Shade Gardening: Your Woodland Shade Favorites 3, 1 by speediebean

speediebean wrote:
Donna, I'm donning my black garb and cat-burglar face mask as we speak, will be ready to raid in just a second. =)

Lily, my opinion on your lovely shady garden area is a "no" to the brightly coloured impatiens. The whole setting is serene and peaceful and hushed; it veritably whispers to one, so calming and peaceful. Adding anything too brightly coloured would be like
HIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ya don't really wanna get YELLED AT when you stroll through there, do ya? ;) Just my opinion. Maybe some gentle subdued pastel yellows and pinks and blues? Again, just one little Pollack's opinion. =)

Ok, so y'all know that I've had this plan to buy/make some stair-step thingies for my soon-to-be backyard shady garden area, right? So, I get home from work yesterday and I immediately smell the Heavenly aroma of LUMBER(!!) wafting up from downstairs. "Huh??", I say to myself. I hear DH (emphasis on the "D") holler up to me from the basement, "Hey Dear!"... down I ran. What greeted me was him just finishing putting this together! The first of two, he surprised me by stopping at Home Despot to buy the lumber and nails and get started on it since I worked late yesterday. Is he a DARLING or what!?!?!? < =D Gonna start on the sanding tomorrow, then it's gonna get a natural stain (to match the deck) coating, then a clear weather-proof/UV protection coating. Then it'll be ready for the great outdoors! =)