Graffiti's The daylily garden
Created on Thursday, 01 May 08
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Zone 8b A little strip of weedy ground gradually planted with wildflowers and beneficial insect attractors, between my house and the neighbor's driveway. Half of it is technically on th...
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Zone 8 This is a sunny section of the yard, with eastern and southern exposure. I removed the old lawn/periwinkle/weedy mess by taking off all the turf down to about 6 inches. This h...
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Zone 8 trying our hand at an herb spiral. while i am not particularly in to "sustainable" lifestyles and all that as compared to many of my portland brethren - there is something ulti...
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Zone 8 The plants that we are keeping permanently indoors.
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Zone 8 A single hanging basket outside our front door.
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Zone 8 I love growing herbs. I haven't lived in Portland long enough to know what will grow well here. But I just planted several, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
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Zone 8 We need to use up broken concrete, and we need a place to sit for the fire, and i don't like lawns, and i do like curves. SO. It curves around about 150deg of the fire, about 4'...
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Zone 8 Here's what we've got scattered about our front and back yards, most of which was here when we moved in.
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Zone 8 When we bought the house, the sloped back yard was a scary mess. It had probably been landscaped at one point, as evidenced by the well-composted bark mulch and occasional rand...
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Zone 8 I think this will be primarily a collection of easy to grow garden plants like tomatoes and cucumbers, with the odd cranberry bush thrown in for fun.
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Zone 8 I totally stole this idea from Spidra, I hope you don't mind! This is where I pay my respects to the ones who didn't make it out.
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Zone 8 We are exploring the concept of "food as medicine" at Sellwood Family Farm! We are also encouraging our patients to walk into the garden to touch, smell and taste the bounty of...
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Zone 8 We have this goofy covered porch on the back of our house. I thought it might be nice to spruce it up. My plan is to add some hanging lights, a table and chairs, and different...
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Zone 8 I have an 8x16 foot greenhouse that houses my citrus collection and some other tender plants during the cold months. I heat it with a small portable heater, trying to keep it a...
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Zone 8a Raised bed garden.
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Zone 9 Across from The Planting Strip Out Front lies a similar space, shaded by the huge walnut tree. Recently I found out that walnut leaves contain juglone, a substance toxic to many...
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Zone 8 See more photos and follow our progress at www.bloomtown.typepad.com
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Zone 8 the boys have a big 6'x6' sandbox in the back of our garden, and the north and south edges of that have been designated as "their" garden. it's a little hard to find great plant...
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Zone 8a This is still very much in process. Where once there was that dreadful sod crap there is now something that looks a lot like a mudpit. Ultimately the plan is to turn this into a...
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Zone 9 My wife's parents helped us put in this herb (plus rhubarb) garden. I've always wanted a big rosemary bush in front of my house, and this one's proving nice and vigorous.. We ge...
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Zone 8 I want to grow as much of my own food as I can... but I have a 7'x7' balcony that faces kinda northwest. It gets afternoon light but if I just had another couple hours... soooo...
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Zone 8 This garden is located at the back of my property. I have a mini orchard, berries, grapes and several veggie beds.
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Graffiti's The daylily garden
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