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It really sounds like you're creating a little paradise there...
posted by
Nautikos
on June 13, 2013 at 8:26 PM
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Re: Re: Kabu,
sounds good to me.
posted by
Kabu
on June 12, 2013 at 8:27 PM
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Re: CCT,
These are all vines that will cling to whatever they can find to cling to, but I am a little concerned that wind gusts will tear leaves off, and flowers and such, leaving the tendrils tightly clinging to whatever they have grown around.
Bedsprings... That could actually have an interesting sort of look, if you are into 'steampunk.'
posted by
Ciel
on June 12, 2013 at 8:28 AM
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Re: dancin_ grandma,
Gardens are magic! you put little hard seeds in the ground, and after a while... sprouts! stems! flowers! I had real magic with pumpkins. I had this unexamined notion that if you wanted a pumpkin you planted a pumpkin seed. So I, wanting several pumpkins, planted several seeds. I had a yard full of pumpkins!
posted by
Ciel
on June 12, 2013 at 8:25 AM
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Re: Sinome,
Got my fingers crossed!
posted by
Ciel
on June 12, 2013 at 8:23 AM
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Re: Kabu,
They are in a half-shade area, under the edge of the porch, so they will not take the brunt of the sun, and will get watered pretty much daily. I hope they will then protect some of the more shade-loving plants, too, with those lovely big leaves!
posted by
Ciel
on June 12, 2013 at 8:22 AM
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Re: Annicita,
Sons can be that way. Mine doesn't like to water plants, says he doesn't like houseplants... Also doesn't like it if I ask him if he likes me.... Cries, Unfair! He doesn't get that he is doing it for me, because I do like my houseplants.
posted by
Ciel
on June 12, 2013 at 8:20 AM
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Re: Pat,
I know those dust devils, kicking up across plowed fields like wind elementals! I used to drive I-90 between Olympia and Spokane regularly.
posted by
Ciel
on June 12, 2013 at 8:17 AM
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I think you will need canes or sticks of some sort, no way are you going to have anything other supporting plants in windy conditions. I suppose a couple of old spring bed frames if secured safely, but not aesthetically pleasing .
posted by
C_C_T
on June 12, 2013 at 8:01 AM
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Your garden sounds wonderful! I'm sure it will be everything you imagine!
posted by
dancin_grandma
on June 11, 2013 at 8:33 PM
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It sounds like your dream garden is on the way and it will be as beautiful as you imagine it... May the temperatures cooperate and the odds be in your favor :-) xoxoxo
posted by
Sinome
on June 11, 2013 at 7:53 PM
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it sounds really hot but if the Elephant ears and such grow
and flourish...will need watering of course, then it should be shady and beautiful.
posted by
Kabu
on June 11, 2013 at 6:04 PM
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you are having better luck than I am...my son's dog knocked over and broke one of my clay pots and my son didn't even try to save it while I was gone!
posted by
Annicita
on June 11, 2013 at 4:55 PM
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In early childhood I lived on the eastern flank of the Cascades
in Washington's desert country. They've irrigated since then, didn't look so much like desert last time I was there, but I remember there was a lot of grit in the air when the wind kicked up. Driving east into Idaho there were almost always little dust devils dancing across the wide open spaces.
posted by
Pat_B
on June 11, 2013 at 3:19 PM
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