step 2. The Apple trees bloom in the spring. I would pick a clematis such as Sweet Autumn Clematis which blooms later in the season and plant a couple at the base of each tree and let them climb in there. The Clematis won't be intrusive to the tree like Wisteria which would eventually kill it. So now you get to keep the trees and enjoy them and the feathered friends and bugs that entertain you. I would keep the trees. :O) OK, let's move on to the driveway strip. Well, can we deal with the mailbox area first? Let's do that, eh?! :O) Great place for a rock garden. So much potential there. If it's just full of rocks, take a bit out and throw in some sand and soil, then top with the rocks which were removed to build it up a little. Great plants for this area would be Lewisia, Beach Wormwood (it would trail over the wood with silver foliage), Penstemon, dwarf Scabiosa, Pulsatilla (Pasque flower), Sempervivum (hens and chicks), Platycodon (Balloon flower), etc., all of which can be winter sown. Veronicas would also do fine in there. The driveway strip... You mentioned that the soil is great close to the house and not-so-great on the other end. Knowing that, I would work and plant according to the soil conditions and definitely create a varied garden. When looking at the second photo, I see the need for an 'anchor' plant right at the start of the driveway - between the driveway and the mailbox. Something which would last all season with good foliage. My first thought was a hosta, a big one which can take some sun exposure. Plain leaf and dark or semi-dark. All hostas bloom in purples and whites so it would fit right in to your colour scheme. I like Karen's idea of Russian Sage along the fence here and there. It's foliage is great too. And yes, plant a varied garden with your colours. It will look absolutely wonderful! :O)...See MoreMy lime tree is depressing me. Need help! (the tree...not me)
Comments (7)In ground, apparently you can dig a hole to uncover the roots to cause the plant to dry out and cause stress to make it flower, but its much easier in pots were you just dont water them Its that cold over here that ive not had a problem with the citrus flowering so ive not tried, but i do have a couple of bears lime trees that have flowered and fruited like a lemon tree , continuously flowered since last june under the growlights, i though they must have been lemontrees miss-labled but they are limes On other fruit trees such as pear,plum and apples it seems normal that if a few years after planting they havent flowered they chop the roots with a spade to stress the plant into flowering!, that sounds a bit drastic to me chopping the roots to cause a plant to flower...See Morehelp me make gray tile look less purple
Comments (7)I don't see purple but that can happen with gray. It happened to me when I finally colored matched a gray for my bathroom walls. At certain times of the day, is a slight purple tint. I realized, so what? I think it won't bother you as well. Definitely change the lighting. Are you going with curtain or a glass shower door? You can see a bit of “blush”...See MoreHouse making me depressed
Comments (10)It sucks feeling down and like you can’t get up. I’m sorry to hear it. It could be you may have to sell the house. But unless I couldn’t afford the house even if it was good condition, or it was about to fall apart, I’d try to see if I could make it work first. Get more quotes, figure your budget, and prioritize repairs. Is there a handyman person you could barter with for services? Offer childcare/babysitting, pet sitting, whatever. Rent out a room in exchange for work? If you belong to a church ask around there as well. But before you pay anything learn about the problems and going repair costs in your area. Maybe show pics and describe some of the issues (like front door) and see if anyone here has advice on repair options. As opposed to replacement costs. An exterminator can help with the animals and also identify and seal entry points. We had rats and raccoon families in our old house. At one point I jumped off the couch Bc they were so loud into he wall I thought they were next to me. It didn’t take the exterminator long to get them out and seal holes. Before we could afford new insulation, DH bought some sheets of radiant barrier and stapled them yo inside the attic. Perfect solution? No. Affordable and helped enough temporarily? Yes Eventually when we replaced all the insulation I paid extra to suck out the old, including the rat turds 🤣 Plumbing fixes can be costly but you don’t always have to replace it all. Instead opt to cut out and replace a leaky section for now and start saving and planning for a total redo if it’s headed that way. We had a plumber tell us our galvanized pipes were ready to burst but we could only afford to fix the leak at the time. 10years later we sold with those same pipes still working. Working great at optimal flow? No haha. But also not busting and flooding our house. My point is there are often fixes you can do that maybe aren’t best long term but are good enough for now. Don’t feel bad about doing that. There are many people on Houzz who seem to have unlimited funds and budgets, but for most of us we have to do what we can when we can and pray in between....See MoreNancy Travisinteriors
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