While I'm on organizational hiatus, want to dream with me?
And by dream with me, I mean can I take advantage of people who have a skill I lack majorly?
Landscaping.
I've sought out the help of a friend who actually knows what to do with flowers and plants and I can't wait to hear what she has in mind, but since I'm bored and my kids are (trying to) nap and I don't feel like cleaning, I thought I'd throw this out there for people who enjoy this sort of stuff.
The house we moved into was taken care of at some point. Our backyard's entire exterior is lined with raised flower beds (now, er, weed beds) and our massive deck used to be nice in its time (now it's falling apart and has no stain left). And then there's this bed along our walkway (the walkway was also probably nice in its time, but someday we're going to have to tear it up, too...sigh). It needs help in a desperate kind of way.
We've done bits and pieces to our yard here and there since moving in, but the problem is that we lack the time to really devote to tearing up our yard and putting it back together.
We also lack the whole creativity thing.
So for now, we're (and by we're, I mean me - my husband thinks I'm crazy, as usual) tackling our yard one project at a time. I'm sure all we'll get to this year, considering the whole birthing-a-baby-in-June thing, is this one area. But I've been saying for two years now that I was going to tackle it and I haven't.
WHAT can we do here? We have a lot (and I mean a lot) of rock in this bed. Two summers ago I decided to try my hand at digging it up and it took me a few hours to get maybe 1/20th of this space dug up. The rock just goes and goes and goes.
I need landscaping help too. Only ours would be major and involve lots of $$ and moving dirt and building retaining walls and stuff. At least your yard is flat. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm a gardening dummy, but I do know that hostas are low-maintenance. We've had them both in shade and in sun. The shady ones stay small but very green. The sunny ones get huge and bloom like they're supposed to, but tend to burn out at the end of the summer. Of course, the west side of our house gets totally fried in the afternoon and I'm terrible about watering, so...
My mom has always sworn by impatiens, vinca and geraniums.
I had a similar issue except mine was waaaay worse. I let the weeds win out. If you get rid of the rocks I would definitely do bark mulch or weeds will overrun the area...and with a new baby you won't have time for upkeep, trust me. Last year I tamed my garden and it was so much easier to keep up with the weeds. I think the dark brown would look good in your bed if you're going to keep it simple with the flowers. I used red because the previous previous owners planted tons of perennials and I just liked the look. I agree with Ann about the hostas. Start with those(maybe one every 3' or so)and you can flesh it out later with flowers when you decide which ones you want to do. When you really get into it, look into what flowers you like and when they bloom. If you plan it right you can plant flowers with varying bloom times so you can have flowers spring through fall. I can let you know which ones I have if you want.
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