kerryh's Blog

IT IS SNOWING
Mar 27, 2008 | 8:11 AM PST
Tag: xeriscaping

I am so happy...  So many of you are having the snowest  winter  in years,but here the dirt is blowing into the crackes on the window sills of our old porch. Some say if you buy land  in Montana, you also will be buying land in North Dakota, cause thats where your top soil ends up. LOl.

We have always gotten one of those 3ft deep wet snows at Easter that turn the lawns green and make the daffs grow, but not this year. We are truly in a drought. A few years ago, I started to change the types of plants I had in front yard. Last year I finished it. I took out all the beds next to the house and layed down fabric and put gravel and driftwood down. Laid sandstone in front of the beds. This summer I am going to plant, Ajuga between the sandstones. Everyhing out there is going to be Xerisaping plants. If I could get rid of the lawn I would." I hate grass"!

 One of my clients has not one blade of grass in her yard . It is awesome, she uses pea gravel where you would have grass, large flag stones make winding paths between her beds... hugh bolders for seperations,and she uses alot of raised beds , trellises and trailing plants.  It is  awesome.

 It just would not work on the street I live on. She said her water bill is a 1/4 of what it was.   The big trees love it, they are not competeing with the grass for water.

Since its snowing, looks like I might have to stay indoors and do house work LOL

Happy Planting KerryH