Beginner Gardening: DJ"S SHARING GARDEN DESIGNS "WHAT TO GROW WHERE ???, 4 by warriorswisdomkathy

warriorswisdomkathy wrote:
Talk about overwhelming, I started with nothing but feilds....lol. Wasn't even reclaimed farm land just feild of wild...grasses flowers and w**ds.

Pix 2: uncultivated feild, all wild
Pix 1: plowed all of 1 acre that was looking like pix2
Pix 3: after rerototilling and before total planting, look at bottom of pix, is where new Iris bed is located (2010)
Pix 4: bottom is same as 3, finally got the Iris in 2011 but look at the grasses to the right, yup...they're back!!!! I'm thinking I ready for round-up this next year....except in areas that are open field, rerotilling, again and again...for a while I did a great job of keeping it clear. Had put what was not in the border in rows. Beds were 4ft wide and 25-50ft. Planted all my seedlings here til I needed them in the main border. Still even have some out there in that mess... Did dig out a hundred or so iris, most now at bottom of pix 4. I'm ready to get restarted on the areas behind the main border again. I am winning tho. I've got hundreds of perenns and shrubs that didn't make it into borders this years ready to go in these new locations next year. Now I have to do it....I already have most of the shrubs (lined out in between lilacs in the backyard now....God, I love sales....lol.

And yes to those trading their Black Walnuts, am thinking I can find something out there to trade...lol. cz...absolutely!!! lol.
Pix 5: the oldest section of the garden and most filled in, but will eventually look similar for all 45ftX100ft of my English Cottage Border.

Yup Pam...if you hate it it's time...Lol...It's yours and only you are the one to be satisfied.....not the neighbors not hubby, just you...lol. Now you are the ARTIST. It's just like a canvas, only your working on a larger scale than most artists. And you get to arrange it and rearrange it to your HEARTS content...Isn't it fun.....Have one suggestion for you in that group of whites...Have you enough blues to put to the side....I have a great go between plant...It's Veronica gentianoides. V.g. is an almost white...it's actually iceblue. I need to get that one again and if interested I have a bunch of this I could share...(I love it but it's only a spring bloomer but look at that color saturation. (see below).

This message was edited Dec 13, 2012 7:51 PM