My work in progress - Dry Garden

15 years ago

Hey folk,

I'm mostly a lurker here, although, I have been known to post every once in a while hehe. I spend the last week doing some major upkeep on my dry garden and finally got a change to enjoy it today. Unfortunately, the winds picked up, and because the ground is so dry, we were swallowed up in clouds of dust. Still, I took to the yard and laid in the hammock for a while hehe. Here are some pictures for you to enjoy :)

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Comments (8)

TT, zone 5b MA
15 years ago
WOW! I want to move to central cali....

Nice work!

T
ladylotus
15 years ago
CC - Your gardens are absolutely fantastic. They look so pristine and perfect. I love your paths and all your plants look so healthy.

Thank you for sharing your photos.
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paul_
15 years ago
Beautiful!
Beachplants
15 years ago
Love it, love the paths as well.
hoovb zone 9 sunset 23
15 years ago
I'm thinking you probably are not missing your lawn much. Looks fabulous!
pennyhal
15 years ago
Wonderful! I'd say you've been doing a lot of work in your garden for many years! Great choice of plants and nice placement. I love seeing some roses too. Your stone paths were well done and I appreciated seeing them in curves. Great job! I hope you continue to share your photos.
Penny
Central_Cali369
Original Author
15 years ago
Thank you all so much for the encouragement!

Tom - Come on over! There are vacant homes just around the corner! :D

Lady lotus, thank you. I spent several hours cleaning up debris, weeds, foliage... I had gone several months without having done any of that!

Beachplants, Those paths were made from about 150 of the scalloped concrete edgers that were here lining the lawn when we first moved in. They work well to get our 4 dogs to NOT run randomly through the plantings! They tend to stay on the paths as they run back and forth through the yard.

Hoovb! Firt off, I love your blog, A Piece of Eden! I drool over the wonderful plants you have! And not at all! That darn lawn only gave me more work and problems than I could ever ask for! It was a never ending battle keeping it green in our hot summers! (I'm inland, in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley)

Pennyhal, I've been working on this garden for about three and a half years. I love the variety of plants I'm able to grow! Before running into these forums, the word garden only conjured up images of privet hedges, lawns and petunias lol. Here's a picture of the same spot as the first picture, taken in May 2008.

Beachplants, You can see the red scalloped concrete edgers here in this photo lining the lawn..
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stanofh 10a Hayward,Ca S.F. bay area
15 years ago
Great job Robert. Half of what you have doesn't grow in Bakersfield! You and Ethan and newgen with all your Majesty palms,Mangos and Annona's are having zone bust'in fun.
I'm sure too,that behind that last photo's brick wall is the blue Pacific and white sandy beaches..ahhhh..I can feel the tradewinds...