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What ya planting?
Maybe you two could post some photos of your front yards...I'm having
difficulty picturing one without a lawn...except in Pinehurst where there are neighborhoods full of pine needle yards. -- Lance "Beth Peace" wrote in message link.net... MAC wrote: did i mention that i'm TOTALLY eliminating my front lawn? Good for you! We're trying to do the same, covering it with raised beds and perennials instead. They look a lot better, and since it doesn't face the road the neighbors can't complain. Would neighbors actually complain? We've ~almost~ eliminated the lawn (just a patch left to go) and we've had nothing but compliments from neighbors (one's copying our stone wall and another's doing some significant additions to beds as well). Who needs grass anyway. |
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It's a wonderful image... I just started on mine this year, with plans to
completely eradicate grass. So far I really mainly had daffodils, with some compliments from neighbors -- although one said, "you planted them right in the middle of your yard?" I have some perennial seeds and am working on groundcover that I can walk on so it's not all big plants. That one is slow, though... it's too expensive to do it all at once, and I have a huge list of desirable covers. Arwen On Wed, 9 Apr 2003, Lance R. wrote: Maybe you two could post some photos of your front yards...I'm having difficulty picturing one without a lawn...except in Pinehurst where there are neighborhoods full of pine needle yards. -- Lance "Beth Peace" wrote in message link.net... MAC wrote: did i mention that i'm TOTALLY eliminating my front lawn? Good for you! We're trying to do the same, covering it with raised beds and perennials instead. They look a lot better, and since it doesn't face the road the neighbors can't complain. Would neighbors actually complain? We've ~almost~ eliminated the lawn (just a patch left to go) and we've had nothing but compliments from neighbors (one's copying our stone wall and another's doing some significant additions to beds as well). Who needs grass anyway. |
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Maybe you two could post some photos of your front yards..
wellll, i'm just getting started! i moved here a few months ago and have already planted a couple dozen heaths and heathers, dozens of daffodils, tulips, yuccas, crocus, irises, sedums, and daylilies, and will soon plant a bunch of hostas, gladioli, heucheras, ligulariums, dahlias, lilies, four o'clocks, coneflowers, marigolds, cannas, calla lilies, zinnias, snapdragons, daisies, caladiums, elephant ears, azaleas, cosmos, cleomes, nasturtiums, and whatever else i can get my little hands on! pat |
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The peas are growing nicely. Put out strings for them to climb last
weekend, and the spinach is growing like weeds. (Love fresh spinach). Teensy tomatoes Beefstake, BetterBoy and some other Parks hybrid are planted along with a few pepper plants. Getting ready to plant Edamame seeds..those are those tasty edible soybeans. Also planted cukes and muscadine grape seeds, but they have not sprouted yet. Wondering if it was too early? We expanded our natural areas almost double last year, so there's a lot less lawn mowing going on here, but more leaf mulch and pine straw spreading. Just fertilized the fragrant rose patch: Mr Lincoln, Papa Meilland and Alec's Red, and the gorgeous, but-not fragrant rose out front, Opening Night. Planting morning glory and moonflowers this weekend, and snapdragons. The big moss patch out back is doing great thanks to all the rain. Beautiful emerald green area beneath the trees and you don't have to mow it!!! Am also getting ready to transplant a bunch of white oak sprouts, man they have deep taproots.... hope some of them make it. We had a bumper crop thanks to the forgetful squirrels in the nearby woods. HAPPY SPRINGTIME. |
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We got the edamame seeds at Wellspring Grocery. First I had seen on
sale here in the Triangle. Usually buy them from suppliers on the web. They have about the same requirements as other beans, green beans for example. And yes, they sure are good. We plant the "Heavenly Blue" morning glories. No problems with that variety spreading.. at least not here. Usually plant a couple of moonflowers in with them so they are a nice blue and white mix later in the summer. Siouxzi wrote in message . .. Where did you get edamame seeds? I love edamame! But I suppose they need a ton of sun, right? We struggle each year to get a good garden full of tomatoes and peppers, and we do... but they're leggy. Be careful of the morning glory. I had always loved the flowers, so I planted just 3 plants a few years ago. It got so wild I ripped it out of the ground, but the dang stuff is popping up all over the place each year since, and seemingly overnight can crawl into the tomato patch and strangle everything. Now I hate 'em. Sue |
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