Exterior porch "missing" but would like to add one
Emily Lindley
2 years ago
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Comments (16)I plan to extend my front slope garden bed which I have posted about before. Kudos where they are due, it was inspired by Susan/Thyme's gorgeous front slope garden. This year, as I was digging it up closer toward the house, I did run into gravel over landscape cloth that I later found out is part of the septic leech field(?). So no shrubs or plants with big roots there. The field stops about halfway lengthwise. I'll plant Benary giant rose-collored zinnia mixed with cosmos for height there. And where it stops, I'll put my red twig dogwood and flowering almond -- the two shrubs I have decided to buy for this spring. I'll tuck in more boxwood for accents of green, and add more purple-leaved heuchera and purple sedum. I had to make a small vertical path up to the house thru this bed for the oil delivery guy. On the other side of this path, I got a big (for me) smoke bush, and planted lots of pale yellow daffodil bulbs that I can't wait to greet this spring. I REALLY want to do a stream of blue crocus twining around this bush and up toward the house -- someone did a great post on this in the fall, does anyone recall it? But alas, it was too late for me, all the crocus bulbs were sold out. Ahh, next year. All this doesn't sound too ambitious, does it? Right now, all my plants are sleeping beneath a big thick blanket of Conn. snow. It's up over my knees in the backyard. At least two feet. It is the perfect time to dream and plan. My only outdoor chores are shoveling and filling the birdfeeder. And another storm on the way this Wed! Enough! So it is GOOD to think about spring. lucia...See MoreRegional Conifer Nurseries: Pacific Northwest(add ones you like!)
Comments (7)Hi will, Thanks for the kind words. I love conifers and am still learning. I hope more people find out just how great they are and for the most part very low maintance. Also maybe once people see your garden in the westsound home and garden magazine they will like them even more. I know you are humble and wont brag about yourself so I will. Also thanks for your knowledge on cool conifer. I might call some of the great plants coming next years and Will's hot picks. I know I don't write on here very much but I do read the article always with a pen in hand to write down great plants. Thanks all for sharing and hope to see you if you are local or a conifer nerd....See MoreWhat would you do to make the exterior not look like such an L shape?
Comments (30)Sorry about the new paint but when the goal is to deemphasize, dark is never good. The L shape is the garage. If you want to play down the garage and up play the HOUSE then the garage door needs to fade not POP. Same with the shutters on the garage. That is quite a substantial window meant to give the illusion of home vs garage..is it safe? If those bushes grow up it would be a perfect place for a criminal to hide/break the window..... I do think adding a front porch/pergola gives the home a friendly feel. Still then you are all sitting in the driveway given your home configuration and that's not always a favorite place....See MoreWould like opinions on our screened porch layout.
Comments (6)Because of the walkway to the right, I think the TV should go on the bottom wall, as in HU-924188966's first option. Tuck the table in the corner for when you need it. I would also shoot for the small (not bulky) furniture for the TV side - something that is easy to move and rearrange as needed....See MoreEmily Lindley
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