It can make you look like a crazy person who's let their lawn go to seed if it's not done right, and doing it right sometimes involves as much maintenance time as landscaped gardens.
In my view what we need to do is create gardens that welcome biodiversity and flowers for bees. Some bee flowers are big purple spray-up bushes, there are thousands of wee purple flowers. We all need to do our part for the bees!
As for the landscaping, please remember this: you are in an enviable position. You're in a habitat zone that can grow fantastic things, lovely, and wherever you are you have options. Rain gardens are beautiful - most Dutch gardens are these work of art gardens for rainy locales.
Gardening is an opportunity to involve your kids in connecting with life and the land, the gift of God, observational fun, caretaking-learning, research.
Whatever you do, get rid of the lawn, but landscape it with lots of green plants, because this should be relatively easy for you and has wonderful benefits. Weeding is relaxing.
Throw in a blackberry and a raspberry bush. Grow some peas and carrots.
Can you tell I'm a *little* bit into gardening right now? :)
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Date: 2011-03-05 08:30 pm (UTC)In my view what we need to do is create gardens that welcome biodiversity and flowers for bees. Some bee flowers are big purple spray-up bushes, there are thousands of wee purple flowers. We all need to do our part for the bees!
As for the landscaping, please remember this: you are in an enviable position. You're in a habitat zone that can grow fantastic things, lovely, and wherever you are you have options. Rain gardens are beautiful - most Dutch gardens are these work of art gardens for rainy locales.
Gardening is an opportunity to involve your kids in connecting with life and the land, the gift of God, observational fun, caretaking-learning, research.
Whatever you do, get rid of the lawn, but landscape it with lots of green plants, because this should be relatively easy for you and has wonderful benefits. Weeding is relaxing.
Throw in a blackberry and a raspberry bush. Grow some peas and carrots.
Can you tell I'm a *little* bit into gardening right now? :)