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[terri16]

Indoor plants anyone? Check out these huge plants I got today at Costco for $20 each. These would easily be $40-$50 at HD and even more at the garden center.

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My picks - cat palm and umbrella plant.
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Love it. Even the cheap plastic pot doesn’t look terrible. Will have to keep an eye out for some nice ceramic pots.
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Those are excellent prices! I agree, that blue plastic doesn't even look plastic (which I'm sure is the point!) and looks great in your room.

I love big, flowing plants, but always seem to have rooms too small to accommodate them.

This snake plant is one of my largest, and in my bungalow I had to wedge him in the corner. The only reason it works is because of the vertical leaves. This picture was taken about 6 months ago, and the leaves are now reaching the light switch.

 

[SquarePeg19]

Those are excellent prices! I agree, that blue plastic doesn't even look plastic (which I'm sure is the point!) and looks great in your room.

I love big, flowing plants, but always seem to have rooms too small to accommodate them.

This snake plant is one of my largest, and in my bungalow I had to wedge him in the corner. The only reason it works is because of the vertical leaves. This picture was taken about 6 months ago, and the leaves are now reaching the light switch.

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It must like that spot if it’s growing so fast!

 

[terri16]

It must like that spot if it’s growing so fast!

I used to reserve snake plants for the darkest areas, since they're pretty tolerant of low light. I now don't remember why, but one year back at my house in Georgia I took one out to the screened in porch, where it got tons more light though no direct sun. That thing doubled in size just over the summer. I learned that they can tolerate a lot more than advertised, and respond quickly!

 

[Jeff1527]

 

[SquarePeg19]

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What is that? Love the vibrant colors!

 

[jeffashman2]

Added some coneflowers to my garden this past weekend. End of July isn't an ideal time to be planting, but hey...

jul25202304 by Jeff Ashman, on Flickr

 

[terri16]

Added some coneflowers to my garden this past weekend. End of July isn't an ideal time to be planting, but hey...

jul25202304 by Jeff Ashman, on Flickr

They're really hard to resist, aren't they? Plus, this time of year the prices are probably pretty good, since we're closer to August.

 

[CherylL2]

Indoor plants anyone? Check out these huge plants I got today at Costco for $20 each. These would easily be $40-$50 at HD and even more at the garden center.

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My picks - cat palm and umbrella plant.
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Love it. Even the cheap plastic pot doesn’t look terrible. Will have to keep an eye out for some nice ceramic pots.
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The plants look very healthy! A deal! My husband is the plant guy here. One of the trees in our living room was a small plant given to us when we got married. It is probably 15 feet tall. Have to trim it back every few years. The other tree is a fig that he rescued. Lots of plants in the sunroom. During the summer half go outside to the patio. He uses a dolly to get them out there. We have to check for frogs when we bring back inside for the winter. He has told me numerous times who gets his plants if he goes before me. I would keep a few.

 

[SquarePeg19]

Added some coneflowers to my garden this past weekend. End of July isn't an ideal time to be planting, but hey...

jul25202304 by Jeff Ashman, on Flickr

Beautiful! I got some at the local garden center the other day. They’re similar in color to those. I have them in the pot still but have had to water 2x day -I need to plant them soon. If you leave the seed heads on instead of dead heading, the birds love them. Anything that’s still on the plant in early spring you can sprinkle on the ground or in a pot for a free plant!

 

[jeffashman2]

I had to wait until after the fence was replaced to start on my master garden plan. This is the start, but eventually I will put a mulch or rock border along the fence (about five feet out). I have to figure out how to keep weeds from growing in the mulch/rocks without using herbicides, but that is probably not possible, just a lot of hand weeding anytime something pops up. All plants will be in containers, because the black gumbo clay soil here is awful for growing most plants. The box has the cone flowers, pentas (recovering from the horn worm carnage), and vincas. The half barrel is my memorial for Daniel, and has lantanas and vincas in it. The last pot is a Korean mulberry. I won't let it grow in-ground, because they are invasive around here, and a mess to deal with, so the pot will help contain it. If I go with mulch edging, I have to decide on shredded bark or rubber. Shredded bark is preferrable, and most cost effective.

New garden in the works by Jeff Ashman, on Flickr

 

[terri16]

Wow - your new fence looks formidable. What are those, aluminum reinforcements, or did you use them instead of the typical pressure treated wooden posts? I'm guessing it's to help with the high winds down there.

Anyway - it looks sweet!

I have to figure out how to keep weeds from growing in the mulch/rocks without using herbicides, but that is probably not possible, just a lot of hand weeding anytime something pops up.

Have you looked at landscape weed control fabric? If you know you aren't going to plant anything, it might be the easiest. I really love it since it really does work at choking out weeds, you just roll it out, clamp it in place and add mulch to cover.

But it can be problematic if you decide to plant.

 

[jeffashman2]

Wow - your new fence looks formidable. What are those, aluminum reinforcements, or did you use them instead of the typical pressure treated wooden posts? I'm guessing it's to help with the high winds down there.

Anyway - it looks sweet!


Have you looked at landscape weed control fabric? If you know you aren't going to plant anything, it might be the easiest. I really love it since it really does work at choking out weeds, you just roll it out, clamp it in place and add mulch to cover.

But it can be problematic if you decide to plant.

Yep, those are galvanized steel posts, about four feet buried below the surface. We have black gumbo clay soil that is constantly expanding and contracting and moving, sometime soft like a sponge and other times rock hard. The posts help stabilize the fence. I'd prefer a chain link fence, but the HOA requires a wood privacy fence. Yes, I will put landscape cloth down, and that will at least keep the Bermuda grass from growing from below for a while; I just need to find a good cloth for that. Everything will be in containers due to the soil conditions, so a hodge-podge of growing bags, bins, boxes, and barrels, hopefully with some sort of order over chaos design.

 

[jeffashman2]

Had a Common European Ambersnail visit the Coneflower.

jul26202302 by Jeff Ashman, on Flickr

 

[SquarePeg19]

Landscape fabric is evil. I’m still finding it left in by the previous owners 22 years later. But now it’s a foot deep with grass and mulch and plant roots growing in and through it.

I’ve been using a double layer of cardboard covered in 3” of mulch. It’s been pretty effective but won’t last forever., especially in a damp environment. When something pops up I use my skidger tool to remove it.

If you don’t plan on growing anything there ever, many people have had success using a mix of vinegar, salt and blue dawn to spray any weeds that pop through. What about Preen? Another option is mulch glue but I’m guessing that is just a step above herbicides.

 

[jeffashman2]

Landscape fabric is evil. I’m still finding it left in by the previous owners 22 years later. But now it’s a foot deep with grass and mulch and plant roots growing in and through it.

I’ve been using a double layer of cardboard covered in 3” of mulch. It’s been pretty effective but won’t last forever., especially in a damp environment. When something pops up I use my skidger tool to remove it.

If you don’t plan on growing anything there ever, many people have had success using a mix of vinegar, salt and blue dawn to spray any weeds that pop through. What about Preen? Another option is mulch glue but I’m guessing that is just a step above herbicides.

That is the downside of the fabric, and Bermuda grass seems to be fairly adept at growing through the fabric. I'll come up with something creative, hopefully. I've used fabric before, and it's good for a year or two.