(February 11, 2011 at 2:22 am)thesummerqueen Wrote: Well, lots of plans - I mentioned somewhere that I had to "reclaim" the yard. Before I moved in, the house was basically surrounded by out of control shrubbery and...weeds. No grass.
Are you purchasing this property??
(February 11, 2011 at 2:22 am)thesummerqueen Wrote: Every spring has been a struggle to beat back the weeds a little further and install some order.
Yep, fully understand where you are coming from....A garden is never really finished is it??
(February 11, 2011 at 2:22 am)thesummerqueen Wrote: My kitchen garden is fairly well set - in ground I have mugwort, two kinds of oregano, two kinds of rosemary, hyssop, feverfew, two kinds of catnip, lemon balm, horehound, and three kinds of mint. Various things grown as annuals - chives, basils (I usually have several kinds), cilantro, dill, blah blah.
Looks at you with envious eyes!!! Cilantro is known as Corriander (the leaf and roots used in Asiatic / Italian/ Spanish cooking and pickling)
(February 11, 2011 at 2:22 am)thesummerqueen Wrote: Around the side I have three beds set into the clay filled with better soil for tomatoes, cucumbers (trellised), squash, watermelon (trellised) and borage.
You have clay!!! ZOMGG!! you are soooo lucky!! I only have sand (well reclaimed swamp sand) would kill for clay!!
(February 11, 2011 at 2:22 am)thesummerqueen Wrote: I'm going to try and find a spot for blackberries, raspberries, and pumpkin. We have full sun on only one side of the house, so it's a space issue.
Always is a premium, Full sun space is Southerly Aspect?. Any microclimates you can take advantage of??
(February 11, 2011 at 2:22 am)thesummerqueen Wrote: The back and shady side (with trees), I'm planning on letting wisteria loose into another tree, a lilac bush by the back door, some ever green shrubs...it's going to come down to money, as I don't have a lot, but I made a list of shade loving perennials and annuals and hope to buy seeds for all of them this year.
So the trees are on the Northerly aspect?? I love Wisteria floribunda I planted one in My mothers garden (East Coast Australia-Sydney) and it has gone very well 20 years old!
(February 11, 2011 at 2:22 am)thesummerqueen Wrote: Oh! and I put in a Japanese maple...we'll see how it survived the winter.
I love the Acer palmatum which Variety / Cultivar is it?? I am looking to put one in the new garden perhaps one of these http://www.conifer.com.au/japanese_maples?pageid=1342
I like the 'Mikawa Yatsabusa' the best.
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