Sjoerd
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| Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:48 pm Post subject: Flower Garden -- Part 2 |
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When you klik on some fotos to make them larger, you will see that they send up a different pic. I have re entered the codes twice now and it still doesn't seem to work correctly. The problem is in numbers 2,3 and 4. My apologies for this sloppiness, but I just can't seem to get it to respond correctly.
--Just klik on the fotos to see them in a larger format.
Anyway...the first two show how the same place looks later on in the later summer.
A view of the flower garden from the old veggie plot.
These fotos are of the Riviera behind the little shed. It is a wider space than it looks, but it isn't a great expanse. If we sit here we can be out of the sun, as it's on the north side of the little shed, and catch a breeze that blows from the west. It has been a life-saver in the past.
Well, this is the flower portion of our allotments, I hope the fotos give a good idea even though there really are no total overviews possible. The ground here is just too flat and low.
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toni
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That is the most beautiful garden, I love how everything is intermingled, just fantastic. I have pictures of a couple of gardens similar to yours on the refrigerator to remind me what I am striving for....so far I am missing the mark by a mile.
More pictures please!!
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Biita
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ohhh Sjoerd,,, that is (looking around for monitors) FREAKIN AWESOME!!! omg! thats what i'm talking about when i say natural. but in a controlled way. i do that with my herbs with success, but you, have mastered the flower garden to perfection,,,, just awesome. that is alot of inspiration for me,,, thank you!!
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kaseylib
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Absolutely beautiful setting. I especially love the Lupines, they're definitely happy in your garden (they struggle here in my sand). Your pathways, arbors really add to the landscape, and all looks so lush and full. Looks like you know what you're doing, Sjoerd!!!
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What can I say that hasn't already been said. That is one heck (great) of a garden. BEAUTIFUL. All the flowers and grasses. You must have one of everything don't you? I especially like your walkways-What a great job you've done. Thanks for brightening my day.
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I can't say anything that others haven't said already. Actually, I'm rather speechless. The beauty of the flowers together with the little path-ways and trellises is stunning. You're a Flower Master, no mistake.
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glendann
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I am totally in awe.Thats a gorgeous
Cottage Garden.If I live long enough maybe I can have a few of the flowers like yours but to have it all.I would have to go back from my 64 years to about 18 and start all over.I still think I need at least 40 years to do that.Gosh you are a great gardner.I think I will hide my ysrd and hang my head in  
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Yup, that's the look I want in my gardens. I just hope I'm able to get that look in this lifetime! Gorgeous garden Sjoerd!
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Sjoerd
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| Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 12:13 am Post subject: |
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Thank you folks for all the nice comments. They make me look at the lotty differently.
The lotty is at one end of the complex, so not many folks get down our way. This means that I do not often get to hear anything about how it looks to a fresh set of eyes.You know how it is when you work with something day in and day out--you loose objetivity.
Thanks again for your very nice words.
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Sjoerd
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Well Glendann, you don't need any 40 years for that! Honest. I have had this plot for 10 years, when I got it, it was all 100% bare, flat and not a hint of life on it...just dirt.
After the first season it was planted with a combination of perinneals and annuals with a couple of shrubs. They filled it up nicely... but the second season was almost as it is now, with the exception of the arches and the shrubs have grown alot.
So... from nothing to a full garden in two seasons, is not bad...but of course you already have some plants, so it wouldn't necessarily take as long as it did me. Just that the shrubs need time to grow.
You don't need to do massive planning, just get an idea of the effect that you want, then find plants to fit the bill.
One thing that I did and I have never been sorry about doing was placing plum trees in the flower garden...around the central patio. It has turned out not to be a conflict of two garden types. I find that their presence compliments the flower garden... and when I'm sitting and relaxing, I find myself evaluating the fruit's development. hahahaha. A lazy man's way of farming, I guess you could say.
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I am totally agog at what I am seeing here. first agog, then totally speechless. Amazing. You are are my gardening hero.
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Sjoerd...YOU'RE HIRED... my yard is waiting for YOU! man oh man is that ever breathtaking...you deserve to be a "lazy" farmer! I want it all!!!
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Truely INCREDIBLE! How exciting to have such a beautiful yard!
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You guys make me smile....if you can call a facial feature that stretches from here to Timbuktou a smile, that is.