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Plants in my Garden: Plum, Curly Willow, Cedar, Cypress, Birch, Dogwood, Roses, Daylilies, Lilacs, Siberian Iris, Rhododendrons
Favorite Aspect of Gardening: Beauty & peace
If I'm not in my garden, I can usually be found: at my computer, decorating, scrapbooking, watching TV, or reading
Occupation: Web Developer
Ozma
Member Since: 6/11/2008
Last Seen: 20 hours ago
About Ozma
I am redoing my landscape because previous owners planted things too close, randomly, and sometimes in the wrong place. Also, my DH took out most of the lawn. It's a large yard, and I'm a bit overwhelmed.
We started at the NW end of the yard by putting in a berm in what was left of the lawn. We left the lawn so it would seem to flow into the neighbor's yard and have a park-like feel. We wanted one area of our 1/3 acre lot to look done while we tear everything else up.
The bed in front of the living room picture window, which I call the Entry Garden. is level with the house. We plan to edge it with stacked stone walls that follow the flagstone walks from the house down to the curb. Until then I'm planting a few perenniels and filling in with annuals. I'm trying to create a modern, slightly Asian look here.
The SE end of the yard will eventually be our rose/fairy/cottage garden. We will be creating a large arbor next to the house on which I envision a wisteria vine.
The backyard has two main gardens. There's one outside the mother-in-law quarters that tends to be shady, which I call Grandma's Garden. I try to make it a colorful as possible so that my mother-in-law can enjoy it with her failing vision. The larger back garden is viewed from the dining room and kitchen. I think we want to create a woodland look here. There's a deck that runs nearly the length of the house, and a shed under the great cedar tree that we're covering with wood shingles to make it look like a tiny rustic cabin.
Although GG is my favorite gardening community, a few other favorite gardening sites that I like are:
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Recent Blog Entries
Today was my first real day of work in the garden since we got back from Alaska. I weeded the berm first since it's the prettiest part of our yard. I also wanted to cut back the lamb's ear to prevent it from suffocating everything else planted ther...
Decorating for fall
It's time to get ready for the holidays. I love decorating and entertaining from Halloween to Valentine's Day. You can see my galleries at Better Homes & Gardens.Happy Celebrating! (I fixed the link)
New Photo Albums
I've created a couple of albums of pictures from our vacation. Take a look.I've had a chance to stroll my garden all around. Our house sitter did a good job of keeping things watered. So now I have a lot of weeding and deadheading to do. . . When ...
Be it ever so humble. . .
Got home from our vacation late last night. When I turned on the light on the back deck, seeing my garden took my breath away. Sleeping in my own bed was an unexpected pleasure, too.I slept all day today, and when I got up, it felt like I was still ...
Pergola Posts
Paul and I set the second pair of posts for the pergola at the SE end today. He and Scottie (DD's ex-BF) installed the first two closest to the house several days ago, so we used them to help brace the ones we did today. Whenever we pour concrete, ...
