Plants for all Seasons - Planning the Front Yard Garden II
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- Cottage_Garden
- Rene1
- Carol Wallace
- Rocksy
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» Cottage_Garden - On site work
Well, I do on site design and hort consultations but I normally charge travel if it's very far at all from home. But here at the suite we do the other kind of on site work -- virtual, that is!
No extra charge.I still think plastic would be okay all things considered. DOesn't anyone else think plastic would be good or bad? I was sure Kirk would have something to say about that but I guess not. Oh well.
And does the snowdrops thing mean I have to quit putting real text in the headers? Or repeat it in the first line? I always read the headers -- but maybe most people don;t? Or we read them and forget right away? (I wish we could see the previous post(s) as we respond.)
Rene -- CONGRATULATIONS!!! Pretty soon you'll be demanding your own machine and separate phone line. LOL
-- posted by Cottage_Garden
» Carol Wallace - Headers
Actually, I read the header the first time and saw snowdrop - which is why I didn't mention them. But when I was scanning to see if we'd mentioned them I guess I skipped the headers.Plastic - you aren't the only one to recommend that. SQS apparently also asked this question in Fun Stuff, and another member who travels a lot, also recommended them for their low maintenance possibilities.
-- posted by Carol Wallace
» Rene1 - Rene again
Hi Carol and Barbara,I have my own laptop already.
Phone lines here in Victoria cost many Ks per year to have.
I'm not too bad with shoes - really I'm not.
My main collecting is jewellery, I just love collecting jewellery.
When I first met Gary, coming from a purist background like Steve the flamer in fun stuff; little did I know the wonderful world of collecting. By the way, Gary is a great jewellery designer too.
I like old mined stones the best; and now won't even look at anything under several carats.
I'm spoilt.
Thanks for your welcomes.
Rene.
-- posted by Rene1
» Carol Wallace - Oh my, Rene
We DO have things in commmon (except I don't have a laptop - Tell Gary I am still focusing on that but nothing has happened. ;-) I LOVE old jewelry! Actually I love all kinds of antique things. But I tend to go for Art Nouveau and Art Deco pieces.And opals. And haunting second-hand stores.Oh yeah - and gardening.
-- posted by Carol Wallace
» Cottage_Garden - No jewelry for me
No jewelry to speak of for me, although I can certainly understand the allure. Lately I've been more interested in architectural salvage (as Carol well knows) and the occasional bit of used garden furniture. LOL-- posted by Cottage_Garden
» Rene1 - Oh Carol!
Hi Carol,Now the one stone I don't like is Opal. But Art Deco and Antiques (not only jewellery), well, I can't even walk past a book on the subject!
I especially love (looking at pictures only!) Wallis Simpson's Collection.
Chatting here is going to be fun!
BTW I can cook rice, & I make my own yogurht - just to set the record straight!
Rene.
-- posted by Rene1
» Carol Wallace - Antiques
Well, Barbara knows that I, too, am a fan of architectural antiques - half our house was redone using them - and my beautiful garden gate came thanks to Barbara who not only found it for me but trucked it right to my house!And antique garden stuff!! I love it. I just can't afford most of what I find.
But I have been lucky with jewelry. Like a ring I grabbed for next to nothing at an auction because the stone was so large everyone figured it was blue glass - and it turned out to be an emerald-cut sapphire.
Opals are my birthstone, which may be why they attract me - but I also like the mystery of them, and the changeability.
Rice is an achievement, Rene - it took me a while to get that one down well. And it has taken me 15 years to get my husband's cooking repertoire up past fried eggs and ham sandwiches, but he's getting there. Is Gary a good cook? And what kind of jewelry does he design??? Tell all!
-- posted by Carol Wallace
» Rocksy - I guess I have dug up an oldie but a goodie
I am planning on redoing my front yard garden this summer, so I have resurrected this discussion for any helpful hints that anyone may be able to give me. It is a pie shaped lot 30' frontage, and I have a large dogwood on the north side of the yard, that I would like to incorporate into a large kidney shaped garden.Any comments.
the back yard is 150' across, if that helps to give any idea of the shape of the pie.
30' frontage faces East......back yard naturally faces the West.......
-- posted by Rocksy
» Carol Wallace - Re: I guess I have dug up an oldie but a goodie
In response to message posted by Rocksy:What an interesting shaped lot you have! Now we need to know how much sun that front yard lot gets - and your climate zone. It would be nice to see a photo or even sketch of the front and how you envision that kidney shape in relation to the house. Do you have any possibility of doing that? If you don't have a scanner or digital camera but are using Windows you may be able to fiddle around in the Paint program that comes with it to give us a rought sketch.
-- posted by Carol Wallace
» Rocksy - Re: Re: I guess I have dug up an oldie but a goodie
In response to message posted by CarolWallace:Hi Carol,,,,,,,so glad to have a reply! I was going to come back and post because I realized later that I didn't give you my zone. I am in Zone 3 and the front yard is full sun, right from sun up. I have a scanner, and also a surveyers picture of the lot that I will scan and post with Rays help. lol.
Rocks
-- posted by Rocksy
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