Comments on: Spring Garden Madness http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/great-time-for-gardens/ Garden Design Made Easy - Online Courses, Tips & Ideas for your Garden Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: How To Plant A Courtyard Garden http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/great-time-for-gardens/#comment-311 How To Plant A Courtyard Garden Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:07:49 +0000 http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/?p=2616#comment-311 [...] Spain where we finished planting the Courtyard Garden. You may remember at Easter, we put in the bones of the planting scheme. By bones I mean the main feature plants, the ones that add permanent structure and form the [...] [...] Spain where we finished planting the Courtyard Garden. You may remember at Easter, we put in the bones of the planting scheme. By bones I mean the main feature plants, the ones that add permanent structure and form the [...]

]]> By: Rachel Mathews http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/great-time-for-gardens/#comment-310 Rachel Mathews Thu, 13 May 2010 21:32:36 +0000 http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/?p=2616#comment-310 Laughing! At least you get a proper summer - we just get su (that's 4 days when it's almost considered warm)... ;o) Laughing! At least you get a proper summer – we just get su (that’s 4 days when it’s almost considered warm)… ;o)

]]> By: Sonia Simone http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/great-time-for-gardens/#comment-309 Sonia Simone Thu, 13 May 2010 20:53:54 +0000 http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/?p=2616#comment-309 Amazing how you can spend that much on garden design and still get a designer who pikes off halfway through the project. I'm not sure a "stumpery" would be for me either. Here in Colorado we're enjoying the very brief window between winter and summer. We can't even call it spring, it's too short. Maybe it should just be spr. :) .-= Sonia Simone´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.remarkable-communication.com/" rel="nofollow">Pssst! The Remarkable Marketing Blueprint is Making a Comeback</a> =-. Amazing how you can spend that much on garden design and still get a designer who pikes off halfway through the project.

I’m not sure a “stumpery” would be for me either.

Here in Colorado we’re enjoying the very brief window between winter and summer. We can’t even call it spring, it’s too short. Maybe it should just be spr. :)
.-= Sonia Simone´s last blog ..Pssst! The Remarkable Marketing Blueprint is Making a Comeback =-.

]]> By: Rachel Mathews http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/great-time-for-gardens/#comment-308 Rachel Mathews Sat, 08 May 2010 08:26:10 +0000 http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/?p=2616#comment-308 Hi Carrie I actually have no experience with berms (well other than really tiny ones around individual plants) I did find a good article that might be useful for you http://www.sustland.umn.edu/implement/soil_berms.html Rachael - thanks for your question, I should definitely write more on where and how you start the garden design process. It's now added to my topic list! Hi Carrie

I actually have no experience with berms (well other than really tiny ones around individual plants) I did find a good article that might be useful for you http://www.sustland.umn.edu/implement/soil_berms.html

Rachael – thanks for your question, I should definitely write more on where and how you start the garden design process. It’s now added to my topic list!

]]> By: Rachael http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/great-time-for-gardens/#comment-307 Rachael Fri, 07 May 2010 22:20:33 +0000 http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/?p=2616#comment-307 We moved into a house on 0.34 acres last summer. The yard is very little grass, Bermuda and St. Augustine, and lots of weeds (read: native stuff). I've put in 4 4x8' raised beds (cinder blocks) and have pumpkin, cucumber and gourds growing in an area next to the raised beds (vining out on top of the weeds). Otherwise its wide open, and no fences except around one neighbor's yard. We don't have much money to spend, nor much time, except in the summer. I work full time as a teacher and Hubby is a PhD student. I would love an herb garden, and more veggy space, and perhaps a few flowers, and to lose a fair bit of the yard that isn't nice to look at anyways, except when its freshly mowed. This means I'd love ideas for getting started, and ways to stuff in small bits of time, but isn't too off the wall -- we will move when Hubby finishes the PhD. We are in central Texas (very hot and mostly humid, little rain come summer, but winter is mild) I've enjoyed what I've read so far, and perhaps you've done some on this, and I've not seen it yet. Thanks for all you write! I've learned a lot. We moved into a house on 0.34 acres last summer. The yard is very little grass, Bermuda and St. Augustine, and lots of weeds (read: native stuff). I’ve put in 4 4×8′ raised beds (cinder blocks) and have pumpkin, cucumber and gourds growing in an area next to the raised beds (vining out on top of the weeds). Otherwise its wide open, and no fences except around one neighbor’s yard. We don’t have much money to spend, nor much time, except in the summer. I work full time as a teacher and Hubby is a PhD student. I would love an herb garden, and more veggy space, and perhaps a few flowers, and to lose a fair bit of the yard that isn’t nice to look at anyways, except when its freshly mowed. This means I’d love ideas for getting started, and ways to stuff in small bits of time, but isn’t too off the wall — we will move when Hubby finishes the PhD. We are in central Texas (very hot and mostly humid, little rain come summer, but winter is mild)

I’ve enjoyed what I’ve read so far, and perhaps you’ve done some on this, and I’ve not seen it yet. Thanks for all you write! I’ve learned a lot.

]]> By: Carrie http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/great-time-for-gardens/#comment-306 Carrie Fri, 07 May 2010 20:04:56 +0000 http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/?p=2616#comment-306 I have a large, flat garden I'm developing. I've a large pile of extra dirt left over from some drainage areas and I want to make a berm with it. Are there any hard and fast rules about size, shape, etc? Other than try to make it look somewhat natural? I have a large, flat garden I’m developing. I’ve a large pile of extra dirt left over from some drainage areas and I want to make a berm with it. Are there any hard and fast rules about size, shape, etc? Other than try to make it look somewhat natural?

]]> By: Rachel Mathews http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/great-time-for-gardens/#comment-305 Rachel Mathews Fri, 07 May 2010 16:06:26 +0000 http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/?p=2616#comment-305 Thanks Willie, I love that idea of a magic dooorway ;o) Great question Alison. I do know of lots of ways to save money on hard landscaping. I will add that to my list of topics to write about. And don't worry about Landscape Man - I'm sure someone will stick it on YouTube, then you'll be able to watch! Thanks Willie, I love that idea of a magic dooorway ;o)

Great question Alison. I do know of lots of ways to save money on hard landscaping. I will add that to my list of topics to write about. And don’t worry about Landscape Man – I’m sure someone will stick it on YouTube, then you’ll be able to watch!

]]> By: Alison Kerr http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/great-time-for-gardens/#comment-304 Alison Kerr Fri, 07 May 2010 13:25:03 +0000 http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/?p=2616#comment-304 LOL, I'd better come up with something I need help with then - it's a little frustrating hearing about a TV show which I have no access to. One thing of interest is how to save money on hard landscaping. What tips do you have on choosing materials and designs to keep costs down? .-= Alison Kerr´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LovingNaturesGarden/~3/jRcVnF6dFGI/" rel="nofollow">Back Yard Makeover – the plan</a> =-. LOL, I’d better come up with something I need help with then – it’s a little frustrating hearing about a TV show which I have no access to.

One thing of interest is how to save money on hard landscaping. What tips do you have on choosing materials and designs to keep costs down?
.-= Alison Kerr´s last blog ..Back Yard Makeover – the plan =-.

]]> By: Willie Hewes http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/great-time-for-gardens/#comment-303 Willie Hewes Fri, 07 May 2010 08:28:23 +0000 http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/?p=2616#comment-303 A stumpery? Huh. Interesting. I love the perspective lines + mirror thingy you've got on the blind wall in your Spanish garden. Clever, and it works really well. Like a secret magic doorway. A stumpery? Huh. Interesting.

I love the perspective lines + mirror thingy you’ve got on the blind wall in your Spanish garden. Clever, and it works really well. Like a secret magic doorway.

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