tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41292414356523413002024-03-05T18:24:15.154-06:00Turtlegaby's Tropical Oasisturtlegabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15784971262285607186noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129241435652341300.post-38009407700223990332009-10-21T11:21:00.008-05:002009-10-21T11:26:13.949-05:00Fall memories 2009<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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We have such a wonderful weather today, that I thought I make some last pictures of my yard, before the cld nights break in and everything need to get cut down. Yeah, I messed with the grass around some beds, but until next year it will be covered again, I am pretty sure of that one, even if its just weeds.turtlegabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15784971262285607186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129241435652341300.post-64428735859856800942009-10-21T06:26:00.003-05:002009-10-27T06:46:23.620-05:00Potting up plants for the winterThe winter is slowly moving in and the nights get cold. Last week we had one night in the lower 30s, so I had to hurry and pot the most sensitive plants up, bring them in the house to save them.<br />
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</div>Here is my Yucca elephantipes, Aloe vera and 2 pineapple plants. I still have to pot up my hibiscus seedlings, which I will probably do today or tomorrow.<br />
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I also will take my Musella Lasiocarpa out of the ground and pot it up, because I want to see it bloom so badly next year and when it stays outside it won't ever bloom.<br />
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What hurt me most was that I had to cut all my Brugs down, they were in so perfect bloom and at the top of their beauty, but had i not taken cuttings from all of them, I'd probably loset them during the winter.<br />
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</div>I took several cuttings of each, so I will have plenty of new plants next year. On the left you see 2 Pink Caesalpinia pulcherrima seedlings, that hopefully grow a big bigger next year. This year they didn't do a lot but getting a strong root system. I've also several palm seedlings that need to be protected in the first 3 years. Lots more to do like mulching all my banana trees, cutting the stems down and cutting the thousands of Cannas that I have. When I have to cut everything down in late fall, it gives me some kind of sadness, because my yard looks empty and dead, but then, spring is always coming and everything awakes to new life and becomes bigger and more beautiful each year.turtlegabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15784971262285607186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129241435652341300.post-1762988050007360972009-10-05T15:59:00.002-05:002009-10-05T16:02:00.372-05:00Brugmansias in bloom<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some of my Brugs have started to bloom<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">It opens up yellow, then becomes kind of peachy<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">This one smells like heaven.<br />
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</div>turtlegabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15784971262285607186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129241435652341300.post-29759007447455319352009-08-23T17:56:00.005-05:002009-08-23T18:08:10.290-05:00New succulent bed and others in progressI almost finished my new succulent bed today. still need some more little plants to fill it up, but so far I am already very satisfied with the overall look<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ5tb60fMbezo1O6UlYA4yfWcRAk4a2EeGMxq_CDoLEHTM3RJEsml4OUCErLTg4BmFLads7WVeDZsurTuYPYW60wX0SGpKTjgnONjiIohDpVDPO6qK-h2IxEWWh-Uvct3tZjmb2uVL3Vw/s1600-h/Picture+315.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ5tb60fMbezo1O6UlYA4yfWcRAk4a2EeGMxq_CDoLEHTM3RJEsml4OUCErLTg4BmFLads7WVeDZsurTuYPYW60wX0SGpKTjgnONjiIohDpVDPO6qK-h2IxEWWh-Uvct3tZjmb2uVL3Vw/s400/Picture+315.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373297436725433810" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8JcjfVUs-HOoVcCVHS2HeTj4Ru1eTe2ltuyGVpFl4SVYNUdnROm1cEiKkec70PabLeckKXowk8mPBgfBW4dcJzs-3LEfrbzzlxfu22ENKyoIqGFugY7-TpBTf_e_gexjX7gyp2YeEp74/s1600-h/Picture+316.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8JcjfVUs-HOoVcCVHS2HeTj4Ru1eTe2ltuyGVpFl4SVYNUdnROm1cEiKkec70PabLeckKXowk8mPBgfBW4dcJzs-3LEfrbzzlxfu22ENKyoIqGFugY7-TpBTf_e_gexjX7gyp2YeEp74/s400/Picture+316.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373297635255131394" border="0" /></a><br />I have only 4 opuntias planted and a couple yuccas. Want to get some winterhardy agave too.<br /><br />Also got 100 more rocks today and made the border for 2 new beds<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkleTRqhEp8bpDFC4LzF85fc9wOzh3qvURDrSdQ9rOt4MEe3YlSSxAUKvnOZl2DeHU_nBCRsukzQ5J1ZYdCWJm_tZnjYaEubzCe6MsRE52rxJyKKh6p8yCB4yK5u7iRFqTK_69U5lNzwM/s1600-h/Picture+317.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkleTRqhEp8bpDFC4LzF85fc9wOzh3qvURDrSdQ9rOt4MEe3YlSSxAUKvnOZl2DeHU_nBCRsukzQ5J1ZYdCWJm_tZnjYaEubzCe6MsRE52rxJyKKh6p8yCB4yK5u7iRFqTK_69U5lNzwM/s400/Picture+317.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373298228648593570" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXn2N9LGqmFvse8RSrpW1NrgCn4dJnEoRzfSNHJ6IpfwHLWN6CdQiZQ7_96ag4rCSKcgCWL9MEBPhrTIemZmDEijkK4r6hq_nneRQ0SiBn7xhxKSedeWWsCKSySX-5qlb283dzM-Rndtc/s1600-h/Picture+318.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXn2N9LGqmFvse8RSrpW1NrgCn4dJnEoRzfSNHJ6IpfwHLWN6CdQiZQ7_96ag4rCSKcgCWL9MEBPhrTIemZmDEijkK4r6hq_nneRQ0SiBn7xhxKSedeWWsCKSySX-5qlb283dzM-Rndtc/s400/Picture+318.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373298579437136850" border="0" /></a>Sprayed everything with Round-up and need to wait a week until the grass is dead. There is still so much grass that I want to get rid of. Who needs grass? Not me!!!! It's a waste of space.<br /><br />Here is the neglected corner bed that I still need to finish<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu4583qS4KebONvKn-7YZVYsjQc2fJ5lPZDUkpIUJByy_xFQlMt3WHnqtcwd81bAjXR3FK-ffOo-3giRFTcoPYASEnNKT_pnO_xhjlzDrJ_gnrddSZQ2YAkWWyAc5kDDyWUDWdPCYmsX0/s1600-h/Picture+319.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu4583qS4KebONvKn-7YZVYsjQc2fJ5lPZDUkpIUJByy_xFQlMt3WHnqtcwd81bAjXR3FK-ffOo-3giRFTcoPYASEnNKT_pnO_xhjlzDrJ_gnrddSZQ2YAkWWyAc5kDDyWUDWdPCYmsX0/s400/Picture+319.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373299030711723202" border="0" /></a>Had last week some major stuff in the front yard going on. My neighbor said, I make myself more work every day, but in reality, it will be less, once everything is done, because my weekly mowing duty will be minimized to a few minutes only. Moved hundreds of flagstones in the front yard (sorry, no picture right now) and enlarged the existing beds to almost the double size. (Killed appr. 40-50 Black widows when moving the rocks - an entire can of spider spray gone, ughhh)turtlegabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15784971262285607186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129241435652341300.post-34299943095201748822009-08-21T19:48:00.001-05:002009-08-21T19:50:54.418-05:00Sunset from my patioWe had a beautiful sunset today, when I was sitting on my patio and although my cam is not the best one, I could catch a spectacular picture<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyR7qN1NJlDZrJZtej1UbJ4tC3LLry1Btc-zKd5WeShd3K96lo_1-05Gz9t_fS1z_r0G_Trrl5b4IaKCJXQ-sglL6HYSj3mFQeQJ5zb-mWiUY4nA9xVf9SCHOAKpCJw-ecKVR4fQRJXTw/s1600-h/Picture+312.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyR7qN1NJlDZrJZtej1UbJ4tC3LLry1Btc-zKd5WeShd3K96lo_1-05Gz9t_fS1z_r0G_Trrl5b4IaKCJXQ-sglL6HYSj3mFQeQJ5zb-mWiUY4nA9xVf9SCHOAKpCJw-ecKVR4fQRJXTw/s400/Picture+312.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372584094727933858" border="0" /></a>Alabama sunset<br /></div>turtlegabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15784971262285607186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129241435652341300.post-80611655943882752032009-08-21T19:32:00.005-05:002009-08-21T19:39:32.105-05:00Four o' clocksSome time has passed again and I am working on different projects at the same time, which means transplanting between different beds to make space for new plants. The work basically never ends and I hate to show half done projects, but I had to make a few pictures of the four o' clocks that I have blooming right now.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNPywFfDOZzMwpR90nXCTjVLZZCSx3yLhox6jTNLP9GDkpY9IkZ62OK6unlZ0k5KAHee2N4H-PpvoYiCOflCIZzj1odoFnv7RI_IRHH2f7e58t7JaE2Ph5vnkKwk7UAgsJEH1EMaAK6Ew/s1600-h/Picture+308.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNPywFfDOZzMwpR90nXCTjVLZZCSx3yLhox6jTNLP9GDkpY9IkZ62OK6unlZ0k5KAHee2N4H-PpvoYiCOflCIZzj1odoFnv7RI_IRHH2f7e58t7JaE2Ph5vnkKwk7UAgsJEH1EMaAK6Ew/s400/Picture+308.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372579968016779490" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiThocu05lG-CJyxDz-uxTlcFd96HTyd4J0pDr_iBEE94rI6uC9xy3QKHjdQwkreVRV4Tx4XhxboRWIgzoNx3VTXlC5qutVwi8wjo0G63rNPCFT3khG64Koo9fcQevjj6oFsZu-PbUibzI/s1600-h/Picture+309.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiThocu05lG-CJyxDz-uxTlcFd96HTyd4J0pDr_iBEE94rI6uC9xy3QKHjdQwkreVRV4Tx4XhxboRWIgzoNx3VTXlC5qutVwi8wjo0G63rNPCFT3khG64Koo9fcQevjj6oFsZu-PbUibzI/s400/Picture+309.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372580131255894082" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8HBKJnt_Poj_FkxaqAqKix7LDtGEphNGnqH6ipXTyJnhyArr60ZAKl3Y2r-mVMNeAEgU_wZHtjA0TBeFaWARhKtgmLAJNLYpoMYKtKDMXKV8C-hCabzRJd6T8RIWg95ataAfxDAa1dbk/s1600-h/Picture+310.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8HBKJnt_Poj_FkxaqAqKix7LDtGEphNGnqH6ipXTyJnhyArr60ZAKl3Y2r-mVMNeAEgU_wZHtjA0TBeFaWARhKtgmLAJNLYpoMYKtKDMXKV8C-hCabzRJd6T8RIWg95ataAfxDAa1dbk/s400/Picture+310.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372580326780860226" border="0" /></a>Aren't they beautiful? They are so easy and simple to plant, but they are my all time annual favorites because of their intoxicating fragrance. In the evening, when I sit after a long day of garden work on the patio, I can smell them from all directions. They make me so happy, and I am tempted to plant even more of them all around the yard.turtlegabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15784971262285607186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129241435652341300.post-19395961779301403622009-08-05T19:34:00.009-05:002009-08-05T20:02:51.600-05:00The corner bed<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhdX8GAEv4ClECJzvFzqbLu07K1WA4XrhLO2uO_ZBj7YzO3CkmfiASqkuQd22BItp0ZdHV0Q8WagoCUQvmSWHwMYuROQ_sqA3xpflR-ubnjJ6z0pJ4UHNnDI7RcEpa1NUfX0fOBJElG1s/s1600-h/Picture+307.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhdX8GAEv4ClECJzvFzqbLu07K1WA4XrhLO2uO_ZBj7YzO3CkmfiASqkuQd22BItp0ZdHV0Q8WagoCUQvmSWHwMYuROQ_sqA3xpflR-ubnjJ6z0pJ4UHNnDI7RcEpa1NUfX0fOBJElG1s/s400/Picture+307.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366643342852349586" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDTjwlWPh12TMN0HQEocP-_CDnvq0T_1otHihhwoQAQs-oDF7Uq43G7Spq9DjTcW0e2tfJU2T3cq8Bt3LAzj7_qDbMMTd6qFpZnkq9cJUhK6u7934VON0JKKbO1PcNMbsAVVVAuXKl02g/s1600-h/Picture+306.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDTjwlWPh12TMN0HQEocP-_CDnvq0T_1otHihhwoQAQs-oDF7Uq43G7Spq9DjTcW0e2tfJU2T3cq8Bt3LAzj7_qDbMMTd6qFpZnkq9cJUhK6u7934VON0JKKbO1PcNMbsAVVVAuXKl02g/s400/Picture+306.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366643207003766258" border="0" /></a><br />The corner bed is my next project. I worked already today on it and removed part of the Cannas and Elephant ears growing in there. I also removed half of the rocks you see in the front. Need them for my second succulent bed. I made the border much larger than it was before and will plant something that differs in size. Tall in the corner and shorter as I get to the front of the border. Not sure yet, what it will be. Before I can start thinking about it, I still have a lot of work ahead of me.<br />It just didn't look nice with the Elephant ears in the back and the Cannas in the front, because they had the same size and there was visually no interest.<br /><br />This bed also need to get filled up with topsoil, it is a bit sunken, because I mixed a lot of yard waste into the soil last year and it decomposted so much, that it sunk almost 5 inch in height.<br />That's my job tomorrow.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifrU7FVnMkZrPFQtzial10z9neKFCMnQ6kYcfGALnGSplDgpytWqN79at1CTThtPWcsKX03h-C6svr7DJ2MGHuXrgrX_IgH73nAnu_Fr82DAlDrl1JLxy0gOa1SetnqRHJSBCIS4FmQ1U/s1600-h/Picture+303.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifrU7FVnMkZrPFQtzial10z9neKFCMnQ6kYcfGALnGSplDgpytWqN79at1CTThtPWcsKX03h-C6svr7DJ2MGHuXrgrX_IgH73nAnu_Fr82DAlDrl1JLxy0gOa1SetnqRHJSBCIS4FmQ1U/s400/Picture+303.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366644994947522226" border="0" /></a>I was in Lowes today and came across this beautiful palm. It was without a tag and the sales person didn't know if it's a winter hardy palm or not. I recognized it as a windmill palm but didn't say anything. I asked the supervisor for a discount, because I didn't want to waste $34.95 (the original price) for a palm that isn't winter hardy. She agreed to give me 50% off, so I got it for $17.00, which was a great deal for a windmill palm that size.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje03guBYexSaZ7Ah9KsoGNhJ1yZx9tEc5wZKXDFQ117imhIUgLdvD0GKsurfg3Z2VXxj7zKQpPncEEOaQJDpjMaeMx7cMKMrls0NhvfK79IFOf6CLhXNArMtjvaUI1nBY7n4xpinbePFY/s1600-h/Picture+304.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje03guBYexSaZ7Ah9KsoGNhJ1yZx9tEc5wZKXDFQ117imhIUgLdvD0GKsurfg3Z2VXxj7zKQpPncEEOaQJDpjMaeMx7cMKMrls0NhvfK79IFOf6CLhXNArMtjvaUI1nBY7n4xpinbePFY/s400/Picture+304.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366646320529427714" border="0" /></a>Extremely happy about my bargain purchase, I stopped at Walmart to get some mushrooms and Papaya for my torts, when I saw these lovely Crape Myrtles for only $11. Got a white one called Chocolate white. It will get only 8 feet tall and I planted it against the fence.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilKC4uk6eGpdAf_CqIGnzPU5ApW4ic_D2KBsVr2aqyNTjYBWUGUOfMil_g82PrfhzRcgrXSeRxE_fC_hZrEbQnsvxi_vios_FKS2AKwj47_61upRyqU20ax63hj7amNxL6d2H1bNqBq80/s1600-h/Picture+305.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilKC4uk6eGpdAf_CqIGnzPU5ApW4ic_D2KBsVr2aqyNTjYBWUGUOfMil_g82PrfhzRcgrXSeRxE_fC_hZrEbQnsvxi_vios_FKS2AKwj47_61upRyqU20ax63hj7amNxL6d2H1bNqBq80/s400/Picture+305.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366646671151697602" border="0" /></a>I had already this lovely pink one, which I bought last year at Lowes, also without tag, so I don't know which variety it is and how tall it gets, but the color sure is stunning.<br /><br />It was a good day and I am planning on buying more rocks at the weekend to get an other huge bed beside the succulent bed next week going. I thought it's better to stay with rocks instead of wood borders to give the garden a more uniform look.turtlegabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15784971262285607186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129241435652341300.post-60628571978595410192009-08-02T12:41:00.008-05:002009-08-02T12:56:21.431-05:00New succulent bedI completed my succulent bed today. Of course I couldn't wait until the grass was dead and just put everything on top of it, starting on Friday already. I had to buy several bags of soil, sand, soil conditioner and pea gravel, which were multiple trips to Home Depot, because my car (Mustang convertible) only fits 3 bags at a time. My back suffered the most carrying all these heavy bags, especially the pea gravel, from the garage to the bed. Then yesterday it wouldn't stop raining and everything got pretty messy, but God thanks it stopped early in the morning today and I could go on planting.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLPrEjobv-PgIPpQ9QYJnIoflGdOoPcdzfUJfwCyAWAckaOVU3FbJr0BTAY6uDM1ufJ9SM5Zl94F7YkKLtAWFzjkkYzLIYuDuzwbdSijnXyqsvfEpxnLelEHecaPND0hS08jFwVp7g44Y/s1600-h/Picture+298.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLPrEjobv-PgIPpQ9QYJnIoflGdOoPcdzfUJfwCyAWAckaOVU3FbJr0BTAY6uDM1ufJ9SM5Zl94F7YkKLtAWFzjkkYzLIYuDuzwbdSijnXyqsvfEpxnLelEHecaPND0hS08jFwVp7g44Y/s400/Picture+298.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365424278419373570" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgblFBjuiKJaDlhrHe4FfHXC9oK0ImjwBep6lJjaHkN7Ba0tN48EAqi1_h3HkYxc2O6jWJiiHAnQ7jGNRQit1Yg-v0mKas8gqbGWREXV_jnrcX8niW1CtA67-AqnplsHMMCxSUSzXp-eyw/s1600-h/Picture+299.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgblFBjuiKJaDlhrHe4FfHXC9oK0ImjwBep6lJjaHkN7Ba0tN48EAqi1_h3HkYxc2O6jWJiiHAnQ7jGNRQit1Yg-v0mKas8gqbGWREXV_jnrcX8niW1CtA67-AqnplsHMMCxSUSzXp-eyw/s400/Picture+299.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365424492116681858" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia4ZjrUxvheJdub1NSXtMNNbm6ObPtEzTlYPkBhQweHSPNaN8EmfW28E_eP4swzfnSruWnDS3Mdf2xx_3dgeiuPnsZU7PO_AuJB4rZAG3Bg-xniBQF6caQyHH0NENJV2ehHXNyjx-Nfek/s1600-h/Picture+300.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia4ZjrUxvheJdub1NSXtMNNbm6ObPtEzTlYPkBhQweHSPNaN8EmfW28E_eP4swzfnSruWnDS3Mdf2xx_3dgeiuPnsZU7PO_AuJB4rZAG3Bg-xniBQF6caQyHH0NENJV2ehHXNyjx-Nfek/s400/Picture+300.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365424705450222898" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6CHQg54Ao-IRUrozTBGRqP0ydm8zWKP6rf7MBzItHNzcSbSF9u9E2ldGGG_9OIMydtf9BT0gPeS03bvH8py_kOh537U9z_67eUd9Da9kHRFXhN3kghv0LZQWJgxcPzFfzQrOvd-Lf_RI/s1600-h/Picture+302.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6CHQg54Ao-IRUrozTBGRqP0ydm8zWKP6rf7MBzItHNzcSbSF9u9E2ldGGG_9OIMydtf9BT0gPeS03bvH8py_kOh537U9z_67eUd9Da9kHRFXhN3kghv0LZQWJgxcPzFfzQrOvd-Lf_RI/s400/Picture+302.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365425149337846834" border="0" /></a><br />this little pot in the middle is an Aloe vera, which I found yesterday when I was grocery shopping at Aldi for $3.95. It can't stay outside during winter, so I left it in the pot, also the 2 Pineapple plants are in a pot.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIKGNUdwaTOZoxGFFw8xLHrgoZMyvgXuwOIDa87aPc9-EQAarpwqLtJtTC-wl9RDrJLgudFeUA33Ehw40BwbVAgXGPVtsoOVJMRXx5NIw-ZwwiJMUlcyzKiu5N6TGoIE5Jm0ww3euFip8/s1600-h/Picture+301.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIKGNUdwaTOZoxGFFw8xLHrgoZMyvgXuwOIDa87aPc9-EQAarpwqLtJtTC-wl9RDrJLgudFeUA33Ehw40BwbVAgXGPVtsoOVJMRXx5NIw-ZwwiJMUlcyzKiu5N6TGoIE5Jm0ww3euFip8/s400/Picture+301.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365424999189032386" border="0" /></a>I still want to plant some Hens & chicks to add more color and maybe buy 2 more bags of pea gravel for cleaner look. I had 2 bags, but they just disappeared in this bed like nothing. Actually I started liking the idea of having more succulents. And have already an other bed in mind, where I want to create a rock garden with Agave and Cacti. But that is still far away, because the next duty will be to remove all the Cannas and elephant ears from the corner bed, weed it, fill it up with soil and plant something more attractive there.turtlegabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15784971262285607186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129241435652341300.post-10737500398933279852009-07-29T19:28:00.004-05:002009-07-29T19:31:38.038-05:00Emma's Bellflower<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUe6QpQu-2QYV-DjVnfaXSuvZlAeTt-74ZbEKqMMhf_DEGqq6xlsARdUvPKGr1ldzQqeMZ_F3Ir48av5tSsjXaMiEhZ3-eNXV_UZnKPFUnj4Lg_Or9L7nH-ZEOJFmLXIWQIG10sp9hIJU/s1600-h/Picture+294.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUe6QpQu-2QYV-DjVnfaXSuvZlAeTt-74ZbEKqMMhf_DEGqq6xlsARdUvPKGr1ldzQqeMZ_F3Ir48av5tSsjXaMiEhZ3-eNXV_UZnKPFUnj4Lg_Or9L7nH-ZEOJFmLXIWQIG10sp9hIJU/s400/Picture+294.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364043860136341282" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTA-iBNbraOq35QjuiV0KkVVpp590Rf3G0d7QK9wiCMxa7y0FczK-emjv3OXV7gpnZenWvb3s4V4rWwPnhxaIp8jP8ibTzuSQ9ZuD-Tg2v39c9zAyVuy-1FIktVX8UwXY71UDLPklfxzU/s1600-h/Picture+293.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTA-iBNbraOq35QjuiV0KkVVpp590Rf3G0d7QK9wiCMxa7y0FczK-emjv3OXV7gpnZenWvb3s4V4rWwPnhxaIp8jP8ibTzuSQ9ZuD-Tg2v39c9zAyVuy-1FIktVX8UwXY71UDLPklfxzU/s400/Picture+293.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364043726007223874" border="0" /></a>My neighbor Emma gave me a couple months ago some tiny 1 inch bellflowers. I just saw one is blooming now, although it's not their season any more. It's only a couple inch tall, but the bloom sure is pretty and I had to make a picture.turtlegabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15784971262285607186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129241435652341300.post-82457133206426520682009-07-29T17:43:00.002-05:002009-07-29T17:47:08.463-05:00I am so upsetJust drove to Fred's to get a metal arbor. Wanted to place it right where the mulched way begins and plant a trumpet creeper around it. Last week they had 4 left greatly reduced for only $15 each. Of course I came too late and everything was sold. I then drove to K-mart, because I saw one for $25 there yesterday and it was sold too. It's not my day today, too bad, it would have looked so nice with an arbor over there.turtlegabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15784971262285607186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129241435652341300.post-14835882786695730742009-07-29T14:15:00.008-05:002009-07-29T14:35:04.243-05:00Final shape<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO5GOy732o5GW2O1y09kiBEvdk-n3xovmnB7auUY-ABTGR7EI5JXHQKCYxdI-fDEZLQUo76ZtrZOIrvknKhbCUueaHNcwuYX0PnEQEQNid5otsK7ZJIcyCfdHs0PsHCQLOV8iAP2MZnvY/s1600-h/Picture+287.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO5GOy732o5GW2O1y09kiBEvdk-n3xovmnB7auUY-ABTGR7EI5JXHQKCYxdI-fDEZLQUo76ZtrZOIrvknKhbCUueaHNcwuYX0PnEQEQNid5otsK7ZJIcyCfdHs0PsHCQLOV8iAP2MZnvY/s400/Picture+287.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363963736294504034" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYZss32P6bSaEUzorYv8XQWOEY3IBweW94rblSqcUa2ruT3Eel1yXMcuxBPIArXI15B1e8jULrm2BSIvWV7wIhL9PL33sCZMLuRU2FQUgEkCbQ5WN7wE_H_S1r8Dj20HCxtogciw7Pm0/s1600-h/Picture+286.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYZss32P6bSaEUzorYv8XQWOEY3IBweW94rblSqcUa2ruT3Eel1yXMcuxBPIArXI15B1e8jULrm2BSIvWV7wIhL9PL33sCZMLuRU2FQUgEkCbQ5WN7wE_H_S1r8Dj20HCxtogciw7Pm0/s400/Picture+286.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363963554718374610" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div>The new shape of the bed is done. It took me an awful long time to make it work with the number of rocks I had. That it's 111 degrees heat index today with 100% humidity didn't help either. I am soaking wet and need a long break now. These rocks are so heavy and I've sworn myself it was the last time I moved them. I wish I had some more, the bed isn't as large as I wanted it, but those rocks are expensive with all the beds that I am doing, so I will from now on only use a wooden border. They are also a lot easier to lay out and to carry. Everything is weed sprayed and now I only have to wait until the grass is killed.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkCO_05W8AU3K5MolYDmYzVIn_HGxjjGCtcjowd93xaFV3UhQkvFAxhwgPDC267bTBGsdfwIhHnpEuNcfpBlr7Gp4kpKodlxT_z1n-168pVw9XLK1Atw0XXDYBt9nroUTpbHYVB7rlq68/s1600-h/Picture+288.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkCO_05W8AU3K5MolYDmYzVIn_HGxjjGCtcjowd93xaFV3UhQkvFAxhwgPDC267bTBGsdfwIhHnpEuNcfpBlr7Gp4kpKodlxT_z1n-168pVw9XLK1Atw0XXDYBt9nroUTpbHYVB7rlq68/s400/Picture+288.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363964675616639154" border="0" /></a>This is the Pindo Palm, that I want to plant in the middle, slightly elevated. It's still a small one, but it grew pretty strong this year, last year it only was a seedling.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ54VoKPerNmkaFH2Z7f4zLmFjQbgpxokEWTJK8RLtqXm2MTjAOBE3AoQ6dJMYDH9a3hwtPP60O0GJ2GKtl_6WvDh0v-R7cmaB386mBh5QkqGzqBnx7MiMaEQynYrcTwX-wZLPWLmx4Xc/s1600-h/Picture+289.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ54VoKPerNmkaFH2Z7f4zLmFjQbgpxokEWTJK8RLtqXm2MTjAOBE3AoQ6dJMYDH9a3hwtPP60O0GJ2GKtl_6WvDh0v-R7cmaB386mBh5QkqGzqBnx7MiMaEQynYrcTwX-wZLPWLmx4Xc/s400/Picture+289.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363965360990172034" border="0" /></a>I also will plant Yucca filamentosa, which btw had this gorgeous bloom in spring. The dried stalk is still on the plant.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHQhnyL1P79dXAUdiyNMQ-3HDOQ1yi-9TcY5IHw5CtI1wmSPQnF2cTMj3fd6fudwKwaA0voWgbxWP6uTk1NtzbwzHm3fPpG-WNn0ndikJvTL7ylXK5SCIzZJU_2I3_U3CPqNPAp4nWO80/s1600-h/Picture+201.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHQhnyL1P79dXAUdiyNMQ-3HDOQ1yi-9TcY5IHw5CtI1wmSPQnF2cTMj3fd6fudwKwaA0voWgbxWP6uTk1NtzbwzHm3fPpG-WNn0ndikJvTL7ylXK5SCIzZJU_2I3_U3CPqNPAp4nWO80/s400/Picture+201.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363965846903131746" border="0" /></a>Beside that, a couple of Hesperaloe parviflora, Red Yucca (see pic below)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOVOs6WHFqZrBwEW6tcVclKh2NBFFobUaTuJAKBgHoOVvYF97ZxHgMq6FjXFBRTQIF0CkT9naEOuDT-X6oJXikEkRTLmd9Q1Mc0cxZLes3GbUfpCtXTt9NSSM0JDdVjM2MnGg0pGDsdY4/s1600-h/Picture+290.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOVOs6WHFqZrBwEW6tcVclKh2NBFFobUaTuJAKBgHoOVvYF97ZxHgMq6FjXFBRTQIF0CkT9naEOuDT-X6oJXikEkRTLmd9Q1Mc0cxZLes3GbUfpCtXTt9NSSM0JDdVjM2MnGg0pGDsdY4/s400/Picture+290.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363966659991317826" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgweC5ze8NqUfj8w9C26953c-8u6TcDzUy-WYHEjrHH17Sf_EVVo1XoG5zE6-aTk6yO6TW5VM7iWliyf-swakC_Qn_UCY570co-R3BRo_FfG8qpvuu9ONkzv_1SmSmI2IUSOFno5QDEehk/s1600-h/Picture+187.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgweC5ze8NqUfj8w9C26953c-8u6TcDzUy-WYHEjrHH17Sf_EVVo1XoG5zE6-aTk6yO6TW5VM7iWliyf-swakC_Qn_UCY570co-R3BRo_FfG8qpvuu9ONkzv_1SmSmI2IUSOFno5QDEehk/s400/Picture+187.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363967062010672898" border="0" /></a>Flower of red Yucca<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">and a small Yucca elephantipes. I have a couple more succulents in the yard, which I also will plant in this bed. If I only could start right now. I hate all the preparation and waiting time, until I finally can do what I love most, planting.<br /></div><br /></div>turtlegabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15784971262285607186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129241435652341300.post-54355377021811249942009-07-29T09:32:00.003-05:002009-07-29T09:44:50.837-05:00New arrangementLast night when I went to bed, many thoughts went through my head regarding the arrangement of this new bed. I wasn't really satisfied with the round shape that wasn't so round on the left side. I missed one rock to make it really round and I have tried multiple times to rearrange the rocks to no avail. Also, I figured, since I want to have more beds in the future and reduce the lawn part of my yard, I should arrange the bed more wisely to get optimum space for future projects.<br />So what I will do today is to move the rocks once again and only leave a 1 1/2 lawnmower wide space in between other beds as walkway. Too bad, I have already sprayed the grass with roundup yesterday, but I am pretty sure, it will grow back in no time, at least the weeds do and it will look green again. (My backyard is anyway more weeds than grass)<br /><br />When I start a new project in the yard, I usually change it many times, before I am really satisfied. A lot of work that I could save myself, if I thought everything through before I start to work, but like I said earlier, I am almost totally lacking the vision of the finished project and realize as I go, that I want things to look different.<br /><br />Off I go, moving rocks again. Outch, my back hurts already from the last days work.turtlegabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15784971262285607186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129241435652341300.post-32403353915592820252009-07-28T16:50:00.000-05:002009-07-28T18:02:11.240-05:00Permanent transformationLong time since I posted, but I was so busy in the yard, that I had no desire to write about it. I made several new beds, divided plants, transplanted and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">retransplanted</span>. My problem is that I cannot visualize what it will look like when the plants get bigger and so I am permanently rearranging things from one bed to an other. I got the side bed close to the backyard entry planted and this is what it looks like today.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixf9QG1_jfOJ-cmzZVNgWHxvNcW-QMcCSIYGom9eD9ixhyphenhyphenmDKdcaRjveh8km9FNDLbQnLYqa7LsggW3SNxrS92WPncCBw60CrPcSEh5FQ78dZnrmVzMoRf8UJ14PeDqrOGKOt5fm4xgyA/s1600-h/Picture+263.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixf9QG1_jfOJ-cmzZVNgWHxvNcW-QMcCSIYGom9eD9ixhyphenhyphenmDKdcaRjveh8km9FNDLbQnLYqa7LsggW3SNxrS92WPncCBw60CrPcSEh5FQ78dZnrmVzMoRf8UJ14PeDqrOGKOt5fm4xgyA/s400/Picture+263.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363632735971236642" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWA7J4v6_a81AIeJOzbQlhU-zlwgyv7qbRLa8NWwNnHEgfWv1CYZQ8Q7IMd29TTBTv0xEFjmXIH89kcOtsH_FRiDFqLtFR6X-cvE85F79nWJJsDf37K0POfwmbJOT0uXEq6STZl_jl5Q8/s1600-h/Picture+261.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWA7J4v6_a81AIeJOzbQlhU-zlwgyv7qbRLa8NWwNnHEgfWv1CYZQ8Q7IMd29TTBTv0xEFjmXIH89kcOtsH_FRiDFqLtFR6X-cvE85F79nWJJsDf37K0POfwmbJOT0uXEq6STZl_jl5Q8/s400/Picture+261.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363633016410234258" border="0" /></a>I put Cypress mulch on the way and bordered both sides of the beds with heavy rocks, which I got from Home Depot. Just carrying all these rocks from their dump to their destination in over 110 heat with 100% humidity was a challenge in itself. It took me several days until I had that job finished. The spider flowers that you see between the Castor Beans popped up after I didn't expect them to germinate any more. So that was a huge surprise. I have sown <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Cleomes</span> the last 2 years and never got any plants. Now they are squeezed between the Castor Beans, which I don't like very much. Anyway, I let them be, because I don't want to disturb the Castor Beans. But the entire bed must get redone, because I failed to mix some good dirt into the heavy clay, and nothing grows really well there. This clay is like a rock, when it gets dry. On the right you see these huge <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Celosia</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Argenteas</span>, they sprouted from the last year droppings everywhere. One plant is now 10 feet tall and has a stem like a tree. It grows in pure sand, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">unbelievable</span>. I hope I can get it out after it has bloomed. Those roots tend to be very deep and hard to get out of the ground. Behind the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Celosia</span> there are <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Motherwort</span>, which I bought as <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Cimicifuga</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">racemosa</span> (Black <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Cohosh</span>) What a disappointment, when I didn't get Black <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Cohosh</span>, but 9 feet tall bushy plants with very little flowers only. I found out in Dave's garden that it's <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">motherwort</span> (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Leonurus</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">japonicus</span>).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM2X7SPDm8OT2jo31bEYyuU_Ai0UaoNjlevOvUcVZUbvz0mYzD5sHPNKIYol7PWIa4tKo5OOBRNC9GTCnuoh88ytl4sscT4hyGw2bmIf2N0U6KM6HH2GisQMeWHC36MERfcT8sI9kheCQ/s1600-h/Picture+266.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM2X7SPDm8OT2jo31bEYyuU_Ai0UaoNjlevOvUcVZUbvz0mYzD5sHPNKIYol7PWIa4tKo5OOBRNC9GTCnuoh88ytl4sscT4hyGw2bmIf2N0U6KM6HH2GisQMeWHC36MERfcT8sI9kheCQ/s400/Picture+266.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363635523184961650" border="0" /></a>But God thanks they are only biennial and I won't have to tolerate them next year. I wait until the seeds are ripe and then they will get out there. I was planing on adding soil conditioner and cow dung to the hard clay and plant everything fresh. The plants that I wanted to get big, didn't, but the ones, that I don't want got huge.<br /><br />Last week, when I was in Home Depot, I saw this gorgeous Hibiscus, called <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Kopper</span> King, and I had to have it.<br /><br />Planted it in the front , where I have the most sun and some <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Rudbeckia</span> around it.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirXJK7ghrv0Etq83_I0dDgYPhaO4gDBTh4LQhmpgOaxulsLjtnYmMNrKzDHwpmodjOJejKsNB49Z6pcBuAl3snZF5dMwkWDNQlL33htBNfmavvkkjh9oT9FHKfPDjLPpwMAX9SBQdsAk4/s1600-h/Picture+262.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirXJK7ghrv0Etq83_I0dDgYPhaO4gDBTh4LQhmpgOaxulsLjtnYmMNrKzDHwpmodjOJejKsNB49Z6pcBuAl3snZF5dMwkWDNQlL33htBNfmavvkkjh9oT9FHKfPDjLPpwMAX9SBQdsAk4/s400/Picture+262.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363636853373264114" border="0" /></a>It looks pretty sad on the picture, because I planted it during the hottest part of the day, but it recreated quickly.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhwOleFEscYgVhuCSFi-rG8CtS81ahxaF-TRuWGYqR_8SS2Z8j7eYEvvx74vkNHlLgj0clUHiW7ZV2WFY-23iBgU2WRpSDECVkWFxGf-Z3RUa-fsINmvzQGNEBIin5j_z-MHAETJ1dqsk/s1600-h/Picture+234.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhwOleFEscYgVhuCSFi-rG8CtS81ahxaF-TRuWGYqR_8SS2Z8j7eYEvvx74vkNHlLgj0clUHiW7ZV2WFY-23iBgU2WRpSDECVkWFxGf-Z3RUa-fsINmvzQGNEBIin5j_z-MHAETJ1dqsk/s400/Picture+234.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363637901438243122" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdjcFtRUwfRkg_Zc0LjqWJg_6DZ-A6OretzUDN0pw3wtucpWkOxeZzlF6msauNP4pZDrv1LqwUyr-3Arn5g-jMQzWUdJk1ib1vKDUQu8MdIv7UsfGprzBwyLWkJBhyphenhyphenjsr4VHWsFUsU5rk/s1600-h/Picture+235.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdjcFtRUwfRkg_Zc0LjqWJg_6DZ-A6OretzUDN0pw3wtucpWkOxeZzlF6msauNP4pZDrv1LqwUyr-3Arn5g-jMQzWUdJk1ib1vKDUQu8MdIv7UsfGprzBwyLWkJBhyphenhyphenjsr4VHWsFUsU5rk/s400/Picture+235.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363638275568706130" border="0" /></a><br />Isn't this bloom gorgeous? The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Rudbeckias</span> suffered too, but I know they will regrow very quickly too and multiply.<br /><br />In the meantime until I can add some nutricions to the soil, I made the middle bed ready. The plants are still small and it doesn't look like much now, but I am sure in a month or so, everything will look beautiful.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgItrJVw_vQNCGsFEk2qZgfh_CPt_Sds0EZiiKvQm_YIuJ6rekZoO3Sls8mJAgbCKQrvV-dbF3i__MgFQQpgetwTu58GqiRRMFnDZfY8ju6ysdBjxLYR3L9c8kPcDDgY5jzPXYyRUd7NLA/s1600-h/Picture+271.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgItrJVw_vQNCGsFEk2qZgfh_CPt_Sds0EZiiKvQm_YIuJ6rekZoO3Sls8mJAgbCKQrvV-dbF3i__MgFQQpgetwTu58GqiRRMFnDZfY8ju6ysdBjxLYR3L9c8kPcDDgY5jzPXYyRUd7NLA/s400/Picture+271.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363639224738205986" border="0" /></a>I used little rocks for orientation, so that I could get some kind of symmetry into it. They will be removed as soon as I am working on my next project. In the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">middle</span> I have planted <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Cortaderia</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">selloana</span> (pink <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Pampass</span> grass), 4 Castor Beans, 1 on each corner, 2 different medium high varieties of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Cannas</span>, which I still need to figure out what exactly they are. Impatiens <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">balsamia</span> (touch-me-not) purple, pink, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Asclepias</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">tuberosa</span> (orange butterfly weed), purple <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Bellflowers</span> which I got from my neighbor and 2 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">Pennisetum</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">setaceum</span> (purple Fountain grass). Close to the border there are several <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">Musa</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">Basjoo</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">Cryptum</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">Daylilies</span> and more <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">Cannas</span>. Just got this one done last weekend and started already a new bed. I've bordered it with those heavy rocks again and sprayed the grass with Round-up super concentrate. That stuff kills the grass within 4 days and one bottle lasts me over 2 years, and I basically use it almost on a daily basis.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJDhDzb1j-AyF77MeP0rUCuAEgMjaHUTuwNqM5zqES6uu0VN9ECLPjFj636GMny6PLrl5l4dCXxyTIC83W1F5RNM_uU6BMPz7NVLJNC2pKx-107InSQCxtKAZrK3kGFYcUrboocgy2cUk/s1600-h/Picture+285.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJDhDzb1j-AyF77MeP0rUCuAEgMjaHUTuwNqM5zqES6uu0VN9ECLPjFj636GMny6PLrl5l4dCXxyTIC83W1F5RNM_uU6BMPz7NVLJNC2pKx-107InSQCxtKAZrK3kGFYcUrboocgy2cUk/s400/Picture+285.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363644889437700754" border="0" /></a><br /></div>I've mowed the lawn yesterday and collected the grass already for the first layer on top of the dead grass. I know some people work with newspaper, but I have found the round-up and grass layer works faster and I can start adding soil only a few days later and plant. This will be my succulent bed with one exception. In the middle, on a slightly higher level I will plant a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">Pindo</span> Palm (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">Buta</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">capitata</span>) which is now in an other bed. I think the leaves of that Palm go very well with Yuccas and other succulents. Once I have the grass spread out (probably need to mow again to fill everything up) I will add a layer of topsoil mixed with sand and work with many rocks inside the bed. Can't wait until I can get started. Stay tuned, it should be a working progress latest next weekend.turtlegabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15784971262285607186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129241435652341300.post-29214491156946784192009-05-06T12:54:00.000-05:002009-05-06T13:23:04.837-05:00The Yuccas are about to bloomAn other heavy flood rain today with tornado warnings. Actually this much rain made all my plants grow like crazy. Both of my yuccas are about to bloom shortly.<br />The <a href="http://www.turtlegabys-tropical-oasis.com/catalog.php/TurtlegabysTropicalOasis/dt/pd328732/ADAMS_NEEDLE__YUCCA_FILAMENTOSA">Yucca filamentosa</a> will get spectacular. The stem of the bloom is fat and full of buds.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVx3h407NWv175MPUO9hErxsiDcty_4LpuohV1hV22GVd5aUT6vPLJ0AuwtL5pvcvAyrECtEW5SFUZh9WekNBP8jSo0tNBTsBTBZlGot9RvanM2iMl6k-d78EQIT8XvhJIBVZ-RIFMQFA/s1600-h/Picture+167.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVx3h407NWv175MPUO9hErxsiDcty_4LpuohV1hV22GVd5aUT6vPLJ0AuwtL5pvcvAyrECtEW5SFUZh9WekNBP8jSo0tNBTsBTBZlGot9RvanM2iMl6k-d78EQIT8XvhJIBVZ-RIFMQFA/s400/Picture+167.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332771517070176914" border="0" /></a>I can't wait to see it's full beauty. This will be the first time that it blooms.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNdwMqDaW-LKb8a4M6otbH5OMDHlgi2I2EvCVXpPeYt4kZsFqmtjTcrMQXFYBcvAB6NhDdZBBorMLtiTL7qQGvPHhabrer6Wu3cpSgbtfiqai-K_MM1S6spozKAlwPikHhM-nc7nOba3w/s1600-h/Picture+168.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNdwMqDaW-LKb8a4M6otbH5OMDHlgi2I2EvCVXpPeYt4kZsFqmtjTcrMQXFYBcvAB6NhDdZBBorMLtiTL7qQGvPHhabrer6Wu3cpSgbtfiqai-K_MM1S6spozKAlwPikHhM-nc7nOba3w/s400/Picture+168.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332772493862480130" border="0" /></a>And the Yucca parviflora is almost ready now. It only has a single stem, because I separated the plant not too long ago and made 7 of it, But it's getting huge!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7lKF1qrYMXnoFGc4kk5uhi0WYV9eKC6KGr9z6E-5TxPsdkPeraxnPUJd5NyzgojFBk3p8mAVaHEqfwG0UDb92Es-YwQK2SnMXw8BvGqDAGVuh6-6r5r-ZL8q6VyMEkdc1ItkoWZHdPdQ/s1600-h/Picture+169.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7lKF1qrYMXnoFGc4kk5uhi0WYV9eKC6KGr9z6E-5TxPsdkPeraxnPUJd5NyzgojFBk3p8mAVaHEqfwG0UDb92Es-YwQK2SnMXw8BvGqDAGVuh6-6r5r-ZL8q6VyMEkdc1ItkoWZHdPdQ/s400/Picture+169.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332772709478127394" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>turtlegabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15784971262285607186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129241435652341300.post-39699063441767874982009-05-03T17:34:00.000-05:002009-05-03T17:39:14.233-05:00Yard under water<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG8s2Sk13-TMQeViVdDyVi_S8S-sCwdNnz2sEwvU1MUOWeW9nbJ6hNYqk1CXr0EBhIYK1VDf63y1Y9c_t8eqU70F0HcZwSTtVl6qJ5OhW3nra_DvTLnc1Wx-Qb10m0KtQMIVkATU42Y2g/s1600-h/Picture+166.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG8s2Sk13-TMQeViVdDyVi_S8S-sCwdNnz2sEwvU1MUOWeW9nbJ6hNYqk1CXr0EBhIYK1VDf63y1Y9c_t8eqU70F0HcZwSTtVl6qJ5OhW3nra_DvTLnc1Wx-Qb10m0KtQMIVkATU42Y2g/s400/Picture+166.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331730416456578818" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUoTr6hMBa5j_q7kIgMIFQONyMrEtK_PPI_1w1YM_dVONd8UViEM2BLGq-fiRncY8seD4TzckfCLOBJkErwLgf_xVgnt6QYySjXTJ_TUq9zb5UNjk7ZPlvNoaurXlR55z_UsufJrST328/s1600-h/Picture+165.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUoTr6hMBa5j_q7kIgMIFQONyMrEtK_PPI_1w1YM_dVONd8UViEM2BLGq-fiRncY8seD4TzckfCLOBJkErwLgf_xVgnt6QYySjXTJ_TUq9zb5UNjk7ZPlvNoaurXlR55z_UsufJrST328/s400/Picture+165.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331730254301478386" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEqBoi1g5tkI66SlcsW88AcsZoWAbx9AY6qVoZ905kvrJfi7N0K-ITj-q7TVd7u7Ovx175UsvrFU3EyIOXwmaAr3xyEvXUqby_nSpIm7twTETlt6M0SyCPhABP1s1Z13E9aNJP0CNeUAo/s1600-h/Picture+164.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEqBoi1g5tkI66SlcsW88AcsZoWAbx9AY6qVoZ905kvrJfi7N0K-ITj-q7TVd7u7Ovx175UsvrFU3EyIOXwmaAr3xyEvXUqby_nSpIm7twTETlt6M0SyCPhABP1s1Z13E9aNJP0CNeUAo/s400/Picture+164.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331730111302107666" border="0" /></a><br />This is what my yard looks today after we had continous rain showers since over 3 days now. I cannot remember since I live in Alabama to have seen that much rain in a row.<br /><br />I cannot wait until it stops raining and am prepared to pull weeds the next couple of weeks. My banana trees grew already to an amazing size of 3 feet after all the rain, but the weeds did as well :(turtlegabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15784971262285607186noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129241435652341300.post-29589468210990539072009-05-02T17:42:00.000-05:002009-05-02T18:41:12.023-05:00Project: New beds, shade and partial shadeAn other project, where I removed big portions of grass was on the left side of the garage. where you enter the back yard.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFxGjCdTzA4LyZ2eCFTMxfwFTUIBHchONMwy0Ebiten3WOPMS4BU2bSIiM5LPGIEJzkE8KIvq2VYuSVJ7AX9hDokaqnknVUaUFupKRh9SxwkzvNccbZXsu6epknIH-0ulc5z1TRUNvQSI/s1600-h/Picture+108.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFxGjCdTzA4LyZ2eCFTMxfwFTUIBHchONMwy0Ebiten3WOPMS4BU2bSIiM5LPGIEJzkE8KIvq2VYuSVJ7AX9hDokaqnknVUaUFupKRh9SxwkzvNccbZXsu6epknIH-0ulc5z1TRUNvQSI/s400/Picture+108.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331361142205511554" border="0" /></a>After I removed all the grass, I used old bricks and rocks that I found to border the beds. I will buy nice border stones later, when I have everything finished. The bed on the right is almost full shade all day long and I had to find different plants that grow in deep shade.<br />Here is what I planted so far.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXMLMbNFgdUrX7PlLY8q5Sw2DRD2EIL8LkhpfypIlMIrBvm25syIA1QV6AydPCTrfXxokf7HmEhllAcpuo5sgiFGvihjvA__jowwIcf96uWuC3FiK_Z4hDsEhz_gUuaA3iLL-m5NIWy38/s1600-h/Picture+149.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXMLMbNFgdUrX7PlLY8q5Sw2DRD2EIL8LkhpfypIlMIrBvm25syIA1QV6AydPCTrfXxokf7HmEhllAcpuo5sgiFGvihjvA__jowwIcf96uWuC3FiK_Z4hDsEhz_gUuaA3iLL-m5NIWy38/s400/Picture+149.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331363796585981570" border="0" /></a>In the left bed I mostly planted seeds, so it needs a while until they come up.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvUKcUtCjwp4ojgoLK7BHfNn5XLm-rvLyNMmPTD0wS2iJlU_3Frfj0WE6Ch_wPsPVeIcAClNf3lGDRnlzsTTwX2BP_s3H7chYbk8Kr9AtE4U1DsnocDgABm-H0-AQlVp8XxvApOOjilEw/s1600-h/Picture+150.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvUKcUtCjwp4ojgoLK7BHfNn5XLm-rvLyNMmPTD0wS2iJlU_3Frfj0WE6Ch_wPsPVeIcAClNf3lGDRnlzsTTwX2BP_s3H7chYbk8Kr9AtE4U1DsnocDgABm-H0-AQlVp8XxvApOOjilEw/s400/Picture+150.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331364374346178530" border="0" /></a>In the shade bed I have 2 Philodendron, this deep pink one and<div class="cssButtonOuter"><div class="cssButtonMiddle"><div class="cssButtonInner"><a>Save Now</a></div></div></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHJey7FEl_rKi-LQyFpEaoGjIMUuBxj4bgVBTOcblMaD7ADzyL5yrr0yUPw0jnOHfeE0Pkrx_7jMcg7O2vem1svlx68XIP4XeSyCa8ZsKCaQhFp-a6_wQkRAd9nQXC7_23_poQja_OYHQ/s1600-h/Picture+143.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHJey7FEl_rKi-LQyFpEaoGjIMUuBxj4bgVBTOcblMaD7ADzyL5yrr0yUPw0jnOHfeE0Pkrx_7jMcg7O2vem1svlx68XIP4XeSyCa8ZsKCaQhFp-a6_wQkRAd9nQXC7_23_poQja_OYHQ/s400/Picture+143.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331365492419226658" border="0" /></a>this pale pink one.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_9pEx3lV5Vv2EtrCXq9Whi7KNs5ju3TsGdujBLrZRsw359N6a0kuodSlnlj_29LXGHOnUr-LNEnDsPYNHJUkDZ6t2NS-Ka3ZoSnxBoGnQ6dxQvZtqQIOMa86f_meyShJZlbQkqd37Cs/s1600-h/Picture+153.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_9pEx3lV5Vv2EtrCXq9Whi7KNs5ju3TsGdujBLrZRsw359N6a0kuodSlnlj_29LXGHOnUr-LNEnDsPYNHJUkDZ6t2NS-Ka3ZoSnxBoGnQ6dxQvZtqQIOMa86f_meyShJZlbQkqd37Cs/s400/Picture+153.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331365810003143602" border="0" /></a>Here is a dark pink Azalea, that has already bloomed earlier this year.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjns7mB5qOjm1gFQz1HZ9odvu5DgJvtLcKY2PXg3_am3W5NiV4nBSlTaaTwXEAdXT_LyTw0pq-HApEKkMWDZ1GmEPTFVGVoUh3jYeR_Ojwsr_kGj1TRUZA3mZi_GGtthEPTaEridXV42NI/s1600-h/Picture+154.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjns7mB5qOjm1gFQz1HZ9odvu5DgJvtLcKY2PXg3_am3W5NiV4nBSlTaaTwXEAdXT_LyTw0pq-HApEKkMWDZ1GmEPTFVGVoUh3jYeR_Ojwsr_kGj1TRUZA3mZi_GGtthEPTaEridXV42NI/s400/Picture+154.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331366348254801762" border="0" /></a>These are <a href="http://www.turtlegabys-tropical-oasis.com/catalog.php/TurtlegabysTropicalOasis/dt/pd332319/BLACK_COHOSH_Cimicifuga_racemosa">Black Cohosh plants (Cimicifuga racemosa)</a>, that are 1 year old. They get up to 5 feet tall.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgceXJjWk7dbRCW_BbS8S2Lx1r6W9tYPK9m93NYEpMn9LtcO-Q5je9vXcv7R8GCC9GoflCZxoNubwH6nP0flWNECwe_fHDsORtnSRZrwswVybIBirzEPO_L4kSOWBhF9wJpHsjvvmETz8E/s1600-h/Picture+152.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgceXJjWk7dbRCW_BbS8S2Lx1r6W9tYPK9m93NYEpMn9LtcO-Q5je9vXcv7R8GCC9GoflCZxoNubwH6nP0flWNECwe_fHDsORtnSRZrwswVybIBirzEPO_L4kSOWBhF9wJpHsjvvmETz8E/s400/Picture+152.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331367006062847042" border="0" /></a>This is a giant Liriope that looks a bit measly right now. The reason why it's still so small after a year, is because it was planted in full sun before and is actually a shade plant. I hope it will recreate now, that it's in the shade bed. It's supposed to get 3-4 feet tall.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz2MPp5KybRfTnYQX1lv0mS7z9UJTQwTYmBWWbTbMnY2Iav3rVEs3dUxHalVi3dYvcM-mGOU4_Zqr6ApCYbL3k4eRr66MrVdQE25VAFcJLRDXUuOZbfl7hnlqWHHU7mujVz8oSXQsX7O4/s1600-h/Picture+155.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz2MPp5KybRfTnYQX1lv0mS7z9UJTQwTYmBWWbTbMnY2Iav3rVEs3dUxHalVi3dYvcM-mGOU4_Zqr6ApCYbL3k4eRr66MrVdQE25VAFcJLRDXUuOZbfl7hnlqWHHU7mujVz8oSXQsX7O4/s400/Picture+155.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331368138431851794" border="0" /></a>I also transplanted a couple of my Albo marginata Hosta.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY5uz_vx7asr5iTTm6CCbrZ2pz3oKIcU2aCbtRgKFZDWgsFvp-GAS5qRr2cOeFEAhXVCOqKIvJVgBCuJ_5e_35siuJIicjlO59Q3hPpRMt5DHSvFVwSHPnI_wRczqcCH7-6uJ5BPBkBYs/s1600-h/Picture+156.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY5uz_vx7asr5iTTm6CCbrZ2pz3oKIcU2aCbtRgKFZDWgsFvp-GAS5qRr2cOeFEAhXVCOqKIvJVgBCuJ_5e_35siuJIicjlO59Q3hPpRMt5DHSvFVwSHPnI_wRczqcCH7-6uJ5BPBkBYs/s400/Picture+156.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331368467781425634" border="0" /></a>And bought a couple of ferns This is an Autumn Fern.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvYze4DUoE-ylo9uaA77ZWq_qZmlWio92hlQRYm0yDULB5tX5BhKCes5TKOQdrIHuTNmvEc1w9k6ealMfVPaZ7gVfD8TjcqJUvTziQ6ulYieAXc7TFOJhvITY1VxrRhzxPBEtiBWftZHc/s1600-h/Picture+157.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvYze4DUoE-ylo9uaA77ZWq_qZmlWio92hlQRYm0yDULB5tX5BhKCes5TKOQdrIHuTNmvEc1w9k6ealMfVPaZ7gVfD8TjcqJUvTziQ6ulYieAXc7TFOJhvITY1VxrRhzxPBEtiBWftZHc/s400/Picture+157.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331369485284272514" border="0" /></a>and this one a Ghost Fern<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEEqyCuh4PUrTT2ElintIejlZW5AsGe1ElQa4wUPcSzGsZhlfAGYbCxFeCjg81EILpp8GKT4_TAHR0_Vzv33aEejAXxesmHdgKFfx6AekPAjSXAcuyV2xDAAKVChhyphenhyphenRL_joECSslzBurY/s1600-h/Picture+158.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEEqyCuh4PUrTT2ElintIejlZW5AsGe1ElQa4wUPcSzGsZhlfAGYbCxFeCjg81EILpp8GKT4_TAHR0_Vzv33aEejAXxesmHdgKFfx6AekPAjSXAcuyV2xDAAKVChhyphenhyphenRL_joECSslzBurY/s400/Picture+158.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331369761661774274" border="0" /></a>Here we have a small Camellia<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLoAGu6UmrT_OeNDMmEc9MEa8yAqqDQ8Z-Cy-I-FbMSg1iT0ic7dJTYcDvi1WRSn5vHX8ImC3gTJRbBouN__6mOIknH6JjWEda-f6HdRY3P8KgQfdIKXVL7855H8YmFT4dQVN_qn9MzEE/s1600-h/Picture+159.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLoAGu6UmrT_OeNDMmEc9MEa8yAqqDQ8Z-Cy-I-FbMSg1iT0ic7dJTYcDvi1WRSn5vHX8ImC3gTJRbBouN__6mOIknH6JjWEda-f6HdRY3P8KgQfdIKXVL7855H8YmFT4dQVN_qn9MzEE/s400/Picture+159.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331370002115241874" border="0" /></a>and a ruby Fringeflower bush, that also has it's blooming time already passed.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO-eXSL1N12aVi8YtN8Nlzx9AcL2-fZV20Zx85SP6RYZj1YcA8HqS5jQsoF04DnLLPP5IjVS2R36otHU4tqODKK8bCtmt6Mfl6zclfjfImbyvSibhwgKKOLK8P7E2Xuv9M7HNwavwuqW4/s1600-h/Picture+147.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO-eXSL1N12aVi8YtN8Nlzx9AcL2-fZV20Zx85SP6RYZj1YcA8HqS5jQsoF04DnLLPP5IjVS2R36otHU4tqODKK8bCtmt6Mfl6zclfjfImbyvSibhwgKKOLK8P7E2Xuv9M7HNwavwuqW4/s400/Picture+147.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331370918695575874" border="0" /></a>Last but not least I planted the ground cover Bowles Vinca with tiny blue blooms, which one cannot see on the picture.<br /><br />On the other side I have half sun, half shade and could be a bit more creative regarding flowers.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWhsDuXSLduuHePI3pu-e-VVlM09WLwiiFRWu3y0i-MXB2eHor2S207z-sIOdRSpHZ07MBoGVTarXtN2_LLmXEoanK2GO7C5jMllRqUA1gZLHs6-fQgYQedRAo8HUlDHYDLuMtaW04ZOw/s1600-h/Picture+161.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWhsDuXSLduuHePI3pu-e-VVlM09WLwiiFRWu3y0i-MXB2eHor2S207z-sIOdRSpHZ07MBoGVTarXtN2_LLmXEoanK2GO7C5jMllRqUA1gZLHs6-fQgYQedRAo8HUlDHYDLuMtaW04ZOw/s400/Picture+161.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331372935390117474" border="0" /></a>Closest to the fence in the background I have planted some kind of Asparagus, notsure which one, as it popped up vuluntarily last year somewhere in the yeard. It looked quiet nice and got 6 feet tall and very bushy. Smelled a little bit like Fenchel. Actually I am not really sure, if it's an Asparagus at all, but I found it worth to keep. The cauple taller plants you see along the side of the fence are Hollyhocks, just starting to grow. And in the foreground I have planted Four o' clocks. Like you can see, we had lots of rain the last couple of days and everything is soaking wet right now.<br /><br />Beside the pot above I planted row of Red and green Castor Beans.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF7DgvMs63GlGyGkQDKXx1UYOOcvujo6I-uNdtXsINDn3_a8c_HQhL5zZQ35yM2bbVsmsgIj2g-EpT9FaawLYWtIbolrKPW07BNNcIThPAS6RgznYsYhiyjEniAs5NBDeBNRb1UTsBWa0/s1600-h/Picture+162.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF7DgvMs63GlGyGkQDKXx1UYOOcvujo6I-uNdtXsINDn3_a8c_HQhL5zZQ35yM2bbVsmsgIj2g-EpT9FaawLYWtIbolrKPW07BNNcIThPAS6RgznYsYhiyjEniAs5NBDeBNRb1UTsBWa0/s400/Picture+162.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331374122919381714" border="0" /></a>This is the first seedling that popped up over night.<br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJcXx2cExUCvbVteIIqcZDda0lUJRII1Ok_NlRNXx6DDhrSbBRx_BHLZD988tIzMZaF4xiunMKtGn3Zm1kpx8cttLGxKQ1pIUlfzd-BEI2M7UMGpAYCgwcq8C_nrqu0ms8uo_KiVQtOMw/s1600-h/Picture+163.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJcXx2cExUCvbVteIIqcZDda0lUJRII1Ok_NlRNXx6DDhrSbBRx_BHLZD988tIzMZaF4xiunMKtGn3Zm1kpx8cttLGxKQ1pIUlfzd-BEI2M7UMGpAYCgwcq8C_nrqu0ms8uo_KiVQtOMw/s400/Picture+163.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331374538107376850" border="0" /></a></div></div>On the other side of the bed I have planted some Pallida Irises, Nasturtiums and a little Sabal Palmetto, that I grew from seed 3 years ago. It is still in the seedling stage and not to see on this picture, but I hope this year more palm leaflets will come up. the 2 Palms in the pot are Majestic plams that I had in the garage over winter with only minimal light, that's why they suffered a lot and I had to cut them back. But they grow already back and I hope they will give a bit of a tropical look in this bed. The walkway will be covered with river rocks later on, when I buy the borderstones for the bed.<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>turtlegabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15784971262285607186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129241435652341300.post-82569907505024900762009-04-25T15:27:00.001-05:002009-04-25T15:51:09.150-05:00The oasis is slowly getting in shape<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX36KRdjII9CqEJjg-6Nf8PQYx9WcHdbJeiBinv_1nek4xTIOsJ7z8UMhuUvQQIa9elcLfyDS4Mfc_Oy6QGo4KqbexPixEhfrrkIb1y9vCmArMNdCqYxdGdkqGN6o4TQrsBSLLpkkQFSo/s1600-h/Picture+123.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX36KRdjII9CqEJjg-6Nf8PQYx9WcHdbJeiBinv_1nek4xTIOsJ7z8UMhuUvQQIa9elcLfyDS4Mfc_Oy6QGo4KqbexPixEhfrrkIb1y9vCmArMNdCqYxdGdkqGN6o4TQrsBSLLpkkQFSo/s400/Picture+123.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328728661367260546" border="0" /></a>This is one of many pallida Iris beds that I have. Their smell is awesome and fills the air with a sweet tropical cloud of perfume. It reminds me when I was in Jamaica, these strong sweet tropical smells intoxicate all your senses.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIS9NieHiMOpEJsHQrPPKuKUfJ70mzAAmJORr6Q_OWnjnyF_JI7fxnEA0zfPSNlvW5-Iop_maiSkwSmsCyPuyEPh-aPqNugCAY2cn6E3t0RoZy0-RGPun2dqzxlMREGCcU_MkgRzkkyNs/s1600-h/Picture+110.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIS9NieHiMOpEJsHQrPPKuKUfJ70mzAAmJORr6Q_OWnjnyF_JI7fxnEA0zfPSNlvW5-Iop_maiSkwSmsCyPuyEPh-aPqNugCAY2cn6E3t0RoZy0-RGPun2dqzxlMREGCcU_MkgRzkkyNs/s400/Picture+110.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328729895199221154" border="0" /></a>Close-up of Pallida Iris. I think it's a princess Beatrix, but am not sure.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipV0k9UoV7w3XrwCigXKP3IYjSzXmAsLLdWRYxtlL2lzXVZJzXu4AstkcHsOkSoRQBv-0CX5evstFROa4EbwvhwqZb-fvpWvsu8f9DDO5Nk376VH0HH_EMmEGvpR0597NrKLuAQ0Ts39w/s1600-h/Picture+124.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipV0k9UoV7w3XrwCigXKP3IYjSzXmAsLLdWRYxtlL2lzXVZJzXu4AstkcHsOkSoRQBv-0CX5evstFROa4EbwvhwqZb-fvpWvsu8f9DDO5Nk376VH0HH_EMmEGvpR0597NrKLuAQ0Ts39w/s400/Picture+124.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328730230226289586" border="0" /></a>Here we have a Red Yucca bloom emerging. Actually I had to separate the Red Yucca, that I got last year. It grew so dense that I could get an other 7 plants out of it by dividing the root ball. Most of them are now getting blooms.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjve8fkN8Q6jV-p5GX-XRS5xsFzVUtM6fY8JbD4ohhyphenhyphenNGwaZcmoVhN1qzTZZgQDS0TKf4pBX3fvwZ5bsGjNgQNe4ffPfzHGEWQSuS3r1OZfERj64SlUsd_ayZucvmAQvc40PRFqesgZBX8/s1600-h/Picture+126.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjve8fkN8Q6jV-p5GX-XRS5xsFzVUtM6fY8JbD4ohhyphenhyphenNGwaZcmoVhN1qzTZZgQDS0TKf4pBX3fvwZ5bsGjNgQNe4ffPfzHGEWQSuS3r1OZfERj64SlUsd_ayZucvmAQvc40PRFqesgZBX8/s400/Picture+126.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328730753239155490" border="0" /></a>In this shady corner right beside the steps I have planted some Albo marginata Hostas. They also made 10 new plants from one that I got last year.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrQz0wsIWANee3WYANQGHWHIFi8YP-Ypnct63_gGvd1lwK9n7oNTjPgTc988859CN7Ks3MSd1RITK3CYiNuwAEfXvg1ai6qHkWijoHgfD1SeTy243CM52gwCv1g66eMlAOWVN6QbpCX84/s1600-h/Picture+128.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrQz0wsIWANee3WYANQGHWHIFi8YP-Ypnct63_gGvd1lwK9n7oNTjPgTc988859CN7Ks3MSd1RITK3CYiNuwAEfXvg1ai6qHkWijoHgfD1SeTy243CM52gwCv1g66eMlAOWVN6QbpCX84/s400/Picture+128.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328731249296556338" border="0" /></a>This is my Blue Ravine Clematis just starting to grow and bloom. I have 2 plants beside an arch and hope they will climb up very soon. They both are still very small and just getting shoots.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1eXUzV6HXWcL1E-1Nt62ShCOOwvrc7mOZH52ZZDvxfs2y9qN-OLSAeNx14vZ95VlI1ffBZPp5J9xb2S4FhoxTaBFNl4m69pJBUdlwvvHXXxp6QG5pkFH2iYgndgKkm55ytWKdebHsHUI/s1600-h/Picture+129.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1eXUzV6HXWcL1E-1Nt62ShCOOwvrc7mOZH52ZZDvxfs2y9qN-OLSAeNx14vZ95VlI1ffBZPp5J9xb2S4FhoxTaBFNl4m69pJBUdlwvvHXXxp6QG5pkFH2iYgndgKkm55ytWKdebHsHUI/s400/Picture+129.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328731889544663842" border="0" /></a>My pink <a href="http://www.turtlegabys-tropical-oasis.com/catalog.php/TurtlegabysTropicalOasis/dt/pd332581/BUTTERFLY_FLOWER_milkweed_dark_pink_asclepias_incarnata">butterfly flower, aslcepias incarnata</a> is emerging from the ground also. I planted them last year from seed. They die back in the winter and grow stronger each year. In the back ground you can see one of my 2 <a href="http://www.turtlegabys-tropical-oasis.com/catalog.php/TurtlegabysTropicalOasis/dt/pd334052/FRENCH_LILAC_SYRINGA_VULGARIS">syringa vulgaris, french lilac</a> , they have bloomed last year the first time, but I probably cut them back too much. So far no buds yet :(<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOPXoY-4Dhjtk8pLggVjh8gM05r07lhPfdNpyCV0yeVP4S7V12gHBL7ohOBE_aXvHNGg1ld6bCmTAd2rvHpVkVP7IS0ASywq8FpejSH1eT9MHYkG0w0ETcOqW7Bkpl61qZ-xuflVLyZf0/s1600-h/Picture+130.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOPXoY-4Dhjtk8pLggVjh8gM05r07lhPfdNpyCV0yeVP4S7V12gHBL7ohOBE_aXvHNGg1ld6bCmTAd2rvHpVkVP7IS0ASywq8FpejSH1eT9MHYkG0w0ETcOqW7Bkpl61qZ-xuflVLyZf0/s400/Picture+130.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328733007992972818" border="0" /></a>Here is one of the 2 pineapple plants that I grew last year from the end of a pineapple that I bought in the grocery store for eating. I just laid the cut-off ends on the ground and they developed roots. Got them potted up after a few weeks and kept them indoors during the winter. They both grew to this spectacular size in the winter months. Yesterday was the first day, I brought them out, because they are tropicals and cannot tolerate cool temperatures. I had to repot them in bigger pots, so strong was the root system. Isn't it amazing that this bautiful plant grew from just a pineapple piece that most people throw in the garbage, when they eat pineapples?<br /><br /></div></div>turtlegabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15784971262285607186noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129241435652341300.post-22148867401373068852009-04-22T11:41:00.000-05:002009-04-22T11:49:52.212-05:00Videos from David Hawkins about the private life of plantsHere is the first one about traveling. Enjoy!<br /><br /><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=3347449170122297008&hl=en&fs=true" style="width: 400px; height: 326px;" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed><br /><br />Second one, growing<br /><br /><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-2298451294711103353&hl=en&fs=true" style="width:400px;height:326px" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> </embed><br /><br />Third one, flowering<br /><br /><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-3769897497305278320&hl=en&fs=true" style="width:400px;height:326px" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> </embed><br /><br />Fourth one, Social struggle<br /><br /><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=7842699323637962234&hl=en&fs=true" style="width:400px;height:326px" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> </embed><br /><br />Fifth one, Living together<br /><br /><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-8800763745419259943&hl=en&fs=true" style="width:400px;height:326px" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> </embed><br /><br />sixth one, Surviving<br /><br /><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=3033721834319001614&hl=en&fs=true" style="width:400px;height:326px" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> </embed><br /><br />You can bookmark this page and come back later, if you can't watch them all in one day. I hope you like them as much as I did.turtlegabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15784971262285607186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129241435652341300.post-81398449730340941212009-04-22T10:56:00.001-05:002009-04-22T11:56:38.328-05:00Some more plants, I grew last year<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKraLBCtLUdAUf73CMdLsYqrBhN28cILkxkVn28kBmt3cc3wpZKssmZn2oiris8ejaE_YcX5xsBUlXi3VYX4MGg8cABeT8fAeHAnGma0r62PKjON8vTfcyxdSuFALBDDcQjpj6AmM9j1A/s1600-h/Picture+010.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKraLBCtLUdAUf73CMdLsYqrBhN28cILkxkVn28kBmt3cc3wpZKssmZn2oiris8ejaE_YcX5xsBUlXi3VYX4MGg8cABeT8fAeHAnGma0r62PKjON8vTfcyxdSuFALBDDcQjpj6AmM9j1A/s400/Picture+010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327545488197524370" border="0" /></a>This is a <a href="http://www.turtlegabys-tropical-oasis.com/catalog.php/TurtlegabysTropicalOasis/dt/pd328732/ADAMS_NEEDLE__YUCCA_FILAMENTOSA">Yucca filamentosa</a> which I planted from seed a few years ago. She grew very quickly, once sprouted and this year I separated her and got 5 more plants out of it, simply by dividing the root ball. I am waitin anxiously for them to set blooms this year, hopefully.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdoYKDbASKRK8z8qgtL_visQ97dT1e0VZPb4ASVSFHyNsEJbMk9vwmrVAlr32xFBKynWsKZSx4eWxM3iXkfqSdKUakIjP_u212NsUbIeN-L1wcfrlvoKMzcemLDPDQ8DEYqoDjFzOKyUI/s1600-h/Picture+042.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdoYKDbASKRK8z8qgtL_visQ97dT1e0VZPb4ASVSFHyNsEJbMk9vwmrVAlr32xFBKynWsKZSx4eWxM3iXkfqSdKUakIjP_u212NsUbIeN-L1wcfrlvoKMzcemLDPDQ8DEYqoDjFzOKyUI/s400/Picture+042.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327548539701391586" border="0" /></a>I also found a lot of rain lilies, here and there, even growing on the grass. But once the beds were manicured, they popped up everywhere. I got them all out and transplanted them into one bed, so they can bloom all together.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsGpTXcqZVqhieWkI2aG_TZSP7myvZulgRtFGkPepc2p7tx2Q-I7dP_NFi94IK6lYvOwdmXrYJ505_3jDezmAF63EtuDMxeozP-RUPSstCi_q9Xj_oMG0TwbG2Be5sL_g26En-cQd4tuo/s1600-h/Picture+057.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsGpTXcqZVqhieWkI2aG_TZSP7myvZulgRtFGkPepc2p7tx2Q-I7dP_NFi94IK6lYvOwdmXrYJ505_3jDezmAF63EtuDMxeozP-RUPSstCi_q9Xj_oMG0TwbG2Be5sL_g26En-cQd4tuo/s400/Picture+057.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327549722469559618" border="0" /></a>In my front bed I planted some tropical rose dwarf Cannas, which also mulitplied quickly. One day, when i moved the rocks and stones around, I almost got bitten by a black widow, that was sitting under a flagstone with a few huge eggs hanging on her belly. Ughhh! It scared me to death and i run into the house, got my spider spray, and sprayed her heavily until she didn't move any more.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHE8euaHHFpSk5wiPnAiFVDllDudJU7iY2Qyd3TaraHsKJ39n0CPXLJyy71IojcOWbpuN52VKz0DKVJ4Gekic6FvyPMh7P7P0pt4qJH_e_T618fye-OoVSKHErxua-9qoUPoBjUDN2XHQ/s1600-h/Picture+056.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 397px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHE8euaHHFpSk5wiPnAiFVDllDudJU7iY2Qyd3TaraHsKJ39n0CPXLJyy71IojcOWbpuN52VKz0DKVJ4Gekic6FvyPMh7P7P0pt4qJH_e_T618fye-OoVSKHErxua-9qoUPoBjUDN2XHQ/s400/Picture+056.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327550584368117522" border="0" /></a>Isn't this a nasty beast? She was huge! It took me a while to get over this shock, but in the summer they are everywhere here. Basically under each rock, so I always need to be careful and wear gloves while working in the yard.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirmy3uaezjwG2i7M_nxqZuUf78yFM_epLa-ZzJvjxio-ljO7I9hQsCiih2QXTVGFrgcT8iWVKBq6GLAGdLvLbhh5cLYYKKYm0GvPc7PPuhV-btPyAk-cgQNzldsV3B0CG1C8vV5n1eUfY/s1600-h/Picture+064.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirmy3uaezjwG2i7M_nxqZuUf78yFM_epLa-ZzJvjxio-ljO7I9hQsCiih2QXTVGFrgcT8iWVKBq6GLAGdLvLbhh5cLYYKKYm0GvPc7PPuhV-btPyAk-cgQNzldsV3B0CG1C8vV5n1eUfY/s400/Picture+064.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327553099926811218" border="0" /></a><br />I also had a voluntary Japanese Morning Glory popping up on my front porch which grew all the way up on the posts. This year I have hundreds of seedlings there, which I need to pull out all the time so they won't over take the bed.<br />I'll post more pictures tomorrow, but didn't want to miss to insert some videos about the plants secret life from Dawid Hawkins. They impressed me very much. Although very long, they are every minute worth to watch. It gave me an entire new impression about plants and I am now sure, when you talk to your plants nicely, they will recognize it and grow prettier.<br />I will put the videos, 6 all together into a different post for better finding later.</div>turtlegabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15784971262285607186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129241435652341300.post-62617372577092149992009-04-21T08:49:00.000-05:002009-04-21T09:07:00.293-05:00Some flowers and plants that I had last yearLast year, when the yard was a work in progress, I planted a lot from seed, just to have some color to look at. I knew it wouldn't be permanent, as I had to make a plan for how I wanted my yard to look like in a few years from. I ordered small plants from online nurseries and also bought a lot in local stores.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikOaGwX0uhjS1dsAMKXavm4L3dksrBtY-krYlS0jHBPiVAIeu9boLiNhIPjQgidHPrJr_cB5AHaqmQy0yxav_TEAJVWqXjWJWffD07hr_GmMyIkno13vZDUZTXB3DaY82A_AtVZ1yrYVw/s1600-h/Picture+001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikOaGwX0uhjS1dsAMKXavm4L3dksrBtY-krYlS0jHBPiVAIeu9boLiNhIPjQgidHPrJr_cB5AHaqmQy0yxav_TEAJVWqXjWJWffD07hr_GmMyIkno13vZDUZTXB3DaY82A_AtVZ1yrYVw/s400/Picture+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327143324244371426" border="0" /></a>I got some cheap Gladiolus bulbs in the Dollar store<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGr7w6GXB6ksEnaAvuxUT11KJjxAlRZzyjzFhWBYqSBGKT-xckVOQdiwNl8e6GHRiurPTq0EqzQXz67e8msVd01ebbJYLn6lUp0DvMSxdARwKaqFsAPSf6Xeeg9YOY6pfpP83Bnossxik/s1600-h/Picture+006.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGr7w6GXB6ksEnaAvuxUT11KJjxAlRZzyjzFhWBYqSBGKT-xckVOQdiwNl8e6GHRiurPTq0EqzQXz67e8msVd01ebbJYLn6lUp0DvMSxdARwKaqFsAPSf6Xeeg9YOY6pfpP83Bnossxik/s400/Picture+006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327143682260827394" border="0" /></a>This is a Lilium crinum, which I brought with me from my old place. It was only one bulb, but it multiplied in less than a few month that much, that I could plant them along the street around the mailbox.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJfDePNn48f0eqMR1y6MOPDGXEx5cRLLrAyF9LODywj8IxZf_DsKv0yOoCLQ-5BFlXCSR9uC5xafEuB7VdP3eGFH68J4z2RlkalI_BF5FaLOgr7L-VNtlzTLF2Woa7GjGhFWkTITsYCgQ/s1600-h/Picture+008.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJfDePNn48f0eqMR1y6MOPDGXEx5cRLLrAyF9LODywj8IxZf_DsKv0yOoCLQ-5BFlXCSR9uC5xafEuB7VdP3eGFH68J4z2RlkalI_BF5FaLOgr7L-VNtlzTLF2Woa7GjGhFWkTITsYCgQ/s400/Picture+008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327144174041882274" border="0" /></a>I also planted some <a href="http://www.turtlegabys-tropical-oasis.com/catalog.php/TurtlegabysTropicalOasis/dt/pd329229/SUNFLOWER_TEDDY_BEAR_Helianthus_annuus">Teddy Bear sunflowers</a> from seed in the backyard as well as the tall <a href="http://www.turtlegabys-tropical-oasis.com/catalog.php/TurtlegabysTropicalOasis/dt/pd332103/AUTUMN_BEAUTY_SUNFLOWER_Helianthus_annuus">Autumn beauty sunflowers<br /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAKh8HPSH4qjbjm0Rd8DhE8YAdFF_6U4BPB9QmaDdsmpHrvPRyPdJ4jPTDGSBrlB9qVTHIttk4Apm-wujwU3o-DKSbOZBmNaPdioUmcm2zgst4TA7AnUXIp-bAlKGyRlscvc9eC6GlKnU/s1600-h/Picture+146.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAKh8HPSH4qjbjm0Rd8DhE8YAdFF_6U4BPB9QmaDdsmpHrvPRyPdJ4jPTDGSBrlB9qVTHIttk4Apm-wujwU3o-DKSbOZBmNaPdioUmcm2zgst4TA7AnUXIp-bAlKGyRlscvc9eC6GlKnU/s400/Picture+146.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327145061050006850" border="0" /></a>What you see in the background on the left and below are <a href="http://www.turtlegabys-tropical-oasis.com/catalog.php/TurtlegabysTropicalOasis/dt/pd332584/CASTOR_BEAN_ricinus_communis_red_green_MOLE_REPELLENT">Castor Beans</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRvkXaXJfLh4-b3AXqiWgXa76aCCoKl4OATBxBp-0ZB71fgpD7oMigJMUvEXKJ4TVpVlLnmqvZoBNegC38WgRIZzbE4IIyosA3iIUJFQXTaOQdIJlnVVgVFIeYQi_WNU1NnuROcsVW8-U/s1600-h/Picture+132.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRvkXaXJfLh4-b3AXqiWgXa76aCCoKl4OATBxBp-0ZB71fgpD7oMigJMUvEXKJ4TVpVlLnmqvZoBNegC38WgRIZzbE4IIyosA3iIUJFQXTaOQdIJlnVVgVFIeYQi_WNU1NnuROcsVW8-U/s400/Picture+132.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327145728689194162" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikOaGwX0uhjS1dsAMKXavm4L3dksrBtY-krYlS0jHBPiVAIeu9boLiNhIPjQgidHPrJr_cB5AHaqmQy0yxav_TEAJVWqXjWJWffD07hr_GmMyIkno13vZDUZTXB3DaY82A_AtVZ1yrYVw/s1600-h/Picture+001.jpg"></a>turtlegabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15784971262285607186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129241435652341300.post-90397221863983111692009-04-20T13:56:00.000-05:002009-04-21T08:41:24.044-05:00IntroductionWhen I bought my house in September 2007, there was nothing but grass surrounding it. The first thing that crossed my mind after closing was how I could transform this lawn into my own personal garden oasis. I had thousands of ideas in my head, and soon after I moved in, I began to remove parts of the lawn along the house with my own hands, a shovel and a hand tiller. It was hard work, but eventually there were beds all around the house, which I bordered with flagstones that I bought. I planted ornamental grasses, Cannas, Palms, Banana trees, lilies and some succulents. After weeks of removing the grass, I figured, if I want to get the yard in a shape that I could enjoy, I would have to hire a company that removes the grass professionally. I also had 2 trees in the front yard, which I didn't like, since they took all the sun away and made my living room dark. There was also a huge fig tree right on the side of the house, and I had to remove that one also, because the roots grew already under the slab of the garage and I was afraid, they would crack the foundation. The company that I hired, installed me a privacy fence in the backyard and removed big portions of grass with a sod cutter around the fence and in the middle of the yard, along the driveway and on the right side of the driveway in the front yard.<br />Once, everything was removed, I hired an other company that bordered the beds with cement curbs. Looked really good and all I had to do now was to fill it up with top soil, sand, riverrocks and mulch. I ordered several truck loads full of soil, after I had laid down a weed barrier. On top of the soil I had a layer of sand, and riverrocks on the left side of the front yard, since that was the bed, where I wanted to get a desert-like appearance. Everything else was covered with topsoil and black mulch.<br /><br />The front yard was the first that I worked on, because I wanted to look everything nice from the street. This is what my forntyard looked like in the first summer.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC0KjGrz1L6pKL2NRX3X_D07Q0pktSj-LYmmGFQginAq9QOfVBZEPYRUKjAnFGNJ1vuWCYfK_R0vvdKx2DTer_HjdYMPjcOvKsfdm77n1XuHW-pKSBOZMJ3J10b4zE2fbJ_YL9kco-mJI/s1600-h/Picture+068.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC0KjGrz1L6pKL2NRX3X_D07Q0pktSj-LYmmGFQginAq9QOfVBZEPYRUKjAnFGNJ1vuWCYfK_R0vvdKx2DTer_HjdYMPjcOvKsfdm77n1XuHW-pKSBOZMJ3J10b4zE2fbJ_YL9kco-mJI/s400/Picture+068.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326860043315991906" border="0" /></a>Banana Basjoo, <a href="http://www.turtlegabys-tropical-oasis.com/catalog.php">Cannas</a> and <a href="http://www.turtlegabys-tropical-oasis.com/catalog.php">Lilies</a><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsJuRS2TyTe4vZaVvPB-43-aQSWR45RvT8zOtlpc6vwlCt9VFFW3rq72bVg4JLXREeBMXjEBFDXUajjxYanETj3VbpLhAIYjPtZMCowd_eKUFQy6NPSu-wsz4Ttynp_XyVHQfzELiDXE4/s1600-h/Picture+074.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsJuRS2TyTe4vZaVvPB-43-aQSWR45RvT8zOtlpc6vwlCt9VFFW3rq72bVg4JLXREeBMXjEBFDXUajjxYanETj3VbpLhAIYjPtZMCowd_eKUFQy6NPSu-wsz4Ttynp_XyVHQfzELiDXE4/s400/Picture+074.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326861177726053458" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpmRm4UdKwvc6S6LiPVRbmBR4aAKZ-F4XJ0bHJKUWJH9W52nTgD5STE88XSKzhR9197hU1gEcdAYgsea6gyoKelq4Ygz5YMneF6xceHrah0ZXWgxTq6XJPyMgaq9nM5oPNF8qXlC6Hs_Y/s1600-h/Picture+097.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpmRm4UdKwvc6S6LiPVRbmBR4aAKZ-F4XJ0bHJKUWJH9W52nTgD5STE88XSKzhR9197hU1gEcdAYgsea6gyoKelq4Ygz5YMneF6xceHrah0ZXWgxTq6XJPyMgaq9nM5oPNF8qXlC6Hs_Y/s400/Picture+097.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326862595314105970" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.turtlegabys-tropical-oasis.com/catalog.php/TurtlegabysTropicalOasis/dt/pd1798037/PURPLE_FOUNTAIN_GRASS_Pennisetum_setaceum_rubrum">Purple fountain grass</a>, <a href="http://www.turtlegabys-tropical-oasis.com/catalog.php">Cannas</a>, and <a href="http://www.turtlegabys-tropical-oasis.com/catalog.php/TurtlegabysTropicalOasis/dt/pd1799476/Japanese_Morning_Glory_Aomurasakizyouhatensibori_">Japanese Morning Glory</a> climbing on porch posts<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXheX0WDGQCMRL4mLDEsGTuviKUWvaFJ-cawx3t-uBQQd7qAeIjIIRCPA3IzHRAxArxjFqtHn_CF4wJPGu0D8wq47rSv7UB_JWKvM-Hpqvg0G1qySxR41JI0U88H0HRGEFoW43vItUV8M/s1600-h/Picture+096.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXheX0WDGQCMRL4mLDEsGTuviKUWvaFJ-cawx3t-uBQQd7qAeIjIIRCPA3IzHRAxArxjFqtHn_CF4wJPGu0D8wq47rSv7UB_JWKvM-Hpqvg0G1qySxR41JI0U88H0HRGEFoW43vItUV8M/s400/Picture+096.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326862431477317314" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvnBbF_-9iqCWnQ_22wKjA428uMA5aZFWDb-wmQZhQ3DnrZUAlKYSwAXBCmntqr5xDCj2B2wGZA3GOPOihuwXvTFrgj6hmeNXe1FXn2BUuDmJ9iV_Isd0pLmdIMa-FuiLQFgMxFQwki74/s1600-h/Picture+095.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvnBbF_-9iqCWnQ_22wKjA428uMA5aZFWDb-wmQZhQ3DnrZUAlKYSwAXBCmntqr5xDCj2B2wGZA3GOPOihuwXvTFrgj6hmeNXe1FXn2BUuDmJ9iV_Isd0pLmdIMa-FuiLQFgMxFQwki74/s400/Picture+095.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326862241291094850" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.turtlegabys-tropical-oasis.com/catalog.php">Pampas grass</a> in the middle of the lawn<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJgmhrd0Y-iTWFomq_eJxDhP1HrXZUbElrHQMUN5WPr6zOagOEtnjKdBgFv_BdbEKZsfZZNGg09CDh4HIoRZV1Gu9FdquSFrk9dC8cVBaK225QSm_7NPXAFMyDfAI3sBc6oTkOht5i1sA/s1600-h/Picture+094.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGJ_Pa7yAax3tLyoGOjiPPDP4GlhcJx0AI3m6jJEsT7yBqZoxEAqPpSDkmY6GOEWMcUGxPgFBbXkLvO1V6z-1SPgWKDfThRBvrx_YSu8klpjDRMyT3ao97aY-0JQsaG61n2_XCJtIsl4M/s400/Picture+092.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326861640573002930" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyE1q5cNPtjYnNJ2DNOV9KOl2mkyffVzSurr00MOSa_2N-QlM-oKZMjtgbh9mSPo3rXCl7EO6OjxZU4BC8BhnSwMpVo-zVckVnFx7n0TEVU4dRr-6QM4_X-aypyGZwnxdj-7ivnhhfsWU/s1600-h/Picture+091.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyE1q5cNPtjYnNJ2DNOV9KOl2mkyffVzSurr00MOSa_2N-QlM-oKZMjtgbh9mSPo3rXCl7EO6OjxZU4BC8BhnSwMpVo-zVckVnFx7n0TEVU4dRr-6QM4_X-aypyGZwnxdj-7ivnhhfsWU/s400/Picture+091.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326861413085386226" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.turtlegabys-tropical-oasis.com/catalog.php/TurtlegabysTropicalOasis/dt/pd1798037/PURPLE_FOUNTAIN_GRASS_Pennisetum_setaceum_rubrum">Purple fountain grass</a> and <a href="http://www.turtlegabys-tropical-oasis.com/catalog.php/TurtlegabysTropicalOasis/dt/pd334075/HOLLYHOCK_PIONEER_MIX_Alcea_rosea">Hollyhock</a> on the right<br /></div>turtlegabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15784971262285607186noreply@blogger.com2