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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 7, 2012 13:51:06 GMT
Last weekend -
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Post by bjd on Feb 7, 2012 14:36:36 GMT
That's pretty similar to what mine looked like on Sunday.
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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 7, 2012 14:43:45 GMT
Even down where you are - crikey.
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Post by bjd on Feb 7, 2012 15:44:30 GMT
And despite yesterday's and today's sunshine, it's not really melting. There is a cold wind blowing, so anything that starts to melt in the sun freezes. Tonight they are forecasting -8°C. On the other hand, I just talked to my mother in Toronto, Canada and they have no snow and yesterday it was 10°C!
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Post by tod2 on Feb 7, 2012 16:32:26 GMT
Mick, your garden is L O V E L Y !! It's picture - postcard beautiful I don't envy the cold outside but I'm sure you have the heat on full blast inside and bugger the cost!
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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 7, 2012 16:37:45 GMT
Mick, your garden is L O V E L Y !! It's picture - postcard beautiful I don't envy the cold outside but I'm sure you have the heat on full blast inside and bugger the cost! Only 'cos the snow is hiding it. And that isn't all my garden either......... it was a sneaky picture.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 7, 2012 16:40:37 GMT
So you're showing us the garden's "bones", eh? Beautiful photo. Do you have a high summer shot of the same angle?
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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 7, 2012 16:47:06 GMT
So you're showing us the garden's "bones", eh? Beautiful photo. Do you have a high summer shot of the same angle? I'll see but my garden isn't that great - more functional than pretty..........
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 7, 2012 21:27:25 GMT
Functional is fine!
Few of us have the time, space, trained staff, money, etc. etc. to create and maintain a picture-perfect garden. And anyway, aren't all real gardens about love, working with what you've got, testing your own and your climate's limits, etc. etc. ?
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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 8, 2012 13:57:33 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 8, 2012 14:06:35 GMT
The last one was taken in winter.
I bought the house because it had a long, albeit narrow, garden and I anted a much bigger greenhouse but my previous garden was small and couldn't take a bigger greenhouse.
The garden was a wilderness when we got it and trees had to be felled and areas cleared. Going back to the third picture, the decked area is a lot bigger than it appears there and covers a large expanse of concrete that could only be removed by machine and machines can't get into my garden. My son's friend is a landsacape gardener and he suggested decking and did a really good job of covering up this eyesore. In front of that are 2 vegetable beds but they fight with the neighbours shrubs and aren't ideal.
The second picture looks back at the house and I created a plain area of lawn for the grandschildren to play on but they are much older now and don't really need ity so I plan to make changes and soften it this year. The intention of the fence was to keep the boys in when they were little.
The top picture is looking down the garden and you can see the greenhouse. In front of that are a Dahlia bed on the right and another veg bed on the left.
I have a lot of plants in containers but not much planted in the ground at all.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2012 19:39:01 GMT
That looks excellent to me. Long gardens give a better chance at variations along the way, because it is all discovered as you progress.
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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 8, 2012 19:43:46 GMT
Why thank you Kerouac.
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 15, 2012 12:59:08 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 30, 2012 12:30:54 GMT
By my front door -
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 13, 2012 12:39:51 GMT
Spring flowers at my house-
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 13, 2012 16:06:28 GMT
Gosh that's pretty, Mick!
I really enjoy the views of your garden, with the different seasons and angles shown. Is that a fairly typical configuration in England -- a less deep, more formal space between the house and the sidewalk or street, with a longer area behind the house? I'm thinking of Spindrift's garden, which seems to be along the same lines.
Your space is wonderful, and the divisions and various materials -- paving stones, grass, etc. -- really make it seem huge and special.
(& yes, I know that no gardener ever thinks the space available is really huge enough!)
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Post by tod2 on Apr 13, 2012 17:01:05 GMT
How wonderful Mick! Everything from start to finish! Reply #15 Magic! I wish we could cultivate hanging baskets like they do in England. We have the sunshine, water etc. but nowhere ever do we see hanging baskets filled with glorious flowers. Makes me wonder why?? Even in Canada we saw hanging baskets that were absolutely awesome!
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 13, 2012 20:42:59 GMT
Gosh that's pretty, Mick! I really enjoy the views of your garden, with the different seasons and angles shown. Is that a fairly typical configuration in England -- a less deep, more formal space between the house and the sidewalk or street, with a longer area behind the house? I'm thinking of Spindrift's garden, which seems to be along the same lines. Your space is wonderful, and the divisions and various materials -- paving stones, grass, etc. -- really make it seem huge and special. (& yes, I know that no gardener ever thinks the space available is really huge enough!) It is pretty much like that Bixa but you really make it sound far more grand than it really is. It was a lucky picture..........
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 13, 2012 20:45:35 GMT
How wonderful Mick! Everything from start to finish! Reply #15 Magic! I wish we could cultivate hanging baskets like they do in England. We have the sunshine, water etc. but nowhere ever do we see hanging baskets filled with glorious flowers. Makes me wonder why?? Even in Canada we saw hanging baskets that were absolutely awesome! The Violas are a variety called Buzzy Bees and they have been in since last autumn and have flowered right through winter. Great value for money. They get whatever winter sunshine is available.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2012 20:50:37 GMT
I really enjoy seeing the beginning of spring. I have no garden to show, but just my kitchen windowsill. I have one pot of my inevitable "mixed wildflowers" beginning to sprout, another pot with some somewhat retarded dill (I don't think it likes me), and finally a pot that I have had for 4 years with some daffodil bulbs. It is at war with me. In February, I took it out of its winter hiding place and saw that some of the bulbs had decided to leave. I pulled out the totally dead stuff and decided to add a bit of potting soil as a compensation for the first time as well as a tiny bit of fertilizer. The pot sat on the kitchen floor for about a month because there were quite a few freezing temperatures. I saw that some green sprouts were beginning to appear, so I finally placed it on the windowsill, where the bulbs decided to develop rather quickly. However, only one of them decided to put out a flower (not yet open) and the others have just put out some leaves, so I am feeling a bit cross. Cheated again. I don't want to kill them, but I really wish that they would cooperate and give me a few more flowers.
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Post by mich64 on Apr 14, 2012 2:11:59 GMT
Mick, are violas the same flower as a pansy? Lovely flowers Mick. Cheers
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 19, 2012 12:21:57 GMT
Yes Mich, they are.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2016 16:17:39 GMT
Isn't there a new garden to show us now?
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 5, 2016 7:20:20 GMT
Not yet. Another month to go. Currently a building site.
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 7, 2016 13:18:53 GMT
Nearly there. Just waiting on a new lawn being laid. Planted up an old veg box with autumn/winter stuff -
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 7, 2016 16:46:24 GMT
I love your mini landscape. Is the one that looks like a tiny pine tree actually a succulent?
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 8, 2016 9:18:13 GMT
Nope. It's a pine tree.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2016 10:44:06 GMT
It's like a puppy being raised with a litter of kittens.
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Post by breeze on Nov 8, 2016 11:39:06 GMT
Nice combination of textures and foliage color. Looks like they will fill in nicely, mick. Will you be growing the pine tree on to plant outdoors eventually?
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