garden outta control

[Ladywriter]

I really need to get out there and get more done -_-;
I still have A serious amount of diggin to do and bulbs that need to go in now >.<
just thought I'd share a lil
*sorry, I think my camera is dieing -_-;

[slippers]

it's jungle out there O_O

[Ladywriter]

I got patches of various plants (foxglove,lambs ear, lemon balm, cosmos, spmint) bigger then a kitchen table. almost the size of queen size bed. I fattened up the garden earlier this spring cuz I knew it was going to need room. a lotta shit got bigger then I thought it would in just one summer. so I started moving shit. I gave tree a big chunk of yarrow, but I still gotta move some of that shit from where it is cuz I got roses that need more room.
i have the mini roses like crazy out in the main bed. red pink purple yellow O_O and they are just thriving out there. and the deer leave em alone! :happy:
I started moving plants aka expanding the garden -_-; I had to move a grape, blueberry, strawberry, 2 chunks of the lemon balm, mums, two clematis and I moved a Rose of Sharron out there and it bloomed for me n everything :happy: I already have the bed made fer sledges peppers fer next year :meh: I stuck a hydrangia in (white flowers) and have a lotta bulbs to go in. tulip, allium, chrocus,some other flowers I cant remember -_-;
I have 8 Dahlia and a 3 or 4 Caladiums to bring in. and six of those Dahlia are going to have to go somewhere else next year cuz theres no room for em where they are -_-; which means I still have to make new beds for them -_-;
yar

[Suzuka]

Wow you must have to wade through all that sounds pretty though.

[Sledgstone]

and to think there are no weeds in those pics. if anything we should prune some of those plants.

I already have the bed made fer sledges peppers fer next year :meh::w00t::tup:

[Fedic]

Take some more pictures!

[Wolflord]

XD it looks like my backyard!!! it's pretty though...

[Ladywriter]

damn i need mulch o.0

[GundamFreakX]

A garden, huh? Well, at least u hav 1.

[Ladywriter]

at least weeds arent a serious problem
they shouldnt be considering I weed w/ a shovel instead of a puny spade -_-;
new empty beds wont need mulch cuz they'll all get a turn over b4 spring planting and that will take care of the weeds.
for now weeding and makin the new beds are at the top of the 2do list

[Duo]

my back yard is slowly dieing, we're getting cold snaps down here in MD. 1/2 the garden is going to die today in the cold and the rain cause of the hurrican left overs.
But gardening is better than mowing now isn't it lady?

[Ladywriter]

well... theres definatly less to mow :lol:

[Ladywriter]

I walked out to the garden a couple of days ago.

For the most part, all the grass and mulch was covered with a layer of snow.

The stepping stones had warmed up enough in the sun to melt off all the snow so they were all wet/dark.

A lot of the perennials are still standing, though they've died back for the year and are dried up. The lemon balm finally died back, but a lot of it was burnt by the frost b4 it gave it up for the year. Some of the leaves are almost black. The andromeda is still green, but everything else is wheat colored. Even dead the garden still looks pretty.

So, anyway, I've decided that aside from what I already have to go into the new beds, I want something that will have winter color. Probably Heather, I have Mexican heather out there now. It got pretty big before we got snow so I'm pretty sure it was well established.

The garden is up for some changes this spring. Its way too small the size it was last spring. The center bed with all the stepping stones will be primarily for my mini roses, there is also a huge patch of foxglove that I put back there from my plant in the front. There has to be at least 20 of them. It would be amazing to see them all blooming at once. Probably not this year, but maybe next. There's some red poppy, lupine that I really hope lives. It was lookin pretty sad there for a while. The lemon balm, the yarrow, all the other miscellaneous plants. I liked having the herbs in there too. I'll put in some more roses in, some herbs and a few marigolds and orange calendula for color and to keep the deer out.

the southern bed in the back will have leggier plants. Different mints and more yarrow. It's more of a deer barrier bed then anything else. It's closest to the trail opening and the woods. I'll throw in some tall flowers and be done with it.

The west bed chaos/cosmos can just stay cosmos. There's no point fighting with these damn plants. I had some of them over 10 ft tall by the end of the summer. Nothing can really compete with the cosmos for light either so I guess they can just have the damn bed then!

I started moving some of the lemon balm out of the east bed. There’s other places I need it to keep the deer out and that bed was beginning to look a lot like a cluster fuck. After the Iris in that bed are done I'm weeding and moving some plants. I'm not totally set at what’s going to replace the lemon balm, probably something that is attractive to butterflies.

Where the orange day lilies (I usually call them Tiger Lilies) they are now the back of a mum bed. I'll stick a few more baby mums in there in the spring and throw in yellow and orange calendula. Everything will even out in height.

There is a new bed where I transplanted a rose of Sharon late last summer. I have a dahlia that flowers like the ros that I will put in there and I'll put some blue lobelia in there for ground cover. Then I'll have the red white and blue patch to the garden.

I moved 2 clematis into their own patch and gave them something to climb. They should get full sun for the most part. I think one of them is red, but honestly I can’t remember what color they are. Oh well, it will be a surprise.

The strawberry, blueberry, and a grape got moved and the only one not lookin sick before the frost was the strawberry. The damn deer chewed the other two so I need something to keep the deer away that won’t compete with the frigin strawberry for room. Maybe rosemary.

Before I had to stop digging I was working on 2ish fairly large beds. They will be primarily full sun and with the room I need these beds will almost triple the size of the garden I already have a few things planted in what’s been cleaned out. A hibiscus, some other mums, white Echinacea, purple Echinacea, a black locus tree, a few other things. These beds have to be huge; I have a lot of stuff that has to go in there.

I have 6 or more dahlia that need some wicked room. They got giant last summer. I had flowers bigger then my hand. I have a lot of perennials to start from seed. Most of them I'll grow in patches together so they can establish themselves this year. Hibiscus of a couple different colors. Those will defiantly have to be started inside. Larkspur of different colors, veronica w/p/b, delphinium pastels, more red oriental poppy, 2 kinds of nasturtium, rudbeckia (black eyed Susan) chrysanthemum carinatum, hollyhock, purple Echinacea, sunflowers of various size and color.

[xelloss]

wow. its green. my yard hasn't changed since they built my house almost a decade ago. it still has nails and concrete blocks from the construction. -_-;

[Godgrave]

Well, to be honest, it looks pretty okay-ish to me. You garden isn't all that bad looking PLUS it's lush green !
Man, it took me 10 minutes to read your last post Lady and boy, I feel a lot more cleverer now :happy:. At the same time, it reminded me of the garden I have at a hill-station. Everything I bring from the city, plants, flower-plants, trees, etc. always die because of my care-taker. It's wierd cos instead of taking care of em, he always kills them. Bluuuudy.

[Ladywriter]

whats he doin to the poor plants? 0_0

[Godgrave]

Beats me ! If I'm there for more than 5 days, I could actually witness the mastermind (my caretaker/mass plant murderer) do his work :( ....
But he's kinda cool. His name's Shankar and he's 65. The stories he tells are really laugh-worthy and full time-pass kind. The last time I went, he said that the dog (the one at his place) had been attacked and taken by a tiger, who he chased for a good 8 miles and threw stones at *rolls eyes* ... see, this's what I was talking about ^_^.

[Saosin]

I think we have a garden. Although its more of a jungle. To many bugs...

[Mike 1508]

all our plants are dead, deen dead for a while, my mom brought in the plants she keeps in pots

[Fedic]

Jezus Janie that is a lot. When will you be able to get outside to work in the garden?

[Ladywriter]

I'll have to start some seeds indoors in Fed, hopefully by mid April I can resume the digging -_-;

[Ladywriter]

*sigh* it makes me feel better to look at pics of my cute lil garden as I sit here surrounded by snow -_-;
I miss green

[Godgrave]

Mid April ?! That's really far away from now .... But, do plants die off because of the snow ? I'm figuring they could and most probably would because of the lack of sunlight. But then again, there're plants who can handle the summers and those that can handle winters, like a Christmas Tree ^_^

[Sledgstone]

quite a few of her plants will survive the snow. they just stay dormant until spring. all the fox glove, clematisis (sp?), a bunch of others.. hopefully the grape plants will survive, they were pretty young and some deer ate some branches off of them before winter hit. :\ oh, and the hens and chicks will actually continue to grow underneath the layers of snow. they're cute! ^_^

[Ladywriter]

most plants either straight up die or go through a dormant phase once we start getting frost at night. Frost is generally what kills the plant. It burns the leaves, killing them and that suffocates the plant. Usually its end of September or October, but I still had annuals (plants that die and don't come back) growing well into the fall. It was fairly mild here right up until December.
Decidious trees (trees that lose their leaves) most shrubs and the grasses all go dormant in the cold. Some shrubs produce their fruit in winter as apposed to summer. Christmas trees and other evergreens are conifers, they have needles instead of leaves that stay green year round. There are a couple of spruce trees in the yard taller then a 3 story building.

[Godgrave]

Woooooooo, you have deer come visit your garden ^_^ cute ! Are there other animals who come and bump into you guys ? At my place in that Hillstation I'd gone to recently, there are usually a lot of monkeys, scary.

[Ladywriter]

we get a lot of deer, Ive had 15 or so in the back yard all at once. we get a gaggle of wild turkey, the tom is huge. I had a scary encounter with a possum, and have had a few 'incidents' with groundhogs. I hate those bastards with a passion.

[Godgrave]

15 deer in your garden, is something that's uber cute, you know. You didn't invite em or did they barge into your house all jumping and hopping, stealing all your grape-juice from the refridgerator ^_^ ?

[Sledgstone]

15 deer in your garden, is something that's uber cute, you know. You didn't invite em or did they barge into your house all jumping and hopping, stealing all your grape-juice from the refridgerator ^_^ ?

do those monkies actually do that? O_O

[Godgrave]

This once, I'm guessing 2 years back, when I'd left the door open in the afternoon, hell was upon me. I was taking a nap and I forgot to lock my front-main door and because of my negligence, there were 2 monkeys strolling my hall ^_^:. I am scared of monkeys. Period. And when that happened, I totally screached like somebody was pinching my balls or something aka the BeeGees voice. I guess that frightened them and they left running :oops:. Although I'm scared of them smaller monkeys, I love apes :happy: *is probably petrified of em too ^_^:*

[Ladywriter]

I think I'd freak out if wild monkees got in the house. I have enuff trouble with the kids wreckin up the place :look:

I do not like moles, nasty blind scuzzy vermin bastards. I had one charge me in the yard once. I tried to hit it with the rake, and of course I was screaming cuz I HATE moles. My dog came to my rescue. She's also saved me from a rampageing groundhog. Yay mutt!

[Godgrave]

Awesome :tup: dogs rule !! Zorba, my lab, loves chasing pigeons and almost anything and everything he sees. He loves to play a lot, and often scares a lot of people/animals because of that trait of his. They all think he's gonna jump on em :meh:
At that hillstation though, he keeps guard and keeps off any other dogs or cows or buffalos from coming into our gates. The time when the monkey's got into my house, he hadn't come on that trip. I wonder what he'd have done *ponders*

[Ladywriter]

he prolly woulda made some monkee sandwhiches X'D

[Godgrave]

Yeah :sword: .... he wouldn't have done a Michael Jackon like I did :flamed: heh

[Ladywriter]

I think I might freak if I found a bunch of monkees in the house. Jeez.. kids are bad enuff X'D

[Ladywriter]

hmm.. I'm not quite sure what to do.

My Gardenia (Yunalesca) has mites. I'm not sure if they are predator mites or spider mites or maybe both. The plant isn't dieing, but there is evidence of spider mite damage. There are no webs tho, indicating something is keeping spider mite population down. It could be my incessant watering of the bitch tho. I'm not sure.
I could hit it with a pestacide and kill em all, but I dont want to kill any of the predator mites. Yunalesca is going in the garden come spring and I want the predator mites to go with. There are other plants out there that will benifit from having those inscets out there.
I thought about getting some ladybugs, but you can only order a lot of them. I only need a few at the moment. I'll put something out by the garden for the ladybugs in the spring. They eat all kinds of bad bugs.

The problem is I have to start my Hibiscus soon. I'm just about out of room for plants in the kitchen unless I kill something off. That means the seedlings would have to be in with Yunalesca.

This frigin gardenia is a pain in my ass, but the flowers are worth it -_- . I'm not bringing it in again in the fall. I'm going to go for making a micro climate facing sw for a couple of plants. I'll even cover it up in the winter. If the roots dont totaly freeze it might make it.

[Godgrave]

If you add Ladybugs, would they kinda find their way into your house or something ? And that's good thinking about the creation of a different environment/climate for hte plants. Is that why people have those green-house kinda rooms with plants in em ?

[Ladywriter]

As long as the ladybugs have a place to live out by the garden, they should stay out there. Ocassionally they swarm the house anyway, but they dont get inside very often.
A greenhouse room in a house is generally called the sun room or the Florida room. Most of the time the room is on the south end of the house. It's a great place to keep sensitive plants over the winter in cold ass places like NY.

[Godgrave]

Are you thinking of having one, or you've got one already ^_^ ??? I've never actually seen one, but I have an idea from Minority Report.
I wouldn't know American bylaws when it comes to construction, and I say this because I wanted to ask you, whether you could easily make a Green House without a lot of paperwork or permissions or government hindrances ? Over here, even at my cottage at that hillstation, I'm not allowed to raise my roof or construct anything outside the already constructed house.

[Ladywriter]

To add a room to the house or build a greenhouse out in the yard I would have to get a building permit from the town. I wouldnt do it here cuz I rent, but once we buy a house ... ^___^

[Sabe]

To add a room to the house or build a greenhouse out in the yard I would have to get a building permit from the town. I wouldnt do it here cuz I rent, but once we buy a house ... ^___^

What you could do is buy one of those little portable green houses, that you can take down if it becomes prudent to do so.
I just finished putting one up in my yard here, and the thing seems like it'll be a good investment. They're supposed to handle upto 50mph wind, 3inches of snow, and upto stone sized hail.
Since it isn't a permenent structure, the city can't say jack, and if the neighbors complain, just have Sledge and one of his buds move it; the damn thing only weighs 75lbs plus plants.

[Ladywriter]

I've been here 6 years this month. My landlord finally mentioned selling the property to me :rolleyes:
There's a lot to be done here; 3 old chiken coops that need to be torn down and an old barn too. i would also become a landlord to the house in front till I tear that bitch down and put in a grove of trees... I dunno. I guess it depends on how much he wants for the place. The location is just so amazing that it would suck to miss out on it....
before I put up a greenhouse, I'm putting in a pool :p

2 weeks and i gotta start my seeds. Yunalesca is doing much better. i think the predator mites have all but eliminated the bastards chompin on the plant. yay!

[Godgrave]

You being a landlady kinda reminded me of Hibiya-san ... HIbiya Chitose :happy:
Whoa, a pool you say. Sweet .... I'm imagining it's one of those oversized tubs right, or are you gonna go for something underground (digging the ground n having it at ground level) ....

[Ladywriter]

I would probably go w/ above ground w/ a deck just because of my animals.

[Sabe]

That's a god idea...animal hair is hell on the filters...-_-; I hada pool at my old house, and the dogs just kept jumping in, we didn't think anything of it until the filter tank split. Seems that the hair isn't as porous as ours, and it clogs it enough that the pressure can't go anywhere else.
And for fair warning, to get all teh chemicals and shit to start teh pool, I hope your willing to dole out about $2000 or more depending on the size or pool you get(Mine was 24' cir and 4' deep). Just thought you'd like the info.

[Ladywriter]

ayup. I was thinkin 24 round :p

[Ladywriter]

I started the Hibiscus seeds. I hope they do well for me.

[Godgrave]

Those look super colorfull and lively ^_^ ... good luck ! *crosses almost any finger he can at the moment ... itshard to tyep neow*

[Wolflord]

Good luck with your plants!! Unfortunately everyone in my house is too damn lazy for any sort of garden to be a success.

[Ladywriter]

I got 2 seeds that have sprouted aleady! I'm so excited ^_^

[Godgrave]

How long before they grow their proper size ? ^_^

[Ladywriter]

well, it will still be several weeks (I'm thinking May) before I put them in the ground outside in the garden. I still have to finish digging out one huge new bed where several new plants are going to go. Can't do that 'till about mid to end of April. The soil here is really rich (cemetarys and woods all around). Hibiscus usually get about 2ft tall, but most of my plants go over and above average sizes.

[Fedic]

Does anyone help you out with the grunt work over there?

[Sledgstone]

i'll help her of course.. (unfortunately helping involves me shoveling for about 10 minutes, collapsing into an allergy attack and then landing on the dirt i was upturning, thus screwing up my shoveling work and then putting lady's back out by having her help me back to the house..) i suck. ;_;

aside from the allergy and asthma problem i think i'll be able to do more work in the garden this year. *plans to stay away from lettuce and plant more peppers*

[Fedic]

You mean to say that the woman of the house does all the physical labor outside?!

[Crimson King]

I like(d) your wild garden :happy:.

[Ladywriter]

thanks and yes, I do 99% of the grunt work myself *sigh*

[Ladywriter]

ol' man winter is going to fight me to the bitter end, prick -_-;
It's gone up to somewhere in the 40's everyday all week. The snow is almost gone except where it was real deep or doesnt get a lot of sun. I have already started raking away the covering of last falls leaves from the beds (otherwise they would ferment/mold/nasty. It's okay in a compost pile to let em do that, but some mold/fungus can hurt spring plants coming up.)
We got 3 inches of snow last nite -_-;

[Godgrave]

Man, I can imagine the agony of sweeping everything off and finding it back there, raised a few more levels, the next morning. I've never seen/felt snow and have always loved it, no matter not. My opinion's changing though *shakes head*

[Ladywriter]

I knew itwas time to get bizy in the garden.... This guy showed up in my yard and started his "It has begun!" bit
http://members.rott.chello.nl/gpetiet/r-mc03.jpg ^_^;

the rakeing has begun!
the digging has begun! I got the arch up yesterday :happy:
the weeding has begun! weeds are outta control in some beds already, damn things -_-;
plant growing has begun! Iris, lily, tulip, alium, crocus, daffadil etc are all poppin out of the ground. The lemon balm and hollyhock all have signs of new growth and it looks like some herbs actually survived the winter :wtf:

[Ladywriter]

well.. it's on. and I didn't even have time for a full on Blitz season. I already gotta sunburn and pulled a muscle or a tendon or some shit in my wrist. most of the new huge bed is ready for planting. it's gonna be one big muthafuckin flower bed. I have about 1/3 of it left to dig out and just a little fairly ez weeding. I have weeding to do in all the other beds too except for the clematis. Wufei (the giant goldfish we had that finally died last fall) is burried in a spot I need to weed, but I dun wanna accidently unearth his remains (ewwwwwwwwwwww) I think I burried him deep enough tho. He was a huge fish so I burried him at baby tree depth and I dont have to go that deep to get the roots of the weeds.

I had tubers that were already producing plants while they were still in plastic bags. 4 plants had to go in the ground already so I have them covered w/ old aquariums cuz we're still getting 30 degree nights this week. -_-;
We put in a lil baby pussywillow tree bout 2 ft tall, and the autum gold blackberry.

[wolfos3d]

Good luck on your garden! Make sure you let us in on the finished result.

[Godgrave]

Maybe your fish, could haunt the badgers and whatevers that eat your plants/roots/stuff too ...
Heh, on a serious note, good news Lady. You know, you should click a snap or two ("Before" like) and then when you're done, click the finished product with all the plants growing, having ammassed your garden ^_^

[Kiteoto]

O.O I think I saw a gorilla back in there...

[wolfos3d]

O.O I think I saw a gorilla back in there...

You might have! Hope not though.

[Ladywriter]

No gorillas, but we get big mosquitoes and I've seen a few of them. The new part of the garden is dug out, edged and 99.8% weed free. I've been weeding and edging the old beds.
What went in this week:
Hydranga, Butterfly Bush, red/orange marigold(6), morning glory, gerber daisy(2), blue lobelia (12),Morgan Flowers(2), Pink Snapdragon (6), Rosemary(2), Concord Grape(2).

[Sabe]

Oooh! Be sure to post shots of everything when it comes into full bloom! Especially the Snapdragons!

[wolfos3d]

You better post pics as Sabe said! I want to see as well.

[Ladywriter]

what went in ...
yellow callendula, red carnation, somethin else that flowers red that I cant remember off the top of my head ^_^; sweet potato vine, ivy, sunflowers, hollyhock, sledgers planted peppers and more hens n chicks

I think I'm forgeting something...

[slippers]

my next door neighbors found sorta big snake hiding in their backyard on rainy day.

[Ladywriter]

The kids hid a garden snake in Morgan's room -_-;

I made them let it go -_-;

[slippers]

X'D

[Godgrave]

What brutal kids ^_^ ... I'm terrified by them snakes, lizards even X'D

[CabbitGirl]

wow....lots and lots of work.....i want to re-start the vegetable garden that me and my mom used to plant, weed, and take care of around 3 years ago. maybe ill go out and buy the seeds myself, plant some, and then my mom wil help with the weeding =^.^= (thats all i usually helped with)

it looks great, and yes, take piccus! hehe obviously we all want to see :happy:

[Sledgstone]

we worked most of yesterday in the garden.. lady mowed the entire lawn (tractor is fixed, yay!) and we planted some more plants. :happy: a rubarb, cherry tomato, vinca, ferns, mandrake, foxglove and we got a little fuschia. ^_^

attached is a pic of the fuschia flowers.

[Godgrave]

Wow, they look awesome and clean !

[Ladywriter]

I have alotta yellow iris in bloom. I'll take a pic tomorrow.
2 bags of mulch didn't go very far today. I'll need 6ish more for the new bed.
I stuck some spirament in today too.


...
I'm so tired

[Godgrave]

Man, how long does it generally take to do the garden everyday 0_o

[Ladywriter]

since the weather has finally been decent I head out around 11ish am and I generally stay out there untill 5 or 6 pm. I try to take a few 10 minute breaks to get something to drink cuz I get headaches from dehydration.
I'll guess it will be another 2 weeks before its weeded, edged and mulched to my satisfaction. Once its "done" I'll be able to sit out there and chill... and maybe plan where the next new bed will go :p
I'm going to try my hardest not to start anymore new beds this season. I've already more then doubled the size of the garden from last year. It's a great deal of grunt work- I dig down at least 6 inches to get all the grass root, my wheelbarrow sux ass and hauling dirt in that pig is tuff and exausting. By the time I'm done edging I think I will have had my fill of hauling dirt for the season -_-;
I'm pretty aggrivated. I'm haveing difficultu finding yellow snapdragons, lavender, heather, and wisteria -_-;

[Ladywriter]

VICTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yesterday Tree and I found yellow snapdragon ^_^;

[Godgrave]

Haha, awesome ! By the way, that's plenty of work, very hardwork !!!! And eerrrr, what's your remedy for all the creepy crawlies that come with the garden ^_^ (is uber scared of creepy crawlies)

[Ladywriter]

there aren't too many bugs, mostly when I'm digging its ants, spiders and various larva (eww, I know... sick) The spiders get outta the way and if the larva is in the way I just flick it with the edge of the trowel. I fuckin hate the ants tho, alotta the bastards bite -_-; and they'll climb right under your clothes.
It took a little getting used to. the first couple times I grabbed a worm or grub (or half of one if I disected the thing with the shovel) I was kinda grossed out ^_^;
I went and got another 1oo+ feet of garden hose today so I can have water out on the garden rather than 80 trips back and forth with my lil watering can.

[Ladywriter]

one of the clematis has started to bloom
http://sigs.ancientclan.net/data/media/20/clematis.jpg

iris in the bed still being worked in
http://sigs.ancientclan.net/data/media/20/iris2.jpg

yellow iris taking over
http://sigs.ancientclan.net/data/media/20/iris.jpg

more later ...

[Sabe]

Wow...O_o my garden couldn't look this good in a million years...That's great!!!

[wolfos3d]

I agree with Sabe. Great job! Our garden is a mess atm.

[Honeybee]

*parade/victory music* YAAAAAA!!!

[Godgrave]

there aren't too many bugs, mostly when I'm digging its ants, spiders and various larva (eww, I know... sick) The spiders get outta the way and if the larva is in the way I just flick it with the edge of the trowel. I fuckin hate the ants tho, alotta the bastards bite -_-; and they'll climb right under your clothes.
It took a little getting used to. the first couple times I grabbed a worm or grub (or half of one if I disected the thing with the shovel) I was kinda grossed out ^_^;
I went and got another 1oo+ feet of garden hose today so I can have water out on the garden rather than 80 trips back and forth with my lil watering can.
Ohh man ... that's tchoo much work ^_^:. But, I'm sure you must be pretty insect friendly now, AND you can practice for Fear Factor using your very own garden ^_^. Variety galore *gets kicked by Lady*

Those flowers are divine. Simply awesome :clap:

[Sledgstone]

those clematis flowers are quite transparent and very pretty. oh, and so many irises. :happy:

i'm going to weed my peppers this weekend and maybe mulch them. then i'll post a patheic picture of my little patch. :p

[Godgrave]

Is there like anything you cannot plant in a garden ... in the context of this - My mom once told me when I was a kid that if we planted chillies in a garden, it's believed to bring alongwith it a lot of fighting in the family. So I was just wondering ... do you guys believe that sorta stuff :meh:.

[Sledgstone]

the only things we won't plant in the garden is stuff not suitable for the area, like orange trees. but now that you said that, i don't think i'll plant any chillies. :p

[Godgrave]

Why're Orange trees bad ^_^ ? Do they bring along a lot of insects/kill plants in their immediate vicinty ?

[Ladywriter]

different plants thrive in different zones.
http://www.blossomswap.com/zone.html
Orange trees need a warmer climate then what we have up here in NY
My perennials have to be able to tolerate cold temps, way below freezing. We had temps this past winter that fell to 20 below zero. -_-;

[Godgrave]

Ohhh that's the reason. But whatever you do, you should SHOULD have a Time Tree (if I remember correct from Inu Yasha ... that's what she had in the present I guess *knocks on his forehead to remember*) somewhere in your garden. It'll also be your very own personal love corner too ^_^ heh, that'd rock.

[Fedic]

very pretty flowers! :)

[Sledgstone]

i posted pics of my peppers in the photo album! :p

http://forums.ancientclan.com/showthread.php?t=2378

links to pepper pics:

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[Honeybee]

aww i cant get in!

[Sledgstone]

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[Honeybee]

....umm how do i do that??

[Sledgstone]

i have to take more pics! O_O two of my hens & chicks are going to flower!!! :D

and my peppers are as big as my thumb. :p

[Ladywriter]

the poppys are beautiful. the moss rose is getting huge. I've added a couple more plants; another lavender my 2 are doing so awsome. I'll get pics.

[Godgrave]

I see a garden competition brewing between the both of ya ! X'D

[Ladywriter]

Keh! hes just lucky i let him have plants out there. Its not like he did any of the work to make the beds or weed or....
*sigh*

[Aroura]

So basically they are your's becuase you planted them, weed them, water them, fertilize them, ect. You just let him say they're his?

[Ladywriter]

he actually did the planting... thats about it ^_^;

[Aroura]

Ah hehe. Better than nothing I supose n.n;;

[Ladywriter]

ok here we go. I posted pics of the begining so here's the end :p

Walking out to the garden yesterday
http://www.ancientclan.com/gallery/data/media/79/walkingout.jpg

The gardeners entrance.
http://www.ancientclan.com/gallery/data/media/79/gardenersentrance.jpg
As you can see the Rubarb got huge. so did the yellow icecycle snapdragons and the brown eye susan did excellent. The pussywillow tree is doing very well too.

http://www.ancientclan.com/gallery/data/media/79/CLanterns.jpg
It was a rock garden in the spring, to the left of the gardeners entrance. I moved 3 chineese lantern plants out there and they did awsome. You can also see the andromeda and more snappers

the "new bed"
http://www.ancientclan.com/gallery/data/media/79/sidelong.jpg
I started this bed this spring. The butterfly bush was a twig when I planted it :p

s/w side of the whale
http://www.ancientclan.com/gallery/data/media/79/pepperbed1.jpg
the nastursium took over everything

[Ladywriter]

I didn't forget the bed from last year
http://www.ancientclan.com/gallery/data/media/79/oldbed.jpg

Sledgers in the garden :p
http://www.ancientclan.com/gallery/data/media/79/sw.jpg

I think my camera is dieing

[Godgrave]

The garden looks so lovely ... it's the perfect spot to just sit down in the mornings and/or to just be with yourself, some place quiet ^_^ ... great job Lady ! Say, that looks like a Sledge plushie ^_^ *waves out to Sledge*

[Ladywriter]

Before
http://www.ancientclan.com/gallery/data/media/79/ggat.jpg

After

http://www.ancientclan.com/gallery/data/media/79/pepperbed1.jpg

[Godgrave]

That's so much better looking now ... more alive and a healthier green ne ? Say, what's the plant with the red huge flowers ? Have any christmas tree in the backyard (looks at the outlining tall trees) ... those trees are so big n tall 0_o

[CabbitGirl]

wow. looks good =^_^= *gives lady cookies* youre a really good gardener

*pokes sledg in the piccy* hehe

[Sledgstone]

so many G plants in those pics. i'll never remember all their names. x_x

sledge plushies are on sale! only $19.99. ^_^

Fine Print:
(sledge plushie might look like inuyasha plushie with hair cut off, tetsusagia not included)

[Aroura]

Hehe, no one can say Lady doesn't have a green thumb n.n

[Godgrave]

sledge plushies are on sale! only $19.99. ^_^

Fine Print:
(sledge plushie might look like inuyasha plushie with hair cut off, tetsusagia not included)
Sheesh that's steep .... Would there also be product add-ons / upgrades to the plushie ? Like Superman-mode, or Conan-mode, or even David Hasselhoff-mode, etc etc ?

[Ladywriter]

What a fuckarow. -_-;
Due to bad weather and being sick I just got the dahlia tubers out of the ground. I lost one completely that was dug up but left out when I was sick. The workbench in the basment is now covered with dalhia clumps drying up on recycled wrapping paper. I'll let em dry up for about 4 days before I knock the rest of the dirt off clean em up divide em up and store em. Just slightly screwed when it comes to knowing what's what. I didnt mark any of em but the yellow for color/type. ^_^: Oh well, next year it will just be a suprise neh? :p
I keep on lookin at that workbench and I can picture grow lights and plants hangin out down there. ^_^; I think I'll start a little grow spot end of January. I have some geranium, some of the icecicle yellow snappers, and that bitch Yunalesca wintering in the house. They're okay in their mostly southern exposed windows for now, but light sux in the winter and in a few they'll need better light to grow well. I can start seeds in Feb and have a shit load of seedlings for the garden in spring.

[Godgrave]

It must be combursome planting and catering to different sets of plants for different seasons. In 2 days I'll be doing some planting of my own at my cottage's so-called garden. So-called I say because my care-taker kills everything and there's nothing left behind to call a garden per say, bloooody. Have you ever used fertilizers ?

[CabbitGirl]

you have a basement Lady???? wow.... i was oblivious..... hmm.. well, your garden is still awesome the way it is =^_^= hehe i deffinately couldnt do that, im way too lazy ^^; but it looks amazing still.

ditto play in the yard at all while you were out?

[Ladywriter]

Double G, how exactly is the creataker murdering the garden? Is he putting chemicals on it, digging it up, never watering What???
different plants can survive different tortures :p Some plants (thyme and some moss) dont mind being walked on.
How much sun does the spot get? full sun, partial sun, shade or deep shade are all things to know when picking out plants.
What's the temp and water situation? Does it get very hot and dry for extended periods of time? What is the low temp you get in winter?

If its hard to keep plants alive in your bed, you can try a different style of garden. Asian gardens can have fewer plants, more stones, and the plants can be shrubs bushes or trees that you bansi yourself. Stuff that will take a beating ya know :p
When I settle in a new house one of the exits to the house will lead to a Hill and Pond style asian garden. I dont want a huge water feature so I will use gravel to serve as the dry(river) bed. The water aspect will come from a Shishi Odoshi, I like the rythmic *donk* I already know which plants are going in there too. I have 2 Andromeda that are already being bansi-ed that will sit in front of the mountain. I have a pussywillow tree and I want a weeping (Higan) cherry tree for the space too. Not a lot of flowers or too many colors. google Japanese Garden and have a look.
It's country/english gardens that you find flowering plants growing together in clusters and rows.




you have a basement Lady???? wow.... i was oblivious..... The door right across from where you walk into the house :look:
I have it cleverly disguised with pics the kids made me in art when they were lil X'D

[CabbitGirl]

hahahaha i thought that was a pantry ^^;

[Ladywriter]

this is cool
http://www.myk.dis.titech.ac.jp/html/images/image006.jpg
'The stone garden Ryoanji temple in Kyoto is a famous example. There are 15 stones in this garden, however you can never see all stones at the same time (Fig.2). Some stones are always hidden by other stones. This is a kind of active incompleteness. So if you want to get a whole image of the garden, you have to walk around in the garden as part of the garden. Then you will be able to co-create the whole image including you as part of the garden. This is the design principle of the co-creation system that is based on active incompleteness and embodiment.'
http://www.pinus.pl/images/big/24.jpg

Look at this place, I'd love it in my yard.
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid4/japan0902/himeji/gardens/kokoen/garden_with_hill_and_pond/panoramas/index1.html
(http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid4/japan0902/himeji/gardens/kokoen/garden_with_hill_and_pond/panoramas/IMGP2673.JPG&imgrefurl=http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid4/japan0902/himeji/gardens/kokoen/garden_with_hill_and_pond/panoramas/index1.html&h=2240&w=1680&sz=1297&tbnid=Kf67RwTnnOcJ:&tbnh=150&tbnw=112&hl=en&start=26&prev=/images%3Fq%3DHill%2Band%2Bpond%2BGarden%26start%3D 20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26client%3Dfiref ox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN)

[Sledgstone]

you have a basement Lady????

Eppy said it smells like grandparents. :p

[Ladywriter]

http://www.usna.usda.gov/Hardzone/hrdzon3.html
Plant Hardiness Zone map etc.

I found this too Double G http://www.seasonsindia.com/lifestyle/gardening_sea.htm
I'm lookin for ya man :p
http://www.webindia123.com/garden/types.htm

[Godgrave]

Aaaaaaa thanks :hug: I checked those out and they're pretty informative ^_^. If only the soil was much better for these sorta plants to adapt plus the weather's monstrous x_x ... I don't see our climate-type in any of those zones. I'll share these with mum. Merci ^_^

[Ladywriter]

It's a little too soon for plant things so I've started reworking the flagstone walkway. The stones have heaved over the years and it's been time to resettle them in for a while now. Quite a work out for the thighs n arms -_-;

[Aroura]

Careful about your back... That would suck to be out of commission again.

[Wolflord]

This topic is going on 2 years now @_@_@

[Ladywriter]

trust, I'm being careful >.< no going thru that shits again.
yeppers this thread is teh old. Its nice to go back in the dead of winter and look at garden pics :) This thread is sort of my garden's journal :p

[Godgrave]

Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow my camera role will go to the studio for processing and I'll post pictures of the garden at my cottage ^_^ ... I was surprised when I visited 2 weeks ago and you'll know why very soon.

[Sledgstone]

sweet!

oh, and we have seedlings growing! :happy: a couple of my tomato plants and some of lady's lupine are already sprouting up! :happy:

[Ladywriter]

and now we are covered in 4 inches of snow -_-;

[Godgrave]

Here's a peak into my rocky deserted garden at the hillstation ... ^_^'

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/Chhoga/Phool.jpg
Couple of 'flocks' (purple flower plants) and there's supposed to be a lily somewhere ... *looks for it .... :( goddamn*

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/Chhoga/Linedup.jpg
All flocks and random flower plants lined up, there's one Gladioli plant at the far left of the line. That's a rose plant in the basket - lower right.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/Chhoga/Kaizer.jpg
Poor ol Kaizer's grave (my earlier dog - dalmation by breed), but it's always covered with these tiny white flowery plants ^_^

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/Chhoga/Whiterose.jpg
Yaaay finally atleast one blossomed white rose X'D ... I dunno how my caretaker managed that. To the immediate left of the rose, one step back is a shoeflower plant and right next to it is a rasberry / mulberry plant. He's gonna kill them soon, so I had to take pictures >_> ...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/Chhoga/Thumbsup.jpg
That's me (with my eyes closed as always \m/) beside a 'Marigold' flower bed that I planted myself ^_^ ... it took an hour when I went there a few months back and was surprised to see them alive even ^_^ ... in the background is my aunt's cottage with her garden.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/Chhoga/Noroad.jpg
Now that was supposed to be a road ! The monsoon this year was really nasty and about 15 meters of the road alongwith the tar and soil sorta got washed away ... ofcourse part reason could also be the increase of hotels in the area resulting in cutting of loads of tree land, amounting to things like this. The drop is around 50 - 60 feet ...

[Ladywriter]

whoa O_O the road looks hella scary! A lotta sand and clay ne?
the phlox :p are very pretty . marigold are unappealing to most wildlife too. Deer wont eat em. Generally I plant marigold or mint near plants that deer and other critters might want to snack on.
A lot of roses (most actually) need a good hacking down before growing season gets going. they're one of those plants that wont grow new green on old wood.
there seems to be quite the mix of sun and shade in your garden. you can probably get away with growing stuff that is more sensitive to hot afternoon sunlight.
were you thinking of reworking the beds so that there is a variety of different stuff in each one? each individual bed can be designed to be its own lil ecosystem. Plants that complement each others growing conditions (like how acidic the soil is, how much sun) difference in color and leaf texture give each bed it's own unique look ;)
I grow lavender and mini roses together. I also put some mint, sage, yarrow (yarrow strengthens the herbs it grows with. makes em more potent) and a couple other herbs (Irises for spring) in the bed together.
I'll get some pics of the disaster and show ya :p

[Sledgstone]

awesome plants! i love the rose! ^_^ have you tried planting sunflowers before? oh, I bet you could grow mammoth ones uber huge.

[Godgrave]

whoa O_O the road looks hella scary! A lotta sand and clay ne?
Heh, NO ! The red mud you see is the mountain itself ^_^. The soil is rich in iron, which explains the coloration. f you look at the mountain from a distance, you see a thin line ... and part of that line is what we see in the pic x_x
the phlox :p are very pretty . marigold are unappealing to most wildlife too. Deer wont eat em. Generally I plant marigold or mint near plants that deer and other critters might want to snack on.
A lot of roses (most actually) need a good hacking down before growing season gets going. they're one of those plants that wont grow new green on old wood.
Hacking up n stuff, hey, I remember studying it in college and you could even cross-breed (I'm sure it's called something else ... *thinks*) em, but only if my caretaker could not touch them and make them survive :p ... I've really wanted to try cross-breeding and creating hybrids ^_^ ... you've tried it Lady, Sledge ?
there seems to be quite the mix of sun and shade in your garden. you can probably get away with growing stuff that is more sensitive to hot afternoon sunlight. Any recommendations ? Hmmm Sledge's suggestion of growing sunflowers rings a bell. Actually, they're well suited for the climate and yeah, I'll try it the next time I visit.
were you thinking of reworking the beds so that there is a variety of different stuff in each one? each individual bed can be designed to be its own lil ecosystem. Plants that complement each others growing conditions (like how acidic the soil is, how much sun) difference in color and leaf texture give each bed it's own unique look ;)
I grow lavender and mini roses together. I also put some mint, sage, yarrow (yarrow strengthens the herbs it grows with. makes em more potent) and a couple other herbs (Irises for spring) in the bed together.
I'll get some pics of the disaster and show ya :pYou're a pro :happy: ! I could rework the beds, but there're less chances of it to survive if I'm not around because the caretaker will kill em all >_<. And, that's good advice .. how'd I know the acidity of the soil ?

Can't wait for your garden's new pics .... disaster my ass !

[Ladywriter]

okay then ... :p
What you want is some hearty perennials, something even the caretaker would have difficulty killing ^_^;

Coneflower Echinacea spp. These come in a variety of colors, purple being most widly used in gardens. I have purple and white. They will tolerate full sun or part shade.
Black eyed Susan Rudbedkia
Butterfly Bush Buddleia Mine is purple.

Lupine like shade, but not deep shade. (Deep shade never gets direct sunlight) The same applies to lilys.
Vinca aka Periwinkle aka myrtle will grow in shade to deep shade.
Most Hosta and Ferns also prefer to be out of the sun espically in the afternoon. And never underestimate the power of moss! Moss is soo cool I've already started collecting some for my shade patch :p

Do a google search for low maintenance, perennials and see what you like.
Start with the tallest plants or the spring bloomers in the center and work out filling to the edge with low growing plants.

I'll look up some more later.

[Aroura]

Maybe some flowering bushes or trees. You might try some lavander in the sunny areas, they seem to be pretty hard to kill.

[Sledgstone]

Hacking up n stuff, hey, I remember studying it in college and you could even cross-breed (I'm sure it's called something else ... *thinks*) em, but only if my caretaker could not touch them and make them survive :p ... I've really wanted to try cross-breeding and creating hybrids ^_^ ... you've tried it Lady, Sledge ?

We've never cross breeded anything, I'd love trying it tho. Oh, our bearded iris's cross pollinated tho. One year they were all yellow and then the next they were all half purple/half yellow. crazyness. o_o

[Ladywriter]

yep and it likes to be planted with roses and sage ;)

[Godgrave]

I'm sorta hoping the mulberry/rasberry plant grows well so I can make some jam out of it ^_^ ... it'll be my first so I'm really excited !

Hmmm I'll try and look out for those reccomends Lady, but first I'll have to find their equivalent local names so they understand what I ask for since most of these vendors may not even speak in English :p ... once I order my print cartridge maybe I can take a printout and show it instead ^_^. Thanks !!! I'll google it ...

[totoro]

Its like attack of the flowers! very preety though :)

[Godgrave]

Last weekend I'ad visited my cottage yet again, this time it'as to close up the place right before the monsoon caught up to us because it gets realllly nasty and it's one of thie highest rainfall regions in the country. So we have to plastic wrap everything from our furniture to the beds and the windows and what not, tedious. We'll have to go back in September to open up the place but here's an update on the 'garden on rocks' ...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/Chhoga/Image003-1.jpg
Full Bloom !

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/Chhoga/Image005-1.jpg
That's a shot of my wall of red leaf plants and the white+red flower combo, they've bloomed this time around. Hey, catch some of the fog at the top of the snap !

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/Chhoga/Image027.jpg
If you're ever lost in the forest or kicked outta the house, there should always be some backup ! My very own mulberry plant with 2 mulberries ! Food, ninja style. I hope it doesn't get washed out this monsoon and survives ^_^' ... the pic may not be very clear because of the zoom.

[Godgrave]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/Chhoga/Image005-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/Chhoga/Image027.jpg
I hope it doesn't get washed out this monsoon and survives ^_^' ... the pic may not be very clear because of the zoom.^ These're BEFORE shots and now I'm posting AFTER shots.

Visited the cottage this weekend amidst the heavy rains and found this :(

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/Chhoga/Mypoorplants1.jpg Exact place as the first pic in the 'quote'.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/Chhoga/Berrytreenaked.jpgAll that's left of my poor berry plant.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/Chhoga/Mypoorplants2.jpgMy bushes *sob*

Sorry bout the clarity, the shots were all taken on my cellphone. I was heartbroken, and a good 8 grand down the drain ...

[Ladywriter]

damn!
I'll have to get pics of my wild garden -_- Black eyed susan, sweet pea, spirament and chineese lantern took over everything

[CabbitGirl]

aww GG! those rains really did a number, ne? oof..

[Godgrave]

You bet CG *cries all over her feet*, but the only solace I found was in knowing that nature did that to my plants rather than my caretaker killing them >_>'

Lady, can't wait to see your garden now ...

[Ladywriter]

went out for a walk and took the camera.

Looking back at the house; man I love my big trees
http://www.ancientclan.com/gallery/data/media/79/view_on_walk.jpg

the woods are heavily overgrown. Gotta walk the deer paths
http://www.ancientclan.com/gallery/data/media/79/walkingwoods.jpg

the elephant ears got huge
http://www.ancientclan.com/gallery/data/media/79/elears.jpg

cosmos
http://www.ancientclan.com/gallery/data/media/79/cosmos.jpg

sunflower
http://www.ancientclan.com/gallery/data/media/79/sunflower.jpg

the sky was so beautiful today
http://www.ancientclan.com/gallery/data/media/79/clouds2.jpg

and my muttly
http://www.ancientclan.com/gallery/data/media/79/mutt.jpg

[Moon Doggie]

I have a garden at my grandma's house (her back yard is in the woods). Mainly I just have plants around my house. Nothing speacial alot of red, pink, white, and a little purple here and there to give my little brick house some color.

[CabbitGirl]

lady, your pictures are beautiful =^_^= aww mike in his sling *pet pet* your pictures look like they could be on post cards or something ^^

[Godgrave]

GREAT shots o_0 ... you should try out at photography Lady. Love the house picture (you must've walked quite a bit for that one), and the dog looks gorgeous !

[Ladywriter]

the camera takes great pics.
I didnt have to walk too far. just past the edge of the back yard :p