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11 years ago

I had a photo of the circle bed a few days ago, and I had an experience that must be similar to my DH's since he is a writer and says sometimes he starts writing and his characters wind up behaving differently and/or the story goes in another direction than he had planned.

I had my day planned and I started weeding and mulching the balance of the circle bed....then I decided it would look good with a rock border. The racoons had eaten the fish in the pond, and we aren't planning to keep it...so I decided to move the rocks from around the pond to the circle bed.

Since it was uphill, it was a pretty good job for this old woman, but I really like the way it turned out and intend to use some on the border of the rose garden as well. All these rocks were here when we bought the house, but hadn't had any kind of use...they were just in a place where once a flower bed may have been, but not more.

Here are a couple of photos:

That is the rose garden you can barely see to the left

That is a clump of Wild One blooming today; had the orangy edges as it usually does.

And here is the lavender:

I need to add a bird house, and Maybe a hanging basket for bright color...haven't decided on that yet. I have clematis but it is on the other side of the tree...

might do better to add one to this side...Maybe Rebecca, a bright red.

Nothing like a project that comes together to make you enjoy the garden a little bit more.

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jean_ar

11 years ago

I really like the rock border.I dug a small goldfish pond years ago,and gathered big rocks every where toput around it.Got a few from a older daughter,that she had got from a old discarded railroad track, then after a couple years,I moved the rocks and put them around a big flower bed,since the coons had ate most of the fish When I moved this time,I didn't bring the rocks with me, too heavy for a old lady to mess with again, then I found that my youngest daughter had went and gathered them all up and took them to her house.She had no use for them, so she justhrew them out along a fence in her yard.

jean

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Nancy
11 years ago
I like the rock edging, but I bet that was a LOT of work. Really sets the bed off nicely. I planted some lavender a few weeks ago. I had it several years & then it jus disappeared.
organic_kitten
Original Author
11 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
Thanks, Nancy, It was a bit of a struggle, but I have wanted rock edging for a long time, so it was actually fun. The larger rocks are still sown in the lower back yard. I moved them from the front to edge the pond originally, now, I am moving them again :(
I have had that for about five or six years, but the other two lavender plants didn't survive after the first couple of years. Need to try again
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mantis__oh
11 years ago
The rock edging blends well into the landscape; it defines without being obtrusive. Alas, our very cold winters have really done a number on lavender.l
Julia WV (7a)
11 years ago
Very nice and yes, rocks add to a bed but hauling them is never easy. I love going to the nurseries and seeing what perennial plants I can add or thumbing through posts from gardeners and seeing what they grow. I had 2 lavender plants. The one in my front bed died after the winter and after I cut back all the dead foliage from the other one in the back bed, it is now coming back.
redtartan
11 years ago
Looks fantastic!
organic_kitten
Original Author
11 years ago
Thank you for your comments. I like to have lavender, but our hot summers give it problems, I think. I really need to add a bit more of it. But I am pleased with the rocks...I have a heuchera that is out of line with the others, and I need to move it. You really see flaws in a photo. don't you/
organic_kitten
Original Author
11 years ago
Well, she could have brought them to you and put them around a bed for you, Jean...you are right. It ws much harder to deal with them at 70 tan at 50
jean_ar
11 years ago
I will change that 70 to 83 now and I can not move big rocks, no more.. was in my early 50's when I moved them the first time.about 30 yrs,ago.I got all can do most days now to move ME :) but you flower bed is Very pretty with the rocks.

jean,OH. almost forgot, canou tell me how to start a new post on hee, now.I can no find anything on hee to tell me how to do it and I hate to keep adding on to yours every time.:)
shive
11 years ago
I love the rock border. But they look big and heavy, so you must be very tired. :)
organic_kitten
Original Author
11 years ago
I whined a lot the first couple day...more sore than tired, Debra, but still, it was worth it.

Jean, you have figured it out I think. Just got to the sample at the top and start writing.

kay