How do to I fill space along a wall that isn't a part of any room?
brazwoman
5 years ago
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Comments (17)I think your husband needs to stop telling his sister things that get back to your MIL. Your business is private and nothing you say or do should be told to your MIL because she obviously takes that information and figures out ways to use it against you. Also, it would be very enlightening for your husband to hear both sides of a story in a way that he cannot refute. Have him listen in on a conversation with his mother but don't let her know he's listening. Then when she calls him to complain about "how you mistreated her again", he'll see that she is exaggerating everything. Men are fixers. I'm not the least bit surprised that your DH wants you and his mom to get along and that he thinks 2 weeks is enough. Men don't typically hold grudges or over-think things like women tend to do and I think he thinks it's been long enough. (I had a problem like this for years with my late MIL and the day DH figured it all out was an amazing day for all of us. lol She went off on him and opened his eyes forever. BUT, in 2 weeks, he was over it and things went back to almost normal. She was his mom and he wasn't going to cut her out of his life forever, even though she deserved it. She also never apologized or admitted fault, but he knew.) So my feeble advise- never talk to MIL again without a witness in the room, or if it's a phone call, have someone else on the other line, listening. Have a little voice recorder in your pocket if your words are constantly twisted around by her, until your husband sees the light. And avoid her as much as possible if the 2 of you are unable to come to an agreement. Let DH take the kids to visit her, but be careful because she may try to use your kids against you and she will bad-mouth you to them in ways that are subtle but effective. Good luck. I don't envy you at all. My MIL is gone now and my life is a lot less stressful. When she was alive, I was so thankful that I didn't have children for her to corrupt, like she did her other grandkids. Because we had no kids, I was able to remove myself from her drama and lies....See Morehow to fill in this space, part 2
Comments (7)Thanks for reporting back on progress! I love watching folks' gardens progress over time, as each of us evolves our own style and preferences. "I'm going to put in some bee balm and have the SW planted around it. " I'm a third vote for rethinking this plan. (Is the SW the sweet woodruff or the 'Spilled Wine'?) I think you want something more contained here, that you won't have to dig up and divide annually in order to keep it looking nice. Don't get me wrong, bee balm is a great plant, and would be wonderful elsewhere in the garden, especially near a window so you can see hummingbirds and butterflies visiting it, but it doesn't fit in with the other plants here. There's a thread on the Name that Plant forum from someone who is a bit alarmed at how quickly the Bee balm (Mondara) is expanding after just a year. I would consider putting a perennial Geranium 'Rozanne' here. It will spill over the wall and weave through the other plants and bloom from now (my Geraniums started last week) until hard frost in a gorgeous blue-purple. It has nice fall color I think as well and is happy in part sun to full sun. You might also want to add other ground covers to give you more bloom such as Veronica 'Georgia Blue' which is an early bloomer with tidy dark maroonish-green fine foliage the rest of the year, or one of the low growing thymes. They will spread between and around the other plants. To clear up possible confusion (I hope) stonecrop and Sedum are two different names for the same genus. You have a tall one, perhaps 'Autumn Joy' and one or more short ones which I can't see well enough to tell what they are. The short ones would do well planted anywhere relatively sunny (at least 6 hours) along the top of the wall. If you leave the tall Sedum/stonecrop and plant G. 'Rozanne' about 3' away, they may mingle a bit but not overwhelm each other. I might even add another few clumps of the tall sedum on the other side of the Weigelas or on the other side of the 'Rozanne' or over by the sweet woodruff. You will have some interesting foliage contrast with the red Wl 'Spilled Wine', the bluish Sedum and the more finely cut sweet woodruff and G. 'Rozanne'. You could also add some of the more sun-tolerant Hostas to add variegation or gold with a large leaf size and the foliage alone will give you beautiful composition with flowers adding additional interest. Just have enough of each kind of plant so that you don't have one of this and one of that. Repeat either in clusters or in a rhythm down the bed, adding more 'Rozannes', more sedum, more Hosta, and more red foliage....See MoreNeed advice on how to fill up space in living room
Comments (14)The basic layout Beverly posted is your best bet and you might be able to put a table behind sofa or a reading/feeding baby area you might need. TIP, get a good rug pad for your rug on your tile. It will eliminate telescoping of grout lines in rug and be more comfortable. I would also remove those drapes and unless you need privacy, which doesn’t look like it hence I wouldn’t add any drapes. Possibly solar shades if you need light control. A few strategically placed plants might be all you need....See MoreDo I need to fill in all these spaces if I’m lining with weed barrier?
Comments (9)Why did you ask for help just to ignore sound advice? What you have, even so far, won't be good in the long run. You will almost certainly have moisture problems between the bed and the wall. Besides mold problems, you are also looking at a bed frame that will rot. Hugelkultur and branches all rot and then occupy less space and aid your frame in rotting.. Without enough space/air flow under the bed, the frame will rot there too. I would advise you to remove what you have done. Line the bed with waterproof membrane and put a few drainage holes only on the bottom at the front. You really only need landscape cloth to stop your soil from leaking out of the drainage holes. If you want to use up space, the best thing to use would be rocks, stones, chunks of brick or chunks of concrete with landscape cloth over top (so your soil doesn't sink into the spaces). This will allow better drainage....See Morebrazwoman
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