osprey94's Profile
osprey94's Interests
Plants in my Garden: rhododendron (we added), lilac (already established), rosemary (already established), lavender (already established), 100's of douglas fir, ponderosa pine (we added, some already established), perennial bachelor's button (I think) already established, hydrangea (already established), butterfly bush (I added), beauty bush (I added), kinnikinnic (I added), barberry (I added), russian sage (already established), wild rose of some sort (already established), climbing hydrangea (already established), a few maples and some lady's mantle (already established)
Favorite Aspect of Gardening: attracting wildlife/learning
If I'm not in my garden, I can usually be found: online - gardening forums!
Occupation: teacher
osprey94
Member Since: 5/21/2007
Last Seen: 3 days, 23 hours ago
About osprey94
My previously dormant gardening genes (passed down from both sides of the family) have recently become dominant since I've lived on many acres in the country. On our two "grass" acres, I have inherited many small square beds and unnatural paths that surround the house from the previous owners that I'd like to completely eliminate in favor of natural looking beds with lots of native plants. In addition, I don't have raised beds in my veggie garden and I want to make them using fallen lumber from our 10 acres of woods that border our 2 acres. At this point, I feel like it will take me decades to do all I want to do unless I hire someone to help me. But, I haven't resorted to that yet. I'm afraid of how much it will cost. I am completely overwhelmed and wish I had a better vision of want I want my land to look like. My husband also provides a challenge. He does not want to stop using pesticides and herbicides and I do, very much. He also doesn't always happily go along with all of my project ideas because he's stubborn and wants to do things his way which always seems to be NOT my way!
I'm struggling to find a balance and to take things one project at a time, but without a solid long-term plan, I feel like every project I take on, I might one day have to undo. I've wasted a lot of money already this way. What am I going to do????
I'm hoping by blogging my journey, I will create a record of all my decisions and projects and maybe put together a goal for the overall design of this property.
Whew! That's quite a profile!
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Recent Blog Entries
Things are really taking off in the garden, now that the sun is actually SHINING occasionally here! We're even having a bit of a heat wave...hold on to your hats, it's in the 80s! This was the wildflower strip in early spring: And, here it...
back!
We got back from a trip to Yellowstone last night. The weather there was perfect, and other than grizzlies, we saw just about every species of wildlife we'd ever hoped to see. The camas and balsam root were in bloom all over the place as well as m...
what's this plant?
I don't have a lot of gardening news right now. Mainly, I'm just waiting for things to grow! Friday was the last day of school (today's Monday) and I'm LOVING the fact that I'm not at work right now! Instead of posting pics of what I'm doing in th...
wildlife walk
When the cold, miserable weather we're having broke for an hour or so today (I'm bitter), I took a walk through the woods and my gardens to check things out. It was a regular wildlife smorgasbord! First, I found an alligator lizard basking in the sun...
peeper!
I was checking out the rhodies today and I noticed this lil' guy in the vinca. I caught him while D got the camera, but he was ready to jump right out of my hand the entire time we tried to shoot him. The lighting was terrible, so this is the best I ...
