Why patience pays!!

The price of gas is higher now, inflation included. But yes, most cars get much better mileage now. Of course, insurance is way more now. Bicycle!

Good idea for a lot of errands but not for nurseries. Then we gardeners really need a U Haul It.

I thought that was what DHs were for. I said "I no haul it, You haul it" Yes, it IS time for bed.

I'm telling you horse and buggy is sounding better every day!!!

I would love to have another horse

:)

Ditto on that Allison.

Good morning Venu
I'm up at 4 again. Big Bluestone order comming today,couldn't sleep cause I thought I overbought.
After seeing Pirls Euphrobia I think I missed some plants.

The Euphorbia family is delightful.

I agree. I especially like the daughter - hee hee. Seriously, I do love them, though have lost a number of supposedly zone 6 ones.

Dang!
I hate Zone 5 sometimes!!

I suspect my euphorbia losses were due to wetness though, not cold.

That's one I keep looking at and looking at. Haven't done the plunge yet though.
ge, don't sweat it. There's always room for more! I like Bluestone for perennials that I want 3 or more of each. They're small but always very healthy and grow on very happily! I have also learned to watch for their sales.
Victor, you like to mix and match, yes?? Biddies AND daughters. You devil!!

The three plant unit from Bluestone is what I like too.
Part of my order came today and some of the tirella were dry but everything else was in good shape if small like Victor said. For an average of $4.00 ea. I'll wait while they get bigger, a few bent leaves ther but looking good otherwise.

Venu ... how dreamy it all looks ... I'm hoping some spring/summer I can walk out to a place that looks like that too! Great job!

Thanks paunaniloa. You will!! When I looked at the dates on the back of the old pictures I was a bit shocked. It was actually less than 2 years for the transformation, which I consider pretty quick in gardening years.

It is quick and very impressive.

that is quick.... i don't think i can ever say I am done though

:)

No garden is ever done until the gardener is dead.

Even then, if we're blessed, someone will love the garden and continue to change it and enjoy it - as it should be.

It's amazing what ingenuity, good taste and hard work can do. I spent summer on the Jersy Shore (boy do I miss that!) I can't imagine that is easy soil to work with. What's your secret?

What a wonderful transformation. I had to look back at the before picture to see if it had a fence. Everything just flows back there now! The front is so bright and "happy".

Maureen - Allison is about 60 miles from the Jersey Shore. So many people think of Long Island as being "sand" but we're surrounded by water on our little peninsula and have heavenly soil so maybe Allison has the same good fortune.

Hey Pirl, the life of the gardner depends on how much "stuff" they have to lug and move.
Remembering the big bolder Bill moved that nearly took him out when it rolled into his canoe.

Oh, my grandmothe lived in Tom's River and the sand was really sandy.

ge - I don't remember the story of the boulder and Bill but, then again, I don't remember if this is my second or third cup of coffee.

Yes, Maureen. In the northern part of Southold it's all sand.

Bill posted the bolder story earlier this week, don't know which thread.
He said he went thru several "comealongs" before he got the rock in place.
It's a significant part of one of his gardens.
Just can't remember which thread, he was chatting with Victor, maybe he remembers.

Think it was the blooms thread.

Thanks

Pirl I am not so lucky... I am mostly clay & rock... working on improving that the best I can

Same here, but not terribly clay.

We ran into clay here, last year, when we spent a week digging the clay out to plant a Japanese maple. Horrible to deal with so my sympathies to all who have it.

Yes, there is clay and then there is CLAY! Hardpan is like concrete.

And there's no market for it. Can't even try to give it away!

There is a market for clay - on dirt race tracks for all that is worth. Up here they go for the blue clay and it has to be blue. Most likely a vein has to be hit.

Our old house sat on a lake that was created when digging out clay in the pit they hit a spring. Filled so quickly theres a rail car and some track under the water. So I can tell you stories about clay soil!

Maureen, I'm about 10 miles north of Toms River. My soil is VERY sandy so I amend with compost and then amend some more and then amend some more..etc. At least nothing suffers from wet feet.

Venu my friends place near barneget (spelling?) she floods if there is bad rain and it's gone an hour after it stops ... amazes me everytime

my clay isn't hard packed..... thank god... the rocks are worse some spots that have so many small rocks packed together... i use a pic ax to break them up... usually trash 3 trowels per year at least... never mind the time and effort it takes to get plants in... I usually have to stop every few hours because my wrist is killing me ... wish i was half as strong as honey sometimes... would make life easier that's for sure... he just loves the "honey could you help me get these rocks out" when he is nearby doing something else... if there are too many of those I know I have to cook a good dinner that night

:)

Allison, do you ever go visit her? Barnegat is such a quaint town. I do have a little bit of clay, but even the layer of clay is sandy. I don't envy your rock situation. I'd be making a lot of wonderful dinners :~)

yes.... we visit her as much as we can... she has my old retired horse at her place..she has got to be 34 - 35 years old now.. and has about 12 or 13 others that she cares for... she is in warren grove actually but love it down there... I told her if i could get a job down there ... i would be there in a heartbeat... but I am kind of stuck up here for now and have to deal with all the crazy traffic...... and trust me I cook a lot of out of my way dinners and desserts to keep him happy... if not that day it is always the next