Your garden is incredible, Philip. You have a real eye for design. I love your before-and-after shots. Alas, now I have Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" going in my head.
Thank you Pam. I would say I have reclaimed about 70 percent of my garden from the bermuda sea it started off as. I am happy to say there is still a good chunk to tackle, then there will be a bunch of revisions, then some more revisions, then...blah,blah,blah!
Sorry about the "Cyndi syndrome", If it any consolation, I have it too! ESP.
I am impressed with the drastic change in your landscape over time, especially that you documented it. I especially love how the gravel gives everything a sense of definition and leads the eye. Nicely done!
Hi. I really wish I had taken more photos of my garden when I first moved in and started working on it, but alas at that point in time being a garden blogger never even occurred to me, so only a handful were taken. The decomposed granite pathways really did help everything else fall in place, the pathways were the last thing I did, I planted up first (apart from the middle bed), then defined the walkways later. Thanks. ESP.
Ha! I should have done! I have no idea if the powder would work on a swollen hand, in fact, I found it difficult to find any information about this mysterious substance at all. ESP.
What a great post and a great concept.What I see in the comparison photos may not be what others see. What I see is you are a true work horse. The amount of labor to do it the first time and then change it so much is astounding. And what a good job you did. Although it could show that as the hobbits have grown you have changed from being more carefree to actually being a bit of a control freak. Now there must be order, so to speak. I tend to be controlling and very orderly with my vegetable gardens but more natural and carefree with the rest of the gardens
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I am already a fan, already very impressed by your beautiful garden -but seeing these 'before' and 'now' shots make me want to be the President of the East Side Patch Fan Club. Even though I don't know what my duties would be and I'm certain I wouldn't be able to live up to the commitment, I have that desire anyway. It is amazing to me that the change has taken place over three years - wow! My space/time continuum is very different than yours ... three years here and only miniscule change. A singularity, maybe. Kudos to you and your shoulder, which seems to be perpetually to the grindstone!
In awe, Ivette ps - I very much enjoyed the curtain call you gave your cast of characters ... all must be honored for the part they play in the life of The Patch! Thanks!
I was laughing out loud at the curtain call of all the diabolical characters that have come to reside in the patch...I even asked my wife if I had forgotten someone!...Ridiculous! She always proof-reads my posts for questionable content...Garden blogging is a crazy thing, isn't it? I always expect a big white van to draw up to the house every-time I hit the enter key and go live! Bob at Draco Gardens doesn't help with this neither, do you Bob? :-)
The pathway creation (before and after shots) took place over three years, but the later "tub" shot was when I first started scraping my way in the patch...more like six years ago. I always have so many things I want to do in the patch, but the infernal summer always demands my patience...hence..."stir-crazy" in the patch! Your role as the president of the patch would begin with, your natural authoritative nature to develop the summertime work ethic I know I am capable off, just too hot and lazy to execute!
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Your garden is incredible, Philip. You have a real eye for design. I love your before-and-after shots. Alas, now I have Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" going in my head.
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I would say I have reclaimed about 70 percent of my garden from the bermuda sea it started off as. I am happy to say there is still a good chunk to tackle, then there will be a bunch of revisions, then some more revisions, then...blah,blah,blah!
Sorry about the "Cyndi syndrome", If it any consolation, I have it too!
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Arrrgghh!
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I really wish I had taken more photos of my garden when I first moved in and started working on it, but alas at that point in time being a garden blogger never even occurred to me, so only a handful were taken. The decomposed granite pathways really did help everything else fall in place, the pathways were the last thing I did, I planted up first (apart from the middle bed), then defined the walkways later.
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I should have done!
I have no idea if the powder would work on a swollen hand, in fact, I found it difficult to find any information about this mysterious substance at all.
ESP.
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It is amazing to me that the change has taken place over three years - wow! My space/time continuum is very different than yours ... three years here and only miniscule change. A singularity, maybe. Kudos to you and your shoulder, which seems to be perpetually to the grindstone!
In awe,
Ivette
ps - I very much enjoyed the curtain call you gave your cast of characters ... all must be honored for the part they play in the life of The Patch! Thanks!
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I was laughing out loud at the curtain call of all the diabolical characters that have come to reside in the patch...I even asked my wife if I had forgotten someone!...Ridiculous! She always proof-reads my posts for questionable content...Garden blogging is a crazy thing, isn't it? I always expect a big white van to draw up to the house every-time I hit the enter key and go live! Bob at Draco Gardens doesn't help with this neither, do you Bob? :-)
The pathway creation (before and after shots) took place over three years, but the later "tub" shot was when I first started scraping my way in the patch...more like six years ago. I always have so many things I want to do in the patch, but the infernal summer always demands my patience...hence..."stir-crazy" in the patch!
Your role as the president of the patch would begin with, your natural authoritative nature to develop the summertime work ethic I know I am capable off, just too hot and lazy to execute!
Always entertaining Ivette.
ESP.
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