Planting a flower bed with leftovers, or, “Happy wife, happy life” She said, “I want my yard to look like a landscaper lives here.” I replied, “It does look like a landscaper lives here. Remember the cobbler’s shoes.” I plant a lot of flowers every spring. Actually, I plant a lot of truckloads of flowers [...]
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Planting a flower bed with leftovers, or, “Happy wife, happy life”
Posted in garden techniques, plant and garden how to, renovating an overgrown landscape, Uncategorized, tagged calla lily, compost, coon dog, dragon wing begonias, happy wife, planting a flower bed, pruning straggly flower plants, syphonex, time release fertilizer on June 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »
An over the top vegetable garden sprinkler and a Father’s Day present
Posted in garden techniques, irrigation in the landscape garden, tagged Orbit gear drive sprinkler head, sprinkler with pvc pipe and Orbit gear drive sprinkler head, Too many heads on sprinkler system, vegetable garden irrigation, vegetable garden sprinkler on June 19, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Over the top vegetable garden irrigation—A well received Father’s Day present. The garden got planted late this year-probably because of the preparations for the wedding at the farm on May 14. About a month prior to that date, though, in a conversation with The Gentleman Farmer, Bob Hicks, who would soon be my father [...]
Foundation planting with containers creates “a changeable garden”
Posted in garden techniques, landscape design, tagged containers in the foundation planting, dragon wing begonia, impatiens and autumn ferns, landscape design with containers, pruning for shape, topiary in containers on June 12, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Foundation planting with containers-a “changeable garden” Today’s article is about what I call a “Barbie Doll Garden.” Here’s the story: One of my favorite clients for a number of years is very easy to please as long as she gets exactly what she wants. The problem is that I sometimes have to get really creative [...]
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