Japanese Plums 2014
Scott F Smith
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Comments (207)Except for the furniture, this is what the dining room looked like before and after. The table we have now is only a temporary table (we used to use it at the cabin because it folds down to nothing and stores the chairs, so it's not exactly trendy, but it's something we can use until time to move. New, light, pulled down wallpaper border, new paint, new trim, new doors, widened doorway to the kitchen, new floor, some electrical work and a LOT of damaged wall work. Before and after (sadly, the color looks a bit lemony in these photos…..it's really a beautiful buttery color. So lovely that I'm having one of the rooms in my new house painted this color even though I don't normally like yellow rooms):...See MorePOLL: Backyard add-on
Comments (184)We have a Pool and all cement except for about a 3' border around the fence. I LOVE it without a lawn. We have an outdoor BBQ and Burner fed off the houses natural gas so, I've never got gas for the BBQ! A table with a propane pit in the center. Looks great, Roasts marshmallows and keeps us warm. Outdoor lighting which I love. It looks much richer than we are at night! Oh, I also have an outdoor shower for the pool but, use it everyday!!! So, what do you want pictures of?...See MoreFront Landscaping/Curb Appeal Help
Comments (7)Had enough comments? No? Here are a few to provoke more comment. a. If you want now to hide the stone, you thought was a good idea from the stone merchant, plant the bed in ground cover, which will cover the stone in a year or two. Pachysandra, vinca minor, english ivy, don't be afraid to mix them up - and spring, summer and fall bulbs to pop up through and add delight. b. the initial problem I see, when standing where the camera is standing, is that you are thinking in detail, small trees, small shrubs. This kind of detail belongs in the back or side yard where you and your family sit and entertain friends and family. If you want this kind of detail with spotty plants in front, put in a front terrace in front of the bedroom wing, to have coffee with your friends and neighbors, and greet your guests. c. bring an entrance walk in from the street to this terrace and to the entrance area and the garden you are developing. d. if you want front planting to enhance the house, which is what your verbage seemed to imply, GO BIG - shade trees, large flowering trees with horizontal branching like dogwood, flowering trees with sculptural branching and light-colored bark like saucer magnolia. Many flowering trees are just ending their blooming period, but their structure and great foliage textures are of equal benefit, as is their winter structure against the walls of your home. Be bold and Enjoy! cascio.offsite@gmail.com...See MorePOLL: What are you planning to grow this summer?
Comments (86)I am growing roses but also trying my luck with a beefsteak tomato plant and a cherry one. I also brought back some rhubarb from the house where I used to live and planted it here. Also chives. I have never seen chives get this big!!! The ones we used to grow were almost half the size of the ones we had at the house. For the rhubarb I read somewhere where one could not pick any when it is in its first year. Is this because it needs to get established?? I left it too late to actually dig up the roots as two thirds of it already had big leaves on it. So I went to the end of the row where the leaves were smaller and dug up about 4 or 5 of them. Two of them are going like gangbusters. But the ones our apartment hired to do the gardens we all swear they don't know a flower from a weed. In fact people have planted stuff and then they come along and pull them out. I think they did that with one of the rhubarb plants. Then there was an iris growing there and it got the stalk with this big bud on it ready to open and then they come along and cut the stalk with the bud on it off when I imagine using the whipper thing. I always check my roses every day and so far none of them have suffered the same fate. I guess they know what roses are. I would love to have a garden and grow zucchini, leaf lettuce but there is no room for me to put them. There are gardens other people are using to grow their vegetables in and this one woman I asked regarding hers last year but she said she needed it to plant herbs in and whatnot but not flowers. Well this year she had to give it up as she was too busy working at the PO to look after it. I had no idea it was available and the payoff was the husband and wife that just moved into the apartment this year they up and used it to grow their vegetables in....See MoreScott F Smith
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