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| ~ Low Maintenance ~ Garden rooms ~ Mystery ~ Puppy proof vege garden ~ Decrease the amount of grass ~ Seating areas ~ Re-use onsite materials |
~ Extended Flower bed that has height and winter interest
~ Re-using the round concrete pavers to create a seating area under the apple tree. ~ Hide the unsitely compost pile ~ Built in bench seating for deck. ~ Create some mystery by adding taller plantings / structures towards house to hide some of the garden. | |
| Expanded Flower Bed | Solution - COMPLETE | |
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To view progress Expanding the Flower Garden Gallery
The current flower bed is a jumble of perennials that have been added without a plan. There is no winter interest, with most of the plants dying back to the ground around November. There is little variance in height either. |
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Expand the flower bed by half again to make room for foundation plants. Completed 2007
A flowering crabapple will give height. Another height feature will be a large Maiden grass. Evergreens such as Dwarf Alberta spruce, yellow junipers, and dwarf blue spruce will give winter interest, as well as the grasses. For fall interest a viburnum and possibly some mums. Flowers currently in the bed will be moved around, such as the daylillies, salvia, catmint, dianthus, blue flax. |
| Puppy Proof Vege Garden | Solution | |
| Our old solution to keeping the Dukus from eating all our tomatos was a chicken wire fence surrounding the garden. Although it did its job, it was mighty ugly. | A 4' wood fence surrounding an expanded vegetable garden. We added an additional 5' onto the width of the garden, and began setting posts for the new fence. |
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| Additional Seating Area | Solution | |
| I have counted 115 of the small round pavers that are strewn throughout the pea-gravel walkway. These pavers have some use but will be better used as the foundation for a patio under the apple and pine tree in the north section of the yard. |  |
9'L x 9'W paver patio. Approx half the pavers will be stained a darker color to allow for the pattern seen in the pic. Will use the additional pea gravel pulled from in front of flower bed, as a base for the pavers. Then will use a concrete sand to fill in around the pavers. . |
| Pretty up the Compost
The size of the compost bin is much larger than it need be, and is situated in a very visable area.
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Solution
Create a new bin using shorter, green chicken wire. The wire is only 2' tall, so can be masked by plants planted in front. I will create two bins, one for the compost, and the other for dry fuel.
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| Current Work
Cleared additional ground for flower bed.
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