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Post by desertwoman on Feb 4, 2015 13:56:48 GMT -5
I love landscaping. And I have done it all organically for over 30 years. And here on this 7000' desert plateau I do a lot of xeriscape planting, as well. A couple of photos to get us started in this forum... I started these gardens 5 years ago. All that was there when I arrived were the landscape trees and one rose bush - - -
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Post by SpringRain🕊️ on Feb 4, 2015 15:59:38 GMT -5
DW, I just love seeing photos of your home and garden. They're so peaceful, so well blended, so inviting. I can imagine that living in such an environment as you're created and how much solace there must be must be a truly peaceful way to live.
This is something I'll still working on; at one point I did have a garden that was in harmony with the land, but now there's a lot to do to return to that point.
Still, as gardeners, we never give up! So please just keep posting those inspiring photos!
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Post by desertwoman on Feb 4, 2015 17:02:57 GMT -5
Thank you! I'll keep working on this landscaping forum tonight and we'll get it rollin'
My hubby always says to me "I am so fortunate to live with a gardener. What beauty"
I just have to have that beauty and solace around me. Soothes my soul.
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Post by binnylou on Feb 4, 2015 17:25:00 GMT -5
When I see these pictures, I think about how warm the flagstones would feel on my feet right now. Especially if they had been gathering the sun.
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Post by desertwoman on Feb 4, 2015 18:44:42 GMT -5
I just did today!
It was 57 degrees and along the south facing wall it was toasty!
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Post by lilolpeapicker on Feb 5, 2015 17:31:03 GMT -5
I would love anything warm right about now...it is in the teens and going down to like -10 ...beautiful place; I love looking at it.
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Post by Latitude33 on Feb 12, 2015 2:12:38 GMT -5
Sharon,
As I said previously, I will shamelessly steal some of your designs!
Often thought that flora gardening/landscaping was really painting with nature's palette.
Lat
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Post by desertwoman on Feb 12, 2015 11:22:36 GMT -5
That's how I see it too... a canvas upon which to paint. Colors, textures, shapes I also like considering the timing- when things will bloom and with what- like waves moving through the garden (you can appreciate that, surfer dude!) Sometimes it is like sculpting too.
(wish I was there to see what you will do!)
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Post by claude on Mar 13, 2015 19:44:57 GMT -5
DW , do you cut back your purple flower every year...mine seems kinda straggled..so I'm wondering if the deer are nibbling or should I be cutting it back? Gosh, the name escapes me this evening..I'm too tired to think. Heather?
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Post by desertwoman on Mar 13, 2015 21:21:04 GMT -5
Russian sage?
Yes I cut it back every year, usually in the spring. Cut it back by at least 1/3 , sometimes 1/2. And I prune out old canes and runners, too, to keep it in shape and not too large. They spread!
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Post by prunella on Mar 14, 2015 9:54:04 GMT -5
Had to look that up. I have Mexican sage growing around my office area. It gets "artfully" whacked back by (coincidetally) the Mexican gardeners who maintain the property. It grows back with a vengence. But reading about Russian sage was interesting: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perovskia_atriplicifolia Make those family connections: these sage plants are in Lamiaceae, the mint family.
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Post by desertwoman on Mar 14, 2015 10:01:53 GMT -5
Make those family connections: these sage plants are in Lamiaceae, the mint family. ha! I actually knew that. I'm still on my first morning cuppa. Brain fog is my forte until about noon.
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Post by SpringRain🕊️ on Mar 14, 2015 12:19:20 GMT -5
Lat and Sharon, your descriptions are so eloquent and evocative of the ways in which landscaping (and gardening) bond with us on some of the most basic yet complex levels. I also like to think of gardening seasons as parts of a symphony: Spring is the overture, Summer offers themes and variations, and Fall is the final, joyous event. Fall makes me think of the Ode to Joy in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony - exuberant, dynamic, universal and of course absolutely beautiful.
Has anyone seen the PBS masterpiece aired generally at fund raising time? It's a masterpiece of synchronizing excerpts of classical music with video - the combination is blended so perfectly that it seems as if either the music was written for the videos or the videos were created specifically for the music.
An excerpt can be seen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWIkoW0QJEM. Descriptions are at: www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/my-music-classical-rewind-premieres-nationwide-on-pbs-stations-beginning-november-30-check-local-listings-233472721.html
The Ode to Joy excerpt starts at about 3:01 minutes into the YouTube video. If you're a classical music lover, you'll find this moving and exciting. I thought the segments of celebration at the end of WWII especially emotional. Keep some Kleenex handy.
Our exit from winter now is a good example of Lat's description of painting, in somewhat of a reverse technique as Jack Frost removes the winter whites and Mother Nature substitutes greens as the entire palette changes.
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Post by claude on Mar 24, 2015 18:17:22 GMT -5
My daughter played violin in the youth orchestra and then the city orchestra..I would sit and listen to the practice lessons and always enjoyed Vivaldi's 4 seasons, pacobel's canon in D and an old piano soundtrack, "relentless". All on a loop an my garden iPod. It's like therapy..for free..interactive therapy????
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Post by desertwoman on Mar 24, 2015 18:49:28 GMT -5
Just remembering that quote again: Gardening is cheaper than therapy and you get tomatoes! (author unknown)
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