Garden Photos of '09......#4

Coming from here:

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/952294/

Shelly is still providing most of the good stuff, but we'll be there soon!

Here's my heuchera again.

Hellebore foliage the other day.

nice colorfull pics did you take those

Nice lighting effects on both of those Victor. Like the 'fur' on the heuch. Not much doing around these parts now either, except more rotten snow. :(

Thanks. Yes I did, Mona.

looking good GE!! I am very jealous!

Here are replies to what was posted on the previous thread. I couldn't get on-line (again) this morning like I wanted to. So much was posted that it took a long time for me to read it and go through it all.

Shelly, thanks for sharing all the pics and stories of your log clearing adventures with your crew. Now that is the type of work I would love to be doing. I'm not in great physical shape, but after a week of doing that I sure would be!. I'm healthy, anyhow. Recently got a physical done with blood work, and everything came out great. Blood sugars are good, cholesterol in the normal zone, bp good (always is), etc. Nothing to stop me from doing as much physical labor as I'm able to do. My weight prevents me from doing as much as I'd like, but the more I do the less weight I will have, is how I see it. Wish I could get a job like that around here. Ten hours a day, four days a week would be great for me. I prefer having three days off a week.

Victor, I don't know what I'm going to do about the driveways yet. We have two, and I don't want to put deer fencing along most of the front of the property along the road. There will be a great deal of area where the deer could get in. I'm planning to do something to deter them, whether it is putting down some kind of spray or what, I don't know yet. It wouldn't be very practical to put gates at the driveways. those would be very large gates. Not that it couldn't be done, but the expense would be tremendous. It's already going to be pricey enough. I have an acre and a quarter lot, most of which I want to fence. I can get 14' poly netting deer fence, 500' rolls for $565 plus shipping from here: http://www.teksupply.com/farm/supplies/prod1;ts1_fencing_containment-ts1_deer_fencing_accessories;pgtc1115_105250.html I can cut that in half for 1,000' of fencing. I would have to run a thin cable across the top, a foot higher than the top, to make 8, otherwise they may be able to jump it. I can't imagine a deer jumping 7', but I've read they can jump nearly 8'. Amazing! Anyhow, it has to be secured every 15'. I have many trees I can secure it on, but will have to buy posts for areas where there aren't trees. 2' ground posts are $3.69 each, and post drivers are $3.99 each. 8' galvanized fence posts are $9.99 each, and then I would need something to run across the top. Any suggestions anyone? Also, if anyone knows of any cheaper alternatives, please let me know. Thanks!

Nice fire, Patti! Looks like you had fun. Are you allowed to burn late into the night like that? We are supposed to put out our fires at 4 p.m., but sometimes we don't. Shhhh!!! Don't tell anyone!!!!

Bill, that was a pretty impressive tepee fire you had a couple of years ago. I'll bet that was hot!!!!

Jo Ann, I'm not sure what you mean by a 'face cord'. When we buy a cord of wood, I just figure it's a full cord. I don't know about 'face cords'. All I know is it's a pretty good sized truck load. I had purchased what I thought was a cord of wood from a friend's son a few years back, and what I got was a small pick-up truck load of wood. I was expecting much more, and I didn't buy from him again. Maybe that was a 'face cord', but since no one had ever explained that to me, then I was none the wiser.

Yup, those bashes happen in our shed, too, as well as in our enclosed porch. Why can't they just stay nice and neat? And then mice move into the shed each year, and boy does it smell in there come spring!!!!

Your kitchen is coming along great, Jo Ann! You must be excited about that!

Yeah, those pot holders look great, Patti! What a deal you got on those! And very nice deck you have there. All those potted plants on your deck look great!

Jo Ann, the toilet being so close to the shower???? LOL!!!! Too funny! Great come-back!!!!

Okay, well, that was a very long post. I was gonna break it up into smaller ones, but too late now. Sorry about that!

Karen

it's all good

victor you should try and good some published you have a very good eye for photography

Thanks, Mona. I have sold a number of my photos.

and how did you go about it I mean to sell them

Can't tell my secrets! One of my photos is the random plant pic right now!

what is the random plant pic

It's on the DG homepage. Also do a bug and bird one. You can put it where you want by going to My Info and Preferences.

thanks victor

No problem. You will see Customize Homepage under Preferences.

Brook, I love the deck on your east side! your collage is great too!!

Jo Ann, your place is looking great. The renovations are well with it. I agree with Victor on the full bathroom issue though! :-p

Bill, it's good to hear that you get along so well with all creatures. I'm positive that they appreciate it.

Everyone's burn pile pictures were great. Makes me think of smores!!

Victor.... congrat's on the random plant pic!! And yes, with the weather that you've been getting and the fact that your snowdrops are already blooming... you're going to pass me very soon!!

Thanks Karen, I'm always happy to share my crew pics. Since they're teenagers, everyday they provide new entertainment....good, bad, or otherwise. I'm not sure what really made me think that I wanted to show those, but oh well. It might be that I had been talking with a couple of my crew members, from several years past, yesterday. But still. Who knows what goes on in this head sometimes. I'm sure that you would love this job, especially if you don't mind breaking gender stereotypes in the workplace! Everybody is expected to get muddy and dirty when we need to, and type at the computer when we need to. We all spend the first month back to work (we're laid off usually from Nov. to March) getting back into shape and being sore, so you'd fit right in! I'm glad that your physical came out so good. That's great. they have similar type jobs there, but most of them are not year around jobs. I agree, you can't beat a 4 day schedule! Especially since it takes me three days to recover :-p

Bee getting ready to do some good work for us.

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I love this color.

green or red? or both!

very nice RC

Thanks! good morning.

those are still some "leftovers" from the last group of pictures from last weekend. Still have a few more, but for another day.

Karen!!! a face cord is measured by height and length (numbers not remembered by me) and 18" deep.
A full cord is measured the same way but squared. I'll guess 8"by10" not positive. We pay $200.00 for the smaller load you got ,in the pick up.
YESSSSS thank you all the cabinets are in and the appliances will go in and get hooked up today. We will have the cooktop and sink ready for action in a week when the counters are installed.I cant wait to boil something.
this is the area where the fridge goes

good morning RC
This is the microwave and oven area

and the island. there will be electric to it.

That looks great. I'm sure that you can't wait to have your kitchen be a kitchen again.

info from woodheat.org

A 'full' cord measures 4 ft. x 4 ft. x 8 ft. and is the official, standard firewood measure.

Other terms, such as face cord, stove cord or furnace cord are sometimes used to describe a stack of wood measuring 4 ft. high, 8 ft. long with a piece length shorter than 4 ft. A common firewood piece length is 16 in., or one-third of a full cord, but other lengths are also available.

http://www.woodheat.org/firewood/cord.htm

Thanks for jogging my brain.
I just knew someone else had the correct answer.

I found that site when I was trying to figure out if we were getting ripped off... and the first load we bought... we did

Beautiful backlit shot, Shelly.

A bee! Can't believe it makes me so excited---we usually get moths here first--then you know it's warming up. Congrats Victor on the DG photo! And Jo Ann---love the kitchen!

Looks great, JoAnn.

nutsfordaylily, I feel for you in trying to figure out the deer fence. We have 2.6 acres and we ended up only put the deer fence around part of the property. We did not try to enclose the driveway or any of the part along the road. So the entire front is open to the deer. We attached the fence from the south west edge of the house with a gate into that side big enough for a wheel barrel and then looped the deer fence through to the south side of the house and attached it to the north east corner of the house with a bigger gate on that side. I would say we have a little more than 1/2 acre enclosed. In the beginning we just had a crude gates made out of the deer fence with an metal edge (old fence post) that we bungee corded to the set post. No hinges. We just folded it back and put rocks on the bottom when it was closed to keep the rabbits out. But it worked fine until I had a run of real fencing done for aesthetics reasons over the last couple of years. I am glad we did not enclose more to begin with as it has given me time to really concentrate on the east and south gardens. More than enough to do. I added an endless stream feature to the west side last year which is not enclosed. We got some damage to it mostly in the fall and early spring, but I am trying to plant it with things that are less tasty to the critters. The entire north yard and drive are open to the marauders.

We did all the work to install the fencing ourselves. We attached as much as we could to existing pine trees, but did use green metal stakes were we had no trees. We already had a bunch of old rusty 4' and 6' metal ones that I wired together to make tall enough, which worked, but looked horrible. I wanted to see if this fence would work before spending more on it. We replaced a run of those pathetic ones last summer with proper 4"x4"x 10' posts along the most visible run of the fence, but the majority of the fence is as we strung it originally. We never put the wire at the top, which is a great idea as the fence sags over time without it. We bought a roll of it and will use it when we need to replace some sections in the future. My DH just got tired of the project. We constantly have to monitor the rabbit damage to the bottom of the fence where they eat holes in it to hop through. Plus we have to make sure that the bottom is still pegged down so that the deer and rabbits don't crawl under it. Our fence will be 8 years old this summer. We started with a 1000 feet of 8' fencing and did not use the ground post or the 9.99 round metal posts, but I think they are a good idea as they are sturdier and look better than the green metal ones. I would hate to cut that much fence and would look to find the 8' rolls. Even if more money. It is very difficult to hang the fence unless it is on a tight roll that you can stand up and stretch out as you go. It would be a mess to have to rewind after cutting to string it taunt. We used black plastic ties and used way more than I expected to. We bought a good stapler. Here is the newly replaced very visual part with the new gate and the part now strung on proper posts on the east side. All the rest, except a similar short run of decorative fence and a smaller gate on the west side, is still the original attempt with the bad posts, but it still works and it is not very visible from anywhere. Hope this helps. Good luck.

Ge1836, love the progress and layout. Patti

I used tothink how fabulous to live on Nantucket now I'm not so sure.
That is a REAL deer problem.
Doubt I could survive it.

so exciting about the kitchen! I wish I could justify spending the money on ours, being it is only a decade old :o

I came to share a couple pictures. I like this one because the snow looks like water.

it has been so warm that some spots of the grass was showing through the snow - yuck :( good thing is I can see some of my plants, and this is why I want to add more evergreens (a color other than brown!)