Chris and I just had our front yard landscaped and back yard fenced in.
Our patient yard was a hot, hot mess before. So the past two weeks we've had some things done: raised the level (it was a foot and a half lower than it should be), installed sprinkler system, fence (there wasn't one in the back), extended our driveway (2 feet on the side), installed a big bed that runs the width of the house in front and a bed along our neighbors gate (they have a gate around the whole perimeters of their house... definite eye sore). It looks beautiful! I can't tell you how happy we are and how much more time we've spent outside in just a week! :) I'll post pictures soon... I think (I'm still not sure if I want the whole world to know what my house looks like).
So now for the reason for this post:
I need help! I am NOT a gardener by any means but I love being outdoors and think this is something I'd like to take up.
So, I'm calling for any tips you want to share! Tips on ways to keep it up, tips for seasonal and annuals plants and flowers that I can add to it (right now it is very basic) or anything else you can think of to help a sister out.
EVERYONE THAT POSTS A COMMENT WILL HAVE THEIR NAME ENTERED INTO A DRAWING FOR A SURPRISE GIFT ($50 VALUE). :)
Post away friends.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
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hhhmmmm, I want to enter your drawing but my husband it the green thumb, not me. (WHY does he have all the skills? He's the cook too!) I LOVE having projects done on our house too! YOU HAVE TO SHARE PICTURES!
My tip is: After a hurricane don't wait for weeks to clear out the mass of pine needles in your back yard and only do the front yard-you will lose your grass that was underneath. (Happened to us, still trying to get the grass back)
Looking forward to pictures :)
I love flowers and I have heard that if you put banana peels in the soil with your flowers, it will make them absolutely stunning.
Much love my friend!
Britt
I heard that if you put banana peels in the soil with the flowers, and that they will be more plush than you have ever seen. :)
love you friend! you are great!
My grandmother has the most beautiful roses...and instead of buying soil from the store, she's always used cow manure! i know thats probably something thats really hard to get so...my other tip would be...water your plants in the morning or the evening, never in the middle of the day.
:)
My tip: Call Mammaw. She's amazing with plants. I pretty much kill everything, but she can grow anything. So can Mother Goose.
Will you post a picture of your new yard for us to see, please? Thanks!
Yeah, Laura we totally lost some grass because we left our back fence out there for... don't judge me... 6 months (they just took it away when the built the new one).
Mia, I would rather all my plants die than have to smell cow dung to have them look pretty. ;)
aunt lowee,
i will have to do that. she's coming in town this weekend, so i'll pick her brain. :) oh family bonding... so fun!
I can't garden to save my life and so I'm always on the lookout for stuff that's really easy to care for aka hard to kill. lol!
Don't know if you and your husband like to use beauty bark but I found a company, Rubberific Mulch, that makes it out of recycled tires! Lasts 10 years and comes in different colors! We've not gotten this for our back garden area yet, we need to de-jungle it first, but will eventually. I hate spending money on beauty bark only to have it go dull after 6 months.
Also a natural way to kill weeds, and not worry about pesticides getting into ground water, is by pouring boiling water on them! Make sure you direct it onto the weed so it' doesn't affect the grass/vegetation around it. Wait like a day and then the next morning you'll have brown dead weeds to pull up! I've tried this out and it really does work.
I don't have much of a green thumb, but my dad does, and he gave me this tip: Water your grass at dawn or right before. It gives the water time to absorb into the lawn. If you water it while it's sunny, the sun/heat will dry up the water before it's beneficial.
I had the same dilemma a few months ago. Knockout roses are amazing, as well as Indian Hawthornes. When it comes to flowers....we just planted Zinnias, Begonias. I want to try some Hotpatients....a sister flower of impatients...but can take the heat. Vinca also can handle the Texas heat nicely. I wish I could offer more about what comes back and what doesn't, but I'm totally out of my area. Dessert places, I'm your girl.
Hi Becky-
I found your blog through Erin's. I'm no green thumb either, but I've been able to keep my landscaping looking pretty for the past 2 years. I think that's attributed to my fantastic landscaper that planted stuff that looks good with little maintenance. We have crape myrtles, blue daze (my favorite), tangerine bulbine and foxtail ferns in our front yard. Minimal maintenance - just a few trims here and there. And the colors are fantastic and vivid for most of the year. And the best part is - they come back the next year!!! Good luck!
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