Sounds like you had a fantastic time! I meant to post to your other post about gardening. I have the most amazing flower gardens here at my house. I have one huge flower garden in front of my house and then beautiful shade gardens closer to the house with big Hostas and Rhododendroms. Then there is a wild flower garden that is sadly neglected. I enjoy it, but am not very good about it. Hopefully this summer I will have more time with Balir and Cameron able to play with one another and leave me alone! My first summer here I was pregnant, then last summer I had an infant. So THIS year, I'm determined to brave the buugs and take care of it. Unless you want to come and do it for me? That's what I normally do. I whine to one of my MIL's who love gardening and they come and weed for me. Hee
Hostas!!!!! I have been pondering hostas for around the base of my fir and cedar trees (get it, *Cedar*ah??? LOL) for that woodsy garden look. Any varieties you particularly like? Do you have to give them any winter protection?
I hear ya on the neglected garden. I had these fantasies that I'd put the baby in her Moses basket next to me and garden away . . . Nope, never happened. Once she let me put her in her exersaucer long enough to plant a couple of pots, but that was it! Your MIL must be a very cool person to come over and weed for you! Wow!
No winter protection is needed. (we just tent the rhododendroms) Basically the leaves die in the fall and then in the spring completely new shoots come up. They are almost alien-like when they start coming out of the ground. The first year I had no clue what they were when they were coming up. They're wild looking! I like the varigated ones the best. they are so pretty. I have a combination of both kinds. (If there are more than those I don't know then!) Oh yeah, we also have lots of astilbes in the shade garden too and those are pretty.
I think my two most favorite flowers I have in my garden are the creeping phlox and the 8 shades of day lillies. Sooo pretty.
it's always so exciting to look at your friends list and see someone you know has added you! hi! and what's so weird is i was lying in bed nursing ben and thinking, i should post about potted plants to see if anyone has any idea as to what are the best flowers/herbs/veges/fruits to grow in pots (yay apartment living, not)- and then your last 2 posts are all gardening! very cool. any ideas?
And it is equally exciting to find people you recognize from hM on other's comment pages! I feel like I'm finding treasures everywhere I go!
Thanks for adding me!
As for plants in pots (that was my only gardening outlet in my apartment and even my little house because of the septic situation), you can do quite a lot in them. What part of the country are you in? What sun exposure do you have?
Sounds like you had fun!starklFebruary 24 2003, 20:19:15 UTC
That's great! Now I know who to come to to figure out how in the hell I'm going to get around the insane water restrictions so that my yard doesn't look like a mud pit.
Re: Sounds like you had fun!starklFebruary 25 2003, 17:14:23 UTC
We under drought restrictions, we're only allowed to water trees and shrubs, and that has to be done via drip irrigation or handwatering...no sprinklers. My house is a new renovation, so I guess the yard got totally torn up by that because there's no real grass. Soooo, we're trying to figure out how we'll make the yard look somewhat decent if we're even able to plant anything. I just don't want to look at a big dirt square all summer long!
Re: Sounds like you had fun!cedarahFebruary 26 2003, 00:14:29 UTC
I grew up in Southern California and there are some realllllly cool, drought tolerant plants out there. They can make for a very interesting and artful landscape. There have to be some that are also tolerant of snow (you are in a cold state, right?) too. Hmmmmm . . . Maybe a zen like rock garden with drought tolerant plants in between? Or are you hoping for play space in your yard? (meaning, grass)
This is so much fun imagining everyone's different "zone" and what would grow there!
gardening already? (it's 2 below 0 here) Lucky you. And I LOVE sweet peas too, best flower on earth. Must grow some this summer - the summer that will happen at least 4 months from now in these parts! have fun!
This must mean you've returned from the tropical vacation! How was it? Did you have fun?
We typically have a fairly short growing season here too, but this year we've had this freaky warm weather! No snow at all at my house, and we usually get at least a little bit. The garden show is usually way ahead of the growing season, but I think we'll actually be planting here very soon.
Sweet peas make me think of my Grandma. She always grew them every Spring. And they are fairly easy to grow, so I'm excited to share the process with Isa. I think four is a good year to start in the garden, dontcha think?
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I hear ya on the neglected garden. I had these fantasies that I'd put the baby in her Moses basket next to me and garden away . . . Nope, never happened. Once she let me put her in her exersaucer long enough to plant a couple of pots, but that was it! Your MIL must be a very cool person to come over and weed for you! Wow!
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I think my two most favorite flowers I have in my garden are the creeping phlox and the 8 shades of day lillies. Sooo pretty.
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And it is equally exciting to find people you recognize from hM on other's comment pages! I feel like I'm finding treasures everywhere I go!
Thanks for adding me!
As for plants in pots (that was my only gardening outlet in my apartment and even my little house because of the septic situation), you can do quite a lot in them. What part of the country are you in? What sun exposure do you have?
Methinks we are all craving Spring!
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Sounds like we are going to have a lot of gardening mamas on LJ this year! Cool!
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This is so much fun imagining everyone's different "zone" and what would grow there!
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And I LOVE sweet peas too, best flower on earth. Must grow some this summer - the summer that will happen at least 4 months from now in these parts!
have fun!
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We typically have a fairly short growing season here too, but this year we've had this freaky warm weather! No snow at all at my house, and we usually get at least a little bit. The garden show is usually way ahead of the growing season, but I think we'll actually be planting here very soon.
Sweet peas make me think of my Grandma. She always grew them every Spring. And they are fairly easy to grow, so I'm excited to share the process with Isa. I think four is a good year to start in the garden, dontcha think?
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