And then there’s my front yard saga: moved to a small town and didn’t want to douse my yard with poisons just to kill off the dandelions, the way so many of my neighbours seemed to be doing. This was my solution:
From My Garden Transformation, posted by Marie-Lynn Hammond on 6/10/2009 (19 items)
- When I bought this house, it had a standard front lawn, with no flower beds. I assume…
- I decided I didn’t want a lawn. Lawns don’t exist in nature! My friend the Guerilla G…
- Next step, lay down a whole lot of triple mix and spread evenly.
- Next, I’d designed a basic plan, and Grahame came and we put down the basics: river s…
- A month or two later, things were growing modestly. I knew it would be a couple of ye…
- A close up of the north end. Two neighbours into gardening gave me various cuttings a…
- I decided later to add some more river stones and an urn to the far north end to bala…
- The view from the south end. I was looking forward to the following spring when thin…
- But instead, that spring brought – DISASTER! Had to have the foundations of the house…
- Some kind neighbours who are into gardening lent me some pots and helped me dig or tr…
- But I replanted what survived, added some more, and amazingly, this is what it looked…
- A close up later in the summer, when the deep-pink double echinacea was in full bloom…
- A shot of the icicle pansies, daisies, and pinks in their glory. I’ve tried as much …
- I did add some annuals – some bachelor buttons, shown here, and alyssum, both of whic…
- Ah, but it’s not over, alas! The first waterproofer did a very bad job, and water was…
- The only silver lining is the irises that friends gave me 2 yrs ago finally bloomed t…
- There was one special one, however, and I can’t recall where it came from because so …
- Summer 2009. Last summer one poppy appeared that I hadn’t planted. Guess a bird had p…
- Here’s a close up of the poppy’s spectacular bloom. Want seeds? I can mail you some!
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