Re: revelation

Thanks Donna. I don't concentrate on design, I just grow what I want and try to make it fit in. But it is not done without any thought to placement. I have developed beds with pleasing curves but also with some straight lines where apropriate. And I do think about what plant works best where when installing.

The tenders bed has to be done every year so this year I made an effort to design a permanent repeating edging so that the front gardens have a more formal appearance. I have one swath of Russian Stonecrop around a tree, and I just planted most of the rest of the edges with Lancaster Geraniums aka the striatum variety of Bloody Cranesbill. I know they are pretty common, but I have always liked them and they are a real workhorse plant looking good during the whole growing season with a changing appearance.

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 6:34 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] revelation


Thanks for hanging in there and getting them posted.

Your place looks great!  Nice designs as everything
looks like it fits in naturally.

Donna

--- Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:


It's back in business.
Here are some photos from my roof.  Can't see much
of anything in backyard;
almost all of this is the south and east sides.


http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/kmrsy/album?.dir=/772cre2&.src=ph

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 10:18 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] revelation


> Yahoo will get it's act together again. they did
the
> same thing a few days ago.
>
> One of my other groups is starting the yearly road
> rally race and we were having a 23 min delay in
> getting messages to just post to the site, longer
to
> actually get to your inbox. sigh.
>
> Donna
> who thinks they have server problems, cause the
backup
> came back in the wrong time order...
>
>
>
> --- Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Well darn. I spent all that time getting them
>> resized, uploaded, edited and
>> now there seems to be a problem with yahoo. I'll
>> try to post later or
>> tomorrow.
>> Kitty
>> neIN, Zone 5
>> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Bonnie & Bill Morgan"
>> <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
>>
>> >I look forward to your photos, Kitty!
>> > Blessings,
>> > Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net
>> [o*@hort.net] On
>> > Behalf
>> > Of Kitty
>> > Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 8:23 PM
>> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> > Subject: [CHAT] revelation
>> >
>> > MG stuff is in maintenance mode now so I had
the
>> whole weekend to myself.
>> > I
>> > stuck two full boxes of shrub and a tree
cuttings,
>> mostly using Clonex but
>> > also tried some gel containers. Cut out
deadwood
>> and overgrowth and
>> > bundled
>> > for pickup. Lots of other odds and ends too,
but
>> for each thing I
>> > scratched
>> > off my list, I added another. Still, feels
good.
>> >
>> > When I got on the roof to clean the gutters, I
was
>> surprised at how easy
>> > it
>> > was getting up there. Last year it seemed
>> difficult and I remember
>> > worrying
>> > that the older I get the more difficult it is
and
>> how much longer would I
>> > be
>> > able to do it. Also the last few years I
haven't
>> been able to do marathon
>> > gardening (long hours) as I did when younger.
>> It's a bear getting old.
>> > But
>> > I put in 10 hr days yesterday and today and the
>> roof climb was a breeze.
>> > The difference is that I lost some weight. I
knew
>> I was carrying excess
>> > baggage but didn't believe it pulled me down
that
>> much. I'm still
>> > overweight but not by as much and it is amazing
>> the difference it makes.
>> >
>> > I took some pics while up on the roof, maybe
I'll
>> get a chance to upload
>> > later.
>> >
>> > Kitty
>> > neIN, Zone 5
>> >
>> >
>>
>

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