I am enlarging an exhisting bed. Its part of two Vibernums and four rose bushes noids that we inherited with the house two years ago.
I am Lazagna layering but ran out of news papers so just in time. I'm worn out.
The layering is about 2/3 done.
The area is 33 feet long,shaped like a boomerange with a short indent midway.
There are Vedgs planned for the rest of it ,about 14 feet.
I realized its on a down hill slant to the neighbors.
Hope I dont roll down into her sons car.
I just moved into a new house, with area for a garden, but very little that I'd keep already there. Here's the thread I started on it http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/962115/
Looking good, Jo Ann. That's going to be a beautiful bed.
Zhinu, you have a lot of work ahead, and it will be gorgeous. New house and new garden, how exciting.
I have to do a new bed to line out my irises, and I'm looking forward to it. I'm just going to use weed killer, Round Up type to kill the grass, and then till it, and plant.
Always nice in spring to have plans for a new garden.
Some of you know about the ice storm we suffered late January and early February. Well, there was so much wood available following cleanup, I decided that I would use some of the small cut logs to mark borders for new gardens. I think I mentioned it earlier as an idea.
We have been enjoying 70 - 80* this week, so I have been 'hauling logs'. Not much fun at this stage of the game, but maybe in the very near future.
I think I will do as Polly is doing, kill the grass, till, and plant.
I am excited about this, finally, and I know the logs won't last forever, but then neither will I.
Surprisingly the logs last quite awhile, Sharon.
My husband calls it kill, till and fill.
Yep, that's what I intended.
Jo Ann, I love what you are doing. I would be the one rolling down the hill.
DD and I will finish the last 14 feet over the weekend.
Thanks everyone.and good luck with your new projects Polly and Sharran.
Take before and after pictures, I love to see the results of ideas at work.
GE that's looking great!
I swear, I just shake my head at my project.
We have installed a small pond but we are sooooooooooo far from done.
It will probably take years to work on all this.
So depressing.
a corner that goes down hill.
the sadness continues
the worst clay EVER!
I have tons of awful pics but don't want to hog your thread. lol
I think I just need to win one of those backyard makeovers!
Kristy
Just start small, so it won't be overwhelming, but look at the big picture. Don't just put a bed, here, and a border there. Set a scheme that will tie everything in together.
Start with trees if you need them, and shrubs as they take so much longer to grow.
On the plus side, it doesn't look very weedy. Amending soil can be backbreaking work, but it needn't be costly, and is very rewarding.
I think it looks like an exciting, beatufiul blank slate.
And put the two racing boys to work!
lol, my boys won't work on anything unless it's a bike! lol
No, they are 6 and 12. My oldest will always help but doesn't have too much free time with school and practice.
I know it will all come together. It just seems so overwhelming I just want to sit & cry sometimes. :(
I'm planning on many hostas because of the trees, but there is still dappled shade.
I know they would do very well here, it's just a matter of digging my life away.
Thanks for the encouragement. :)
Kristy, boy does that clay look overwhelming, I've never had to deal with that particular problem. here in the Puget Sound region it's all sand and rocks. glacial something. and sometimes but rarely. humus under the douglas fir, Maples, Cedar. I've ammended with compost wherever I've cleared the brush out of the way. good luck with it all. I can't wait to see your hosta collection. Jim
I agree with Polly, Kristi, it is a blank slate, and it will be beautiful. Just think about that, and the rest will be easier. Where is Bartlett? Near what?
I think Bartlett is near Memphis. I'm surprised they have clay soil. We lived in Nashville, and the soil was gorgeous, loamy.
Great weather down there, though.
Polly, you mean you were only a hundred miles from me?
Why didn't I know that?
1970 Sharon. I'm surprised it is only 100 miles from your place to Nashville. I didn't like it there, as we lived in the city and I'm a country girl. Too much glitz and glamour in Nashville for me.
Too much for me, too, Polly. I am only there to fly in or out on my way to elsewhere.
It would be a beautiful city to visit, even wothout loving country music, but I would not want to live there again.
Then we lived in New Port Richey, FL. I would go back there in a heartbeat. If I could just drag my husband away from those darn grandkids, LOL. (Well, me too).
Thanks Jim. It is overwhelming, but I am trying to just look at a section at a time and going that route.
I've ordered a lot of hostas from the co-op's and have a small list to order from Chris at Hallson's so I'm really excited.
Sharran - Bartlett is just outside Memphis - like 10 minutes. We're in the burbs more or less.
Haven't ya'll ever heard of the 'muddy mississippi'? lol
there is tons of clay here but there is other mixed in too where water just stands.
I will be wheel borrowing as much of this out as I can.
Hope someone can give me a shove in the right direction. I'm starting a fairly serious vegetable garden attempt. Using mist irrigation with timer. Wanting to plant vine vegetables such as squash,etc. Here is my ignorance. I'm thinking of laying down a 9x12' plastic throw cover on the mounds and grounds to fight the grass even though plowed and mostly removed. Does anyone use sheets of plastic or such for their vine types vegies and where can I learn something about this... Thanks Dave R.
wow Dave I have no idea & I'm no help, but good luck with that.
I'm sure someone will chime in with ideas for you.
I tried veggies once and was a complete flop so there you have it. lol
DD and I finished the lazagna extention .
Its 33 feet long and 2 feet deep at either end, 9 feet deep in the middle, shaped like a boomerange
the other end
My daughter and I both have always used plastic for our vining veggies, such as squash, cucumber and pumpkin. Last year she used a tarp, which worked out very well. Some of the weeds poked throught the plastic, but not through the tarp. I've always watered just in the hole where the vegetables were planted, though. I would not want water consistantly sitting on the plastic, especially where the veggies were sitting.
I think in the vegetable gardening forum they can give you some pointers.
What part are the vegetables going in, JoAnn?
wow, looking good GE. Boy I can see that is alot of work.
It is going to be well worth it I'm sure.
Looking east the last 14 feet farthest from the viewer ,will be vedgs.Mostly Roma tomatoes,Japanese eggplant ,some peppers, Thai Basil,she doesnt grow anything but what we eat duering the summer.
I doubt there will be zuchinis or spreading plants.
She is a career woman and doesnt garden as much as i do.
Sounds yummy. No, there is no sense growing vegetables you're not going to eat.
Thinking about vegetables, it's been years since I went to the regional market in Rochester. Is it still great?
It sure is and has been improved and there is a new plan to update and up grade the retail buildings that surrounded it.
I went once to Flower city Sundays when all the local nurseries were there.
I t was such a madhouse I just took nemes and visited them where they do business.
Thats how I found Parmiters Perennials.They are closer to Avon and Genesseo.
oops spelling error
http://local.yahoo.com/info-11736216-palmiter-s-garden-nursery-avon
What is flower city, is that what the regional market is called? Last time I went it was a madhouse. I'm talking the one on Union St. not the one on Jefferson Rd.
Rochester was known as the Flour City when there were mills at the Genessee River falls. It was the biggest exporter of flour down the Erie Canal.
When Olmstead and Barry and Elwanger had huge nurseries here at the turn of the 19th century ,it was called the Flower City. The market is in Union Street.
My grandfather used to sell his produce and mostly apples there, he would pedal the ones not sold at the market ,to the big homes on East Avenue on his way back home to Wayne County,they had a farm just over the border.
Its a great old place.
The Regional Mkt. on Jefferson Road has had some changes too. There are two Hotels on Jefferson road so you almost miss the old market entrance.
It's definitely the flower city. The homes in Rochester are so well kept, with beautifully landscaped lawns. Especially when compared to Syracuse and Buffalo. When we go to Highland Park, I just love to walk the streets around it, and see the beautiful plantings in the homes that border it.
I've been a few times to both markets, and love them both. Huge compared to the one in Syracuse.
I've been off for a couple days. Thanks for the good wishes on my garden.
welcom back Laura
Thanks :o)
Have you started planting yet JoAnn. It's supposed to be really nice the next few days, or are you still waiting for all the plants?
Do you have a master list of what you're planting? I know I've seen some of the list, but I'd love to see it all.
