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Space Under Deck
I have a deck that is about 4 feet off the ground. I built lattice around
the base last year to hide the ugly dirt piles under neath. Since we moved in, I have tried to figure out what to do with the space. It's not really good for storage because 1) It's only got a four foot clearance, and I don't want to see junk piled up under it. Any ideas? I wonder if it would be a good place for a bog? -- BenignVanilla Pond Site: www.darofamily.com/jeff/links/mypond |
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What I did when I built my deck was to make the gap beneath a low maintenance affair. I covered the ground underneath with landscape fabric and then with broken concrete from the porch it replaced. Not a real attractive sight. But on the vertical surface, I also stretched landscape fabric over that are and covered that with sections of the white vinyl lattice. Now that gap looks clean and organized all the time and it helps keep critters out. That fabric is very strong. My gap is not that tall, but I think it still might work for you as the fabric I used was 4' wide. You may need to build supporting structure to staple the fabric to though.
Malithorne "BenignVanilla" wrote in message ... I have a deck that is about 4 feet off the ground. I built lattice around the base last year to hide the ugly dirt piles under neath. Since we moved in, I have tried to figure out what to do with the space. It's not really good for storage because 1) It's only got a four foot clearance, and I don't want to see junk piled up under it. Any ideas? I wonder if it would be a good place for a bog? -- BenignVanilla Pond Site: www.darofamily.com/jeff/links/mypond |
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I'd say put the bog some place else. I had a small pond that went half
way under a deck and getting under it to work on the back side of the pond was a pain in the top of the head and the knees. Matt BenignVanilla wrote: I have a deck that is about 4 feet off the ground. I built lattice around the base last year to hide the ugly dirt piles under neath. Since we moved in, I have tried to figure out what to do with the space. It's not really good for storage because 1) It's only got a four foot clearance, and I don't want to see junk piled up under it. Any ideas? I wonder if it would be a good place for a bog? -- BenignVanilla Pond Site: www.darofamily.com/jeff/links/mypond |
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And if you built it under the deck, it wouldn't get much sun. However, it's
the perfect place for a pump/filter house if you ever decide to add more filtration then your veggie filter - but like Matt said, watch your head! OTH, the kids would probably LOVE it for a fort! Lee "BenignVanilla" wrote in message ... I have a deck that is about 4 feet off the ground. I built lattice around the base last year to hide the ugly dirt piles under neath. Since we moved in, I have tried to figure out what to do with the space. It's not really good for storage because 1) It's only got a four foot clearance, and I don't want to see junk piled up under it. Any ideas? I wonder if it would be a good place for a bog? -- BenignVanilla Pond Site: www.darofamily.com/jeff/links/mypond |
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"BenignVanilla" wrote in message ... I have a deck that is about 4 feet off the ground. I built lattice around the base last year to hide the ugly dirt piles under neath. Since we moved in, I have tried to figure out what to do with the space. It's not really good for storage because 1) It's only got a four foot clearance, and I don't want to see junk piled up under it. All good ideas...but I really want to USE the space. It seems a shame to just hide it, and it is too far from the pond to be a pump area. Does anything cool grow in total shade? BV. |
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BV wrote Does anything cool grow in total shade?
Algae ;-) k30a and the watergardening labradors http://www.geocities.com/watergarden...ors/index.html |
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K30a wrote: BV wrote Does anything cool grow in total shade? Algae ;-) k30a and the watergardening labradors http://www.geocities.com/watergarden...ors/index.html -- there ya go there are lily ponds, Koi ponds frog bogs water gardens BV can start a new trend algae gardens ******* Martha Stewart can do a special on it John Rutz Z5 New Mexico Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it. see my pond at: http://www.fuerjefe.com |
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add some rocks, make a moss garden
"K30a" wrote in message ... BV wrote Does anything cool grow in total shade? Algae ;-) k30a and the watergardening labradors http://www.geocities.com/watergarden...ors/index.html |
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"john rutz" wrote in message ... K30a wrote: BV wrote Does anything cool grow in total shade? Algae ;-) k30a and the watergardening labradors http://www.geocities.com/watergarden...ors/index.html -- there ya go there are lily ponds, Koi ponds frog bogs water gardens BV can start a new trend algae gardens ******* Martha Stewart can do a special on it Should I add clay to this one too? BV. |
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"BenignVanilla" wrote in message
... I have a deck that is about 4 feet off the ground. I built lattice around the base last year to hide the ugly dirt piles under neath. Since we moved in, I have tried to figure out what to do with the space. It's not really good for storage because 1) It's only got a four foot clearance, and I don't want to see junk piled up under it. Any ideas? I wonder if it would be a good place for a bog? -- BenignVanilla Pond Site: www.darofamily.com/jeff/links/mypond It would be the perfect place to grow mushrooms on some old logs. Fried mushrooms for breakfast yum. Also in Italy, I saw something that might work. Vertical walls of very rough concrete with hand moulded 'pockets' in them. The pockets are filled with soil and then ferns and some sort of tiny red orchids are planted. Delicate variegated ivy are planted at ground level and climb up the rough concrete. To reflect light into the area polished marble (obviously not the good stuff but the offcuts) is laid on the floor and outside as well. The effect is of a grotto. A couple of lighted water features and it becomes the perfect place to sit when its too hot in the garden. |
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groovy wrote The effect is of
a grotto. Wow, sounds loverly. And BV could use it to hide out while waiting for racoons. k30a and the watergardening labradors http://www.geocities.com/watergarden...ors/index.html |
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Ohhhh ... I like this idea. Sounds very romantic.
Nedra "groovy" wrote in message ... "BenignVanilla" wrote in message ... I have a deck that is about 4 feet off the ground. I built lattice around the base last year to hide the ugly dirt piles under neath. Since we moved in, I have tried to figure out what to do with the space. It's not really good for storage because 1) It's only got a four foot clearance, and I don't want to see junk piled up under it. Any ideas? I wonder if it would be a good place for a bog? -- BenignVanilla Pond Site: www.darofamily.com/jeff/links/mypond It would be the perfect place to grow mushrooms on some old logs. Fried mushrooms for breakfast yum. Also in Italy, I saw something that might work. Vertical walls of very rough concrete with hand moulded 'pockets' in them. The pockets are filled with soil and then ferns and some sort of tiny red orchids are planted. Delicate variegated ivy are planted at ground level and climb up the rough concrete. To reflect light into the area polished marble (obviously not the good stuff but the offcuts) is laid on the floor and outside as well. The effect is of a grotto. A couple of lighted water features and it becomes the perfect place to sit when its too hot in the garden. |
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Nedra wrote: Ohhhh ... I like this idea. Sounds very romantic. Nedra "groovy" wrote in message ... "BenignVanilla" wrote in message ... one thing that might work and look good would be hosta's and ferns they do well in deep shade John Rutz Z5 New Mexico Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it. see my pond at: http://www.fuerjefe.com |
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BV,
You've given me a *great* idea! Instead of wasting time & effort filling in the body-sized holes that our dogs dug under our deck (maybe *that's* where Jimmy Hoffa is!), we should turn it into a frog bog! The sides might be a bit steep -- and we'd probably need to buy Mosquito Bits by the truckload, but hey! 'Course, I'm not all that keen on finding out what a dog smells like after lounging around in a nice cool frog bog, so perhaps I'll just let the idea go for now. We had 2.2" of rain in less than 2 hours this morning; I'm amazed the entire yard isn't one big bog. Anne Lurie Raleigh, NC "BenignVanilla" wrote in message ... I have a deck that is about 4 feet off the ground. I built lattice around the base last year to hide the ugly dirt piles under neath. Since we moved in, I have tried to figure out what to do with the space. It's not really good for storage because 1) It's only got a four foot clearance, and I don't want to see junk piled up under it. Any ideas? I wonder if it would be a good place for a bog? -- BenignVanilla Pond Site: www.darofamily.com/jeff/links/mypond |
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I like that idea very much !
"groovy" schreef in bericht ... The effect is of a grotto. A couple of lighted water features and it becomes the perfect place to sit when its too hot in the garden. |
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