Comments on: July garden http://www.chriscob.com/blog/2009/garden/july-garden/ Gardening, travel, food, cats, etc Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:24:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Chris http://www.chriscob.com/blog/2009/garden/july-garden/#comment-344 Chris Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:36:45 +0000 http://www.chriscob.com/blog/?p=693#comment-344 The sungolds are worth waiting for, Amy! I've been snacking on them all day, every time I walk past the bowl in the kitchen. The sungolds are worth waiting for, Amy! I’ve been snacking on them all day, every time I walk past the bowl in the kitchen.

]]> By: Amy http://www.chriscob.com/blog/2009/garden/july-garden/#comment-343 Amy Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:21:04 +0000 http://www.chriscob.com/blog/?p=693#comment-343 Oh, and I have a clemitis that I've moved twice. It's finally happy in its home, but is visiting the neighbors over the fence. Oh, and I have a clemitis that I’ve moved twice. It’s finally happy in its home, but is visiting the neighbors over the fence.

]]> By: Amy http://www.chriscob.com/blog/2009/garden/july-garden/#comment-342 Amy Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:19:37 +0000 http://www.chriscob.com/blog/?p=693#comment-342 I love the grasses with all those great soft textures. Lovely! (and I am quite jealous of your long tomato season. My sungolds are just rounding up, we won't see ripening for another two weeks) I love the grasses with all those great soft textures. Lovely!

(and I am quite jealous of your long tomato season. My sungolds are just rounding up, we won’t see ripening for another two weeks)

]]> By: Chris http://www.chriscob.com/blog/2009/garden/july-garden/#comment-341 Chris Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:59:05 +0000 http://www.chriscob.com/blog/?p=693#comment-341 Thanks, Marta! I'm really intrigued by what's happened in that bed myself. For the past few years, it has been a sad-looking collection of plants that were surviving, but not thriving, in the extremely dry shade of the pine tree punctuated by the blast of late afternoon sun. This year I added the sea lavender and the salvia greggi peeking through the Mexican feather grass. The rest just happened with sun and moisture and those poor downtrodden survivors. I don't know what the vine on the obelisk is. You can see it <a href="http://tinyurl.com/pd8prs" rel="nofollow">here</a> and up close <a href="http://tinyurl.com/qb2f62" rel="nofollow">here</a>. It's been there a few years and isn't doing very well, but I haven't replaced it because I want a vine that will just accent the obelisk, not bury it and I haven't found the right thing yet. Most vines are so exuberant that they completely obscure the structure they're growing on. I've got another obelisk just like this one on a different side of the yard and all you can see is the little point sticking out of a mandevilla vine. I would LOVE to have a clematis, but I've spent enough money on clematis to teach myself that they just don't do well here. Yes, I did the patio rocks (except the tile which I bought at a shop in Newport, Oregon). We started with just a flagstone patio with large gaps where I was going to grow thyme and corsican mint and lots of low-growing flowers and herbs. Hah. I grew bazillions of weeds, even though there was weed cloth underneath everything. After a few years of spending too much time on my knees on the rocks weeding, we started to fill in the gaps with pebbles and stuff. It's taken a couple of years to do it all. In fact, Frank was out there this morning, digging out the dirt in the last section to make room for the mortar and rocks. I still get a few weeds, but they're easily zapped with Roundup. Thanks, Marta! I’m really intrigued by what’s happened in that bed myself. For the past few years, it has been a sad-looking collection of plants that were surviving, but not thriving, in the extremely dry shade of the pine tree punctuated by the blast of late afternoon sun. This year I added the sea lavender and the salvia greggi peeking through the Mexican feather grass. The rest just happened with sun and moisture and those poor downtrodden survivors.

I don’t know what the vine on the obelisk is. You can see it here and up close here. It’s been there a few years and isn’t doing very well, but I haven’t replaced it because I want a vine that will just accent the obelisk, not bury it and I haven’t found the right thing yet. Most vines are so exuberant that they completely obscure the structure they’re growing on. I’ve got another obelisk just like this one on a different side of the yard and all you can see is the little point sticking out of a mandevilla vine.

I would LOVE to have a clematis, but I’ve spent enough money on clematis to teach myself that they just don’t do well here.

Yes, I did the patio rocks (except the tile which I bought at a shop in Newport, Oregon). We started with just a flagstone patio with large gaps where I was going to grow thyme and corsican mint and lots of low-growing flowers and herbs. Hah. I grew bazillions of weeds, even though there was weed cloth underneath everything. After a few years of spending too much time on my knees on the rocks weeding, we started to fill in the gaps with pebbles and stuff. It’s taken a couple of years to do it all. In fact, Frank was out there this morning, digging out the dirt in the last section to make room for the mortar and rocks. I still get a few weeds, but they’re easily zapped with Roundup.

]]> By: marta http://www.chriscob.com/blog/2009/garden/july-garden/#comment-340 marta Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:43:38 +0000 http://www.chriscob.com/blog/?p=693#comment-340 Lovely garden bed. I like the mix of textures - grass, Mediterranean, spiky blossoms and round. What do you have on your garden obelisk? I want to get a clematis again. They do beautiful up here but it is cooler. They are just starting to bloom in the gardens. I also love the detail in your patio. Did you do that yourself? It is beautiful. Lovely garden bed. I like the mix of textures – grass, Mediterranean, spiky blossoms and round. What do you have on your garden obelisk? I want to get a clematis again. They do beautiful up here but it is cooler. They are just starting to bloom in the gardens.

I also love the detail in your patio. Did you do that yourself? It is beautiful.

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