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Gardening in Oz
http://gardeninginoz.blogspot.com/
This is the adventure of a lifetime. The fulfilling of a life long dream. To be able to design and create from scratch landscaping for a 25 x 60 foot back yard that hasn't been touched in over 30 years.
- Added on: Jun 25th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Brian Roberge
- Listed in: Gardening Lawn & Garden
- Tags: landscaping design flowers gardening plants vegetables
Recent Posts
Hitting "The Wall"!
It's been awhile since I have added anyting here. I have discovered on a project of this size that you periodically "hit the wall" and it becomes overpowering. For me it was taking the trip East to see the kids and grandkids and coming back with a ...
Sometimes Things Don\'t Work out as you hope
Before I left to visit family, I wrote about re-doing the main bed by the trellis to prevent the pocket gophers from entering it. That process went well. But during the process I had to uproot all the daylilies and the two passionflower vines that ha...
Finding Osama Ben Gopher!
The war against gopher terror continues! For such a small animal, pocket gophers can be very trying on one's patience and reserve! Ours seems bent on aggravating us to the end.! Unfortunately, when I put the main flowerbed in at the trellis, I ...
Labor Day 2009
Well, today's a holiday, or so they tell me. Being unemployed just about every day is a holiday. Yet, I probably worked harder on the holiday than I do other days. Today was a "catch up" and prep day on the yard. Why is it that I can think of a half ...
Perspectives
Sometimes when you are working on a project, especially something as major as landscaping a yard, you get to a point of thinking, "Is this really worth it?" The day is hot, you are covered in dust from sifting soil and mixing compost and it seems lik...
There are naked ladies in my yard!
Been awhile since I added anything here. It's not that things haven't been progessing. But, a new roommate has been moving in and getting settled and we are in the middle of one of San Francisco's occasional heat waves. Yesterday it was ninety degree...
