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Is this overkill?
http://anneelliot.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/cottage-garden.jpg?w=360&h=360
Sure looks like it to me. WDYT?
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Re: Is this overkill?
Someone needs some pruners.
There's a house in our neighborhood that has more flowerbeds than lawn, and it is absolutely gorgeous. However, none of it is overgrown like that.
I kind of love the over-abundance. Most of those plants like the daylillies seem to be easy care, so I don't know if it would take much more upkeep than average, once you factor in everything you have to do to keep a lawn looking nice.
However, I'm guessing it looks best mid-summer and I don't see much for winter interest.
"The meek shall inherit the earth" isn't about children. It's about deer. We're all going to get messed the fuckup by a bunch of cloned super-deer.- samfish2bcrab
Sometimes I wonder if scientists have never seen a sci-fi movie before. "Oh yes, let's create a super species of deer. NOTHING COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG." I wonder if State Farm offers a Zombie Deer Attack policy. -CaliopeSpidrman
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I don't see how they could access the interior part of the bed for maintenance. How do they weed and prune? How do they get a ladder up there to clean gutters or fix problems on the house? And yeah, I also wonder how it looks in the winter. They do have a small forest of conifers there, but I'm not sure I agree with their placement.
Kind of looks like Hobbits live here. Or gnomes.
I love it! It's very picturesque.
But, I would not want to live there, even if someone else did the maintenance.
In the "naturescaping" class I took, the idea is that the plants and mulch keep the weeds in check, and you just have to live with a certain amount of imperfection. If you use mostly native plants (doesn't look like they did), they shouldn't need much care, being adapted to the climate. I'm trying to incorporate the ideas in my beds, but like I said, you have to tolerate some imperfection. Long-term either it will be better stewardship or as my mother says "a learning opportunity".
Now here's a Hobbit house.
"The meek shall inherit the earth" isn't about children. It's about deer. We're all going to get messed the fuckup by a bunch of cloned super-deer.- samfish2bcrab
Sometimes I wonder if scientists have never seen a sci-fi movie before. "Oh yes, let's create a super species of deer. NOTHING COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG." I wonder if State Farm offers a Zombie Deer Attack policy. -CaliopeSpidrman
Love it.
I have a neighbor with a similar front cottage garden. She has something of interest going on 10 months out of the year in terms of bloom. It's gorgeous and she's out there nearly daily in warm weather.
LOL. Totally. This is probably why I love it. It looks like out of a fairytale or something.
Wow! It IS!