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Re: [SG] Introduction/ Brad

Hello Brad,
        Fifty by thirty is not all that small when one takes a shovel in hand to
dig. Darn good size in fact. I can not actually see your place, but sure
can imagine a room somewhere in the plot with a bench to sit and just be in
the garden. Perhaps one formed by various sizes and kinds of shrubs that
bloom and/or give off scent. A path that winds through much of the area so
you can only get to the room indirectly but viewing the rest of the garden
you create. Smaller points of interest created with your favorite flowers
or garden sculpture placed at turning points or dead ends in the paths.
        Please be sure and take photos of before, during and after. Lots of them.
Mostly for yourself, but perhaps to share with us.
        Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
          around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com

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> From: The Pierogs <bepierog@TECHLINE.COM>
> To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SG] Introduction/ Brad
> Date: Tuesday, October 20, 1998 2:43 PM
>
> Hi Gene,
>  The area not very large, maybe 50ft. by 30ft., but it's the only place
I've
> got that has any amount of shade. I hope to somehow screen it off to
create
> a secluded area, but my sense of design is almost nonexistent.
>  The only thing at ground level that I felt was worth saving was some of
the
> native salal (Gaultheria shallon). I like its evergreen folaige and
berries
> but it's such a rampant grower that I'm not sure how it's going to work
out.
> I'm afraid any wildflowers that were ever there were long ago choked out
by
> the  briars and salal.
>  I,ve got a few ideas rattling around in my head, and although I haven't
got
> a clear plan yet, I think it will come. Brad
>
> At 08:49 AM 10/20/98 -0400, you wrote:
> >Hello Brad,
>  How large an area do you intend to actively 'work'? Will you be
> >marking off pathways or using natural little 'rooms' formed by what is
> >already there?
>
> >        You do have a great climate for growing. Is there anything
existing at
> >ground level? Any wildflowers you have observed as yet in flower?  I
know.
> >Lots of questions.   Like to hear more.
> >        Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
> >          around the woods - around the world
> >genebush@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com
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