betsyb I saw the pic and it sure looks nice to me? I have cantelopes up the kazoo!
I never grew them before and I think I may have to drop several on eaxh
porch in this development! 6 lousy plants and I have a dozen starting to
round out already. If all the flowers make on I am literally screwed! I
stopped all the neighbors and asked them to take all but two they see? I
don't like them but wanted to see them grow!
Maybe next year I will mess with gourds and pumpkins.

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Betsy
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I've posted a picture on alt.binaries.pictures.gardens of the new hosta
border around the black cherry shade garden. Other than top dressing the
spaces, securing the bricks with rebar and maybe locating some more bricks
to level the raised edges, and watering, I hope this endeavor will wow me
as much as the young plants are wowing me right now. Names like
'Scooter', 'Gold Standard', 'Orange Marmalade', 'Paradise Joyce' (I had to
have HER, the woman who lived in this house's name was Joyce)'Kathryn
Lewis', (my mom's name is Catherine)'Inniswood', 'Revolution', 'Stained
Glass' I planted ferns around the eastern edge.....picture of those
tomorrow. Slowly getting back to the ol' madgardener, been distracted by
the males in my family too much. the fairies are all ticked off at
me.............
maddie, up on the ridge, back in Fairy Holler, overlooking English
Mountain in Eastern Tennessee, zone 7, Sunset zone 36

maddy that looks wonderful i love your choice of hostas. i just got a number of the stainglass ones myself i just love them and hope to make a new garden on the north wall of our house this year .
i am also wanting to create a new bed under a tree i have raised from small--its at least 15 feet or more tall now--also i would love to create one under our apple tree. i guess im a little afraid to try it because of hearing about not changing soil levels on trees and a lot of other things .
can u tell me how u did your bed other than putting the earth right on top of the ground and creating from there. like did u take out any grass and if so did u dig down around the top roots of the tree at all?
any info u can give me or anyone else here can give me on doing this would be greatly appreciated. thanks everyone. cyaaaa, sockiescat.