mrazikmommy's Blog

ok so while surfing the forums i ran across a post about someone's yard. i'm pretty sure the screen name was okiescott. so kudos to you okiescott, you have inspired me.  (ok i get on a little tangent here but i'll get back to it in a min i promise) lol. while the weather today was not good for being outdoors and working the garden like yesterday was, i did get some things done anyways. i started a little journal, where i cut out and pasted in all of my ideas. they weren't completely all about the garden, i also put some clippings of things i'd like to do to the entire house. sort of a way to keep all my ideas together so i don't forget and so that i can build onto them as my ideas change and progress. 

ok back to okiescott. i saw pictures of you yard yesterday and was inspired by your archway! I LOVE IT. i think i left you a comment about it too. so my idea is this. i have the gate leading into my back yard right?? well what if i put up some trellis along the fence surrounding the gate, and then put an arch going over the gate, and then grow some thick IVY or other thick vine so that it would all be like ivyish... does that make sense? lol

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||||(``)|||||||||  ok now imagine all the lines and the arch are covered in IVY. ... lol.

the only thing i'm really worried about is that at on each end i have potential over growth areas. i.e on one end i have my neighbors privacy fence--what if the ivy decides to jump ship so to speak? like wise on the other end i have my brick garage. no i don't really mind ivy on my garage, but my neighbor might not like my ivy....hmmm any thoughts?

btw i thought about this ALL NIGHT last night. i couldn't sleep--heart burn yuck-- so instead i thought about gardening lol. and when i did sleep i dreamt about gardening. is that normal? lol