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Our slice of Heaven
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It's a bit of an experiment really since the park is surrounded by pine-forest - well, what Dutch people would consider a forest anyway. So the ground is shaded and poor for flowering plants but I dug the spaces out where I wanted the beds, refilled them with special garden-soil and potsoil and,...well.....poop LOL
I use what my dad and granddad would use, cow-manure but they sell it these days in dry form. Still smells though. I did all that last year before the winter came and planted the bulbs in october. Best is for those bulbs to have the frost go over them as we say here. It freezes their metabolism and they go to "sleep" so they have all the nutrition when spring comes and plenty of time to root and spread in the summer and grow new bulbs. Tullips can be best taken out of the ground after bloom. You can either cut the flowers and put them in a vase, cut the leaves and dig up the bulb and store them in a dry and dark place, or cut the whole plant after the bloom passes. Daffodils and such ou can leave in the ground, they will multiply.
I never take anything out though, I don't go by the rules. The tulips will be taken up by nature.
Twing wants a patch though somewhere so I think I'll get a special planting-baskets wich makes it easier to remove them after bloom. She also want a herbal garden....I do have my work cut out LOL
I will get some imperial fritillary this year in october to plant, they are beautifull and keep rodents out, like daffodils do.
I thought I would have a difficult time with this but it all comes back so easy and naturally, whatever I was taught as a child it's still there.
The city plants bulbs everywhere here to, all around town where there's grass or a patch. Daffodils and crocuses because they multiply. We have plenty of flowerbulbs in all color variations and they aren't that expensive here.
Spring is magical here with all the flowerfields in bloom and the bulbs coming out.
I've had both daffodils and crocuses growing and thriving in shade. The backyard of our first house was rather heavily shaded. Both from trees in our yard and neighboring yards. We had two plum trees (or maybe it was three) and a filbert tree that shaded the patio. The filbert tree was a holdover from when the land was a filbert orchard. Finding a patch that would support a vegetable garden was quite the challenge!
Now ... tulips, I always envision as being planted in huge, low-lying fields in full sun. Can't imagine why that would be :wink:
Ah ... there are shade tolerant daffodils, so that's probably the varieties that were growing in my yard. They'd been planted years before we owned the property. These varieties apparently do well in shade.
Now ... tulips, I always envision as being planted in huge, low-lying fields in full sun. Can't imagine why that would be :wink:
Ah ... there are shade tolerant daffodils, so that's probably the varieties that were growing in my yard. They'd been planted years before we owned the property. These varieties apparently do well in shade.
— Actaea: delightful white corolla with a tiny yellow tube edged in orange.
— Barret Browning: soft butter-yellow corolla and a pumpkin-orange frilly tube.
— Birma: golden corolla with a pumpkin-orange frilly tube.
— Golden Harvest: the classic, large yellow King Alfred daffodil.
— Jack Snipe: gold tube with contrasting white corolla.
— Jenny: lemon-yellow tube with paler corolla.
— Jetfire: orange tube with large, golden petal corolla.
— February Gold, Peeping Tom, Little Witch, Carlton, Dutch Master: These produce pure gold flowers with narrow tubes and corollas.
— Barret Browning: soft butter-yellow corolla and a pumpkin-orange frilly tube.
— Birma: golden corolla with a pumpkin-orange frilly tube.
— Golden Harvest: the classic, large yellow King Alfred daffodil.
— Jack Snipe: gold tube with contrasting white corolla.
— Jenny: lemon-yellow tube with paler corolla.
— Jetfire: orange tube with large, golden petal corolla.
— February Gold, Peeping Tom, Little Witch, Carlton, Dutch Master: These produce pure gold flowers with narrow tubes and corollas.
Nice place and yard! I'm a little jealous too... years ago we tried Bulbs (tulips, crocuses, etc) with poor results. Living in Southern California, the weather and soil just isn't suited to those exotic bulbs. We eventually gave up and went to California native plants (and native bulbs) with much better results (but that doesn't mean I'm still a little jealous lol).
You are a little jealous?! Gosh, I browsed around your Quail Hollow, if only I can create a little bit of heaven like you have I'm happy! It's breathtaking where you live!
Satira - I write down that list of daffodils, I know the DutchMaster is sold where I order my plants and I'll check if they have any of the others in stock aswell for coming october.
Cool Pom.
The list of shade tolerant daffodils is supposed to come from dutch.com, but I couldn't find anywhere on that site where they listed shade tolerant bulbs. But ... I may not have been looking in the right place. I found the list on The Seattle Time, which isn't surprising considering the Pacific Northwest has oodles of trees ... hence oodles of shade.
Ken's Quail Hollow sure is fabulous. I'm rather jealous too!
The list of shade tolerant daffodils is supposed to come from dutch.com, but I couldn't find anywhere on that site where they listed shade tolerant bulbs. But ... I may not have been looking in the right place. I found the list on The Seattle Time, which isn't surprising considering the Pacific Northwest has oodles of trees ... hence oodles of shade.
Ken's Quail Hollow sure is fabulous. I'm rather jealous too!
@Ken Gilliland I had another look at your garden & house. Let my spouse look at your front porch saying "That's the style I'm looking for" and I swear I saw her developing a twitch LOL
I'm driving her nuts with my "southern style"-porches
Can I ask how you did that mosaic in the garden path because my spouse wants me to create one in our garden aswell
I'm driving her nuts with my "southern style"-porches
Can I ask how you did that mosaic in the garden path because my spouse wants me to create one in our garden aswell
I did the mosaic circle by getting various rock types at a local building supply store and placing them in cement. First you'll need to "form" the area and pour cement. Make the cement thick enough to support weight (1-2 inches/3-5 cm) and add rebar, if it's a big area (to it's less unlikely to crack). Smooth out the cement and start placing the rocks/materials deep in the top layer. Paint the top surfaces of the rocks with water to keep them clean of cement stains then sponge the area to remove excess water.
I did dig up a series of work pictures from my Quail Hollow Mosiac that a friend took way back when.
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@Ken Gilliland Thank you so much, I saved the pictures on my PC for future instructions LOL
Gives me a good idea on how to go about it.
Gives me a good idea on how to go about it.
Our little herbal garden, right next to the spot where the BBQ will be located with a small outdoor kitchen.
The herbs are grown in pots.
The labels are stones we found there. I placed them in some vinegar with water, let the sun dry them and then you can wipe the green moss off leaving the white stone, a waterproof marker and presto, plantlabels.
Of course the names are in Dutch so....
The herbs are grown in pots.
The labels are stones we found there. I placed them in some vinegar with water, let the sun dry them and then you can wipe the green moss off leaving the white stone, a waterproof marker and presto, plantlabels.
Of course the names are in Dutch so....
Waste not, want not. Sometimes you bump into - or get - used items from people that require just a bit of TLC to start a second life. I've always regarded it a shame if somthing is still beautifull, just a little worn or maybe a bit outdated, that gets thrown away but could still be of use if you'd just fix it up a bit.
Like furniture. Maybe it's something I got from my parents, to think out of the box with these things. A piece of furniture had to be broken to be thrown out and even then,.....paint maybe?....bookshelves?
So, we received this gorgeous round wooden table with the purchase of our caravan and my sister in-law had 4 wooden dining chairs of a different color and some old fabric......
We bought ourselves some wood-dye, mahogany I believe...... It took a little sandpapering and 4 layers of dye.
Now we will hunt for some fabric to re-do the seats.
How it looked;
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Four layers of dye on the table & chairs;
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I will post the pictures when it's complety finished with new fabric.
Like furniture. Maybe it's something I got from my parents, to think out of the box with these things. A piece of furniture had to be broken to be thrown out and even then,.....paint maybe?....bookshelves?
So, we received this gorgeous round wooden table with the purchase of our caravan and my sister in-law had 4 wooden dining chairs of a different color and some old fabric......
We bought ourselves some wood-dye, mahogany I believe...... It took a little sandpapering and 4 layers of dye.
Now we will hunt for some fabric to re-do the seats.
How it looked;
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Remove seat;
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Four layers of dye on the table & chairs;
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I will post the pictures when it's complety finished with new fabric.
Mythocentric
Extraordinary
That dining set has real quality about it. Sweet work Pommerlis! 
Bonnie2001
Extraordinary
Wow that's a really nice place you have pommerlis. Why can't you live in it all year if you want to? How would anyone know if you did anyway?