Droopy
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| Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 7:25 pm Post subject: Hosta walk - one half done |
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My husband loves hostas, just as I do, but he's crazy enough to go out and buy some without knowing where to put them. So, this summer we just had to get started on our long-planned hosta walk.
Clearing up the mess is my first task:
Aaaargh! Weed!
Due to poor earth, I put some Rodgersia in this corner:
I've still got a long way to go:
It's beginning to look like something now:
The end, at last!
From this:
to this:
And all done in a week-end.
Now all I have to do, is get started on the northern side, and make a proper path where all that lawn is.
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Frank
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| Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:34 pm Post subject: |
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Great transformation Droopy, thanks for taking the time to post the step by step progress for us. Had you considered any other possible options before this or was it hostas all the way that were destined to take up the valuable real estate?
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zuzu's petals
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| Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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All in just ONE weekend??
I bow humbly before you! 
It looks great already, and it'll only get better when it's had time to mature a bit.
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eileen
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| Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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What a great job Droopy. I can hardly believe you achieved all that in just one week-end. 
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Netty
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| Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:24 pm Post subject: |
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Wow! Great job Droopy! I wish I had your energy...I've got BIG plans for my yard and I just need some time and energy to git 'er done!
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cajunbelle
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:01 am Post subject: |
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Looks wonderful droopy, can't wait to see it all mature and filled in.
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Droopy
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 8:11 am Post subject: |
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Thank you all!
Since we decided to use a ground cover cloth, we didn't need to remove all the turf. I measured out every plant's space, cut a hole, dug away grass and top dirt, lined the hole with wet newspapers to prevent the grass growing back up, filled it up with good earth and put the plant in.
Then we emptied twenty-something sacks of bark onto the cloth, spread it out and sat back to enjoy.
Most hostas are going to be BIG ones, and I'm really looking forward to seeing this in a couple of years.
Total length is about twenty metres.
| Frank wrote: | | Had you considered any other possible options before this or was it hostas all the way that were destined to take up the valuable real estate? |
Hostas all the way, Frank! 
We've got som irises and bleeding hearts in there too, for variation. (Actually, due to lack of space, but it sounds too haphazard.)
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glendann
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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Looks great and you sure did a wonderful job in one weekend.Its really going to look great when all those plants spread out.Looking forward to those pictures too Droopy
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