tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post4273323333765217733..comments2024-03-14T02:18:13.285-05:00Comments on T h e | D e e p | M i d d l e: Am I Stupid?Benjamin Vogthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-57184960639374596792010-02-01T18:30:06.303-06:002010-02-01T18:30:06.303-06:00Patrick--The first summer I focused on trees. The ...Patrick--The first summer I focused on trees. The second summer I stopped myself midway in heavy perennial planting and said, hey, what about shrubs? What happens in winter? Then, what about food and over for birds and other animals? In came the dogwood, viburnum, chokeberry, sumac, willow, itea, and thuja.Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-30245575025570437522010-02-01T17:02:46.635-06:002010-02-01T17:02:46.635-06:00Amen to the plugging in shrubs. after i see a phen...Amen to the plugging in shrubs. after i see a phenom mixed border in a mag, i always lust and thoink how can i achieve in an established garden. you can't. Any new gardendesigns will start with the shrubs.<br />Ia've alresdy added the concept for my next mastrer gardener garden club talk hrere in kanaas city. big thank youPatrick Muirhttp://patricksgarden.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-48462691704285412052010-01-17T16:59:54.190-06:002010-01-17T16:59:54.190-06:00Alan--thanks for stopping by! I love getting comme...Alan--thanks for stopping by! I love getting comments. Fist off, let me say that I am prone to hyperbole. I love the winter garden, but I am not happy with mine now. No, I am impatient. <br /><br />I do have many shrubs, and many grasses, but they are young. I favor taller perennials with interesting seed heads, as well, so I can see them through mounds of snow in winter and create interest (I Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-90412030651172093812010-01-17T12:45:31.329-06:002010-01-17T12:45:31.329-06:00Welcome to that very special group of those that a...Welcome to that very special group of those that are passionate about gardening in general and perennials in particular. We all need to ensure that our gardens are staged, because a beautiful garden satisfies a deep seated need.<br /> <br />In that spirit, I apologize for offering unsolicited advice. My goal in life is to see that everyone who gardens derives pleasure from their work. That you allanbecker.gardenguruhttp://allanbecker-gardenguru.squaresapce.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-30954767703322158712010-01-16T18:15:55.076-06:002010-01-16T18:15:55.076-06:00Pam--I do get frustrated driving around and seeing...Pam--I do get frustrated driving around and seeing dumbly-placed trees. One in my hood is a clump river birch about 4-6 feet from a front window. Come on. You're just dooming that poor tree to an early death--or a roof to an early hole.Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-28096085188521223432010-01-15T22:14:46.680-06:002010-01-15T22:14:46.680-06:00I want a moat too - and I kinda have one, around t...I want a moat too - and I kinda have one, around two sides of the place. I wonder if the neighborhood would mind if I dug up the road and connected the sides? Oh, and I want a dragon in my moat too. A grumpy roaring one that likes my cat.<br /><br />Trees - you do get to a point in a space where you realize that you can really (easily, reasonably) plant one. I think some shrubs can go in now Pamhttp://www.talesfromthelaboratory.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-58428288419174156502010-01-13T10:54:30.074-06:002010-01-13T10:54:30.074-06:00Noelle--Thanks! But I prefer to add to teh garden ...Noelle--Thanks! But I prefer to add to teh garden (mke it bigger) than change it. But that requies $$$.<br />Jodi--Oh yes, will def look at some dwarf things, but then wory about my doped up perennials crowding them out. Klehm's Song Sparrow has lovely dwarfs / dwarves.<br />Naomi--What a mess! So sorry! Last year was a quiet year for skeeters here, but the year before it was awful. ObviouslyBenjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-32520499140152534962010-01-12T17:14:33.027-06:002010-01-12T17:14:33.027-06:00We have the same problems. I wish I had more shrub...We have the same problems. I wish I had more shrubs, but I don't want to give up valuable real estate now occupied by perennials. And large drifts of a single plant? Not here. I just can't seem to get that to work.<br />As for trees & shrubs not rooting properly, I've decided that balled & burlapped must be avoided at all costs, and that container plants should be barerooted Mr. McGregor's Daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05911409327006498766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-63508176773760238252010-01-11T18:19:39.701-06:002010-01-11T18:19:39.701-06:00You still have a plants left after this freeze? I&...You still have a plants left after this freeze? I'm redesigning now, anticipating ripping up the ginger, the clerodendrum ugandese, and my TWO YEAR old, blooming tomato plant. I was trying to see how long it could last. I guess I found out. I rolled up most of my 30 foot square garden five years ago when 4 feet of stinky water from the levee break covered it. Time for changes. It gets easier Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-12945724262868915902010-01-11T16:23:57.994-06:002010-01-11T16:23:57.994-06:00Benjamin, this is one of the best posts you've...Benjamin, this is one of the best posts you've ever written, in my opinion. A total delight. And I was nodding along as I was chortling. Brown vomit? Check. Got some areas of that. I've been adding trees and shrubs around the place for the past five years or so, and plan to put in even more this year, especially small colourful evergreens. Ni! Indeed. Try some dwarf varieties of conifers Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12107236871193698777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-61871253226664672762010-01-11T14:52:14.286-06:002010-01-11T14:52:14.286-06:00Hello Benjamin,
I think your post clearly illustr...Hello Benjamin,<br /><br />I think your post clearly illustrates that a garden is always meant to be manipulated and changed as we learn what looks and grows best. You made such great observations and recommendations.Noelle Johnson https://www.blogger.com/profile/12198931083102476324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-31647467567342449682010-01-11T14:42:52.808-06:002010-01-11T14:42:52.808-06:00Shirl--I see England as England, not the UK. I do ...Shirl--I see England as England, not the UK. I do know the difference, and I was intentional in what I said. Friends? I try very hard not to move things--I hate to lose a year, which always happen, no matter when I move things.<br />Les--Tang. Suddenly, I'm thirsty. (not really, though i was once forced to develop taste buds for Gatorade / pee water.)<br />Teza--Come build me a moat. Do you Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-90559049073506443932010-01-11T14:31:21.381-06:002010-01-11T14:31:21.381-06:00Hi Benjamin, I was trying to think of something in...Hi Benjamin, I was trying to think of something intelligent to say whilest reading through the comments. Layanee says it best. Of course you can move anything, anytime. One thing about gardening is, it is always changing. Maybe don't move the trees, but move the other stuff to make way for the trees, you need them, the trees that is. And maybe a dog. :-)<br />FrancesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-44368757803733987962010-01-11T08:54:54.024-06:002010-01-11T08:54:54.024-06:00Oh, Benjamin.....you made me LOL and really, stop ...Oh, Benjamin.....you made me LOL and really, stop thinking so hard. Your garden pictures were lush and gorgeous this past season. I do have to disagree with the shrub comment concerning adding them to a perennial border at a later date. Of course you can do this. No garden is ever 'done' and most perennials actually like to be dug up and re-planted every three years or so(taprooted Layaneehttp://ledgeandgardens.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-53787197999277632142010-01-10T08:40:03.803-06:002010-01-10T08:40:03.803-06:00Benjamin:
I can relate to this post on so many lev...Benjamin:<br />I can relate to this post on so many levels... but 1500', Sweet Jesus, from this thimble sized sliver of property, thats bloody ginormous!<br /><br />Shrubs have and will be the bane of my existence. I had a winterberry covering a rather ghastly gas meter, it of arching branches and gorgeous pink berries in the winter... perfect, right? And then it sprawled itself pretty much Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11734807639763465706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-41899674534138585722010-01-10T07:21:03.882-06:002010-01-10T07:21:03.882-06:00Perhaps some of the technology from the missle def...Perhaps some of the technology from the missle defense program will trickle down to gardeners and solve your tennis ball/rabbit problem - kind of like how we got Tang from the space program.Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281256160705697856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-62517833254630104132010-01-10T05:04:32.306-06:002010-01-10T05:04:32.306-06:00Well hello Benjamin! Just followed your comment li...<b> Well hello Benjamin! </b>Just followed your comment link at Robin’s Nest re your cardinal in flight. Yep, clicking fast is good advice. Keep trying that myself… thing is you need to be watching when they move :-D<br /><br />LOL… now tell me… do you see England as the whole of Britain/UK? If so… you’ve got your first hate mail :-o <br /><br />LOL… not really, but you’ve got a comment from Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12956905954971466579noreply@blogger.com