June 2 , 2008
From the producer: 26 April 2025
Now ’s the time for all proficient gardener and their plants to see if their springiness risky venture make it through the heat!Last weekend , we put up kiddie pocket billiards to make indisputable the gardener wee it through the next four months . Oh , just too rattling . After a dip , I watered and dress , my irritation and sweat in the heat serenely evaporated .
I was thrilled when we taped a garden recently to see a kiddie pool already in action — fancied up with a outpouring made from an former sink , an thought I ’m consider of borrowing .
Speaking of fun with water supply , this week ’s programme features a mythical new uncovering , Kurt Hudgeons fromIt ’s About Thyme , on create “ pool for the multitude . ”He show how to make a water feature of speech in one good afternoon without breaking the bank . Fun ideas to get your creative thinking , and mine , in high gearing . Bulky trash pick - up scavenges , or garage clean - out — that ’s the key ! He also project custom - made fountains out of concrete , just beautiful !
Here ’s one of Kurt ’s quick designs that he calls the “ red neck pond . ”you could just think a passionvine climb over its arbor .
Kurt also gives detached classes on building ponds , flow , and funky water feature , so tick off them out ! You ’ll also want to visit It ’s About Thyme for their strong - to - find indigene , plumerias , and herbaceous plant , including Thai herb , and their fun and knowledgeable staff . Owners Diane and Chris Winslow have made it one of Texas baby’s room treasures . I also give thanks multi - talented Darrel Mayers fromMundifor suggesting this section .
Here ’s a clever idea I saw on the way to the food market computer memory .
With this inspiration , Greg and I are thinking about crazy fountain estimate to replace the variegated genus Ligustrum in the patio cove . I desire that you ’ll beam your pictures of fun ideas , so we can all have a new summer labor !
On projects , the short rebar on the rose arbor was light change when it came to the jazz on steroid hormone . Yes , we should have cemented it in , but we did n’t have it away if this was a forever office . Since many of you may be in the same boat , here ’s what we did .
We got ½ ” by 4 ’ rebar which I spray paint black the day before installation . In plumbing supply , we have hose clinch .
With a sledgehammer , Greg hammered in the rebar on all four slope to about 2 - 1/2 ’ .
Greg clamp the rebar and arbour together . Next , I ’ll touch up with black pigment . Really , I should have paint the clamp first , but Greg said they would get “ bougered up . ” That ’s a technical terminus , used by husbands who get drafted into this poppycock .
On H2O , I ’m give the new plant long ho-hum drinks while they ’re still figure things out . Wilt in even , as you sleep with , is n’t a tough sign . That ’s a born protective system . If they ’re still wilted in morning , it ’s clock time for a potable . I do the finger exam for grunge moisture , because too much water is just as bad as not enough . For sure , I ’ll never get drafted as a “ hand and nail ” model .
A surprisal : the moss verbena I imbed eld ago in front reappeared!I think it was long gone . Here ’s one against zexmenia in the front windowpane bed .
This verbena has always been one of my favorite groundcovers , but they do n’t fall around for me more than 2 - 3 years . With all the digging that go on in front this year , back they come in , and in a few new locations . This one designate up on the other side of the sidewalk beyond the daylilies .
My first St. Joseph ’s lily ( Hippeastrum x Johnsonii ) flower in the rental bed near the kiddie syndicate . This give , I bought one pot , and being the cheapskate I am , divided its electric light to ornament each side of the itinerary for a few feet . It looked like I ’d failed , but here they come!Guess I ’ll get some more .
Here ’s tick-weed lanceolata in the crepe paper bottom , a retentive - term sidekick .
Finally , here ’s Cedric on the patio . This boxwood carried plants home two months ago , but while Cedric ’s adopted it , there it stays . Every year he sits in the industrial plant box until it fall aside . This is not artistic saying for the patio , but if the cats are felicitous , peacefulness is all around us .
Hope to discover from you soon!Linda
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