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A Very Itchy Germ
Well, my garden seems like it's surviving the dry air, but it may not matter. I'm getting the itch. I think I want to renovate my front garden.
My garden club used to give me so much hell for having the tiniest, most immature gardens. Why? I'd plan an elaborately themed garden, plant it, then get itchy after a year and rip it out. Not because it wasn't successful, or I didn't like it ... there are just so many awesome plants in the world that can be combined in so many beautiful ways! I saw that I had a problem, but I happily planted, enjoyed for a while, then re-planted, adding the old plants to a section of my backyard known as 'The Graveyard'. The graveyard was basically a nursery... all my old plants would go into black nursery cans and wait to be traded, donated, or recycled. I drove my husband crazy, but I learned so much! I still consider my gardens my laboratories, but I let them grow - I haven't ripped anything out (anything major, at least) in about four years. Designing gardens for other people helps - I can use their gardens to play with unusual combinations.
But I'm so jealous of some of these gardens I've done for other people! I want them for myself! So I am going to do what I've pledged not to, and tear out a significant portion of my front yard. I'm going to add more color and texture. Some of my beloved succulents will have to go, but of course, many will stay put. I think it's time. If I have an itch, I have to scratch, right? I can't just sit there and go mad, right?!
When I get a yard, Ivy, you can do whatever you want with it.
I can see it now! I'm in love with the tree mural you posted yesterday, so I'd make you a real, life - sized 'Where the Wild Things Are' garden! Whenever you're ready, I'm your lady ...
I hear you germinatrix! I am doing the exact same thing in my back garden. I guess I have lived with these plants for about a year and it is time to reconfigure and try something different. It must go with the territory if you are a plant enthusiast. My garden is too small to plant everything I want. But I really enjoy the process of putting together plant combinations and working with a limited palette.
Good luck with your front garden! I can't wait to see the transformation. How about some before and after pics?
Good to hear from you again, graygardener! So you have that restless gardener thing, too - it's a curse and a blessing. You sound like my kind of plantsperson. Maybe you should go pro - have you thought about becoming a garden designer? Here's a tip from me - sunscreen. And another tip - no doing reality tv. That goes for the general population, not just professional gardeners.
I'll post pics of the progress of my garden as soon as there is progress to post...