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averygoodun42) wrote2006-02-22 10:42 am
averygoodun42) wrote2006-02-22 10:42 am
dreams of eden
Yesterday was DH's birthday. 42... I made him mac and cheese, which he seemed to enjoy. At least after (almost) six years I have an idea of what he likes.
Last night I dreamt about a good solution to my back yard. Too bad it a) involves a rotting tree, which is not something you can procure easily (unless one or all of the trees behind our fence succumb to the "swamp" and fall over, then I could just scavenge, probably with the owner's blessing), and b) the condo association wouldn't be too happy about such a wilderness, I expect. They do like things to be neat and tidy, even if that's sooooo boring and often not good for the plants.
However, it does give me ideas about what to do. For example, I forgot that rhubarb likes shade (the major problem in my yard, besides the slope and squishiness at the bottom, that is), and squash should grow anywhere as long as the soil's fertile.
And this will go fine with the periwinkle, hostas and fern around the maple, and it still leaves room for the flowering hedge I want to put in (eventually) as a fence (haven't decided whether to just make it forsythias or a mix of forsythia and spirea). And, really, is grass necessary? I can just put in a path to the (planned) shed for the mower, then, when we build the terrace, that can be our lawn.
Hee hee. This has been bugging me for years, but I think I have a good idea now. Now I just need the funds to complete it.
Too bad about the log, though. Railroad ties just won't cut it, even if we do have a good supply of those rotting around our patio. (Why people insist on using something that rots in a wet climate, I don't know.)
Last night I dreamt about a good solution to my back yard. Too bad it a) involves a rotting tree, which is not something you can procure easily (unless one or all of the trees behind our fence succumb to the "swamp" and fall over, then I could just scavenge, probably with the owner's blessing), and b) the condo association wouldn't be too happy about such a wilderness, I expect. They do like things to be neat and tidy, even if that's sooooo boring and often not good for the plants.
However, it does give me ideas about what to do. For example, I forgot that rhubarb likes shade (the major problem in my yard, besides the slope and squishiness at the bottom, that is), and squash should grow anywhere as long as the soil's fertile.
And this will go fine with the periwinkle, hostas and fern around the maple, and it still leaves room for the flowering hedge I want to put in (eventually) as a fence (haven't decided whether to just make it forsythias or a mix of forsythia and spirea). And, really, is grass necessary? I can just put in a path to the (planned) shed for the mower, then, when we build the terrace, that can be our lawn.
Hee hee. This has been bugging me for years, but I think I have a good idea now. Now I just need the funds to complete it.
Too bad about the log, though. Railroad ties just won't cut it, even if we do have a good supply of those rotting around our patio. (Why people insist on using something that rots in a wet climate, I don't know.)
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I wish I was into the idea of gardening, but it just feels like "one more damn thing."
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