Gardens
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Backyard garden
Zone 8 A motley collection of borders and beds, with muddy, awful lawn in between. Long-term plan is to remove the lawn, re-do the beds, and put a water f...
- 23 plants
- 4 journals
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- 2 comments
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Bees & Bugs garden
Zone 8b A little strip of weedy ground gradually planted with wildflowers and beneficial insect attractors, between my house and the neighbor's driveway. H...
- 11 plants
- 5 journals
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Front Porch & Pavers garden
Zone 8b Got one container as gift last fall - filling with more annuals this year. Good size for our small front porch. Full sun. Summer 09 - took out ...
- 16 plants
- 1 journals
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Frontyard garden
Zone 8 Semi-formal front yard garden that I've been gradually planting with natives and letting it get a little overgrown. Two border gardens and a few sp...
- 31 plants
- 14 journals
- 0 faves
- 0 comments
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The side yard garden
Zone 8 A sidewalk and two narrow strips of dirt between the house and the garage.
- 10 plants
- 3 journals
- 1 faves
- 0 comments
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The Trees garden
Zone 8b A stand of overly large, too closely planted conifers at the back of the back yard. Whoever planted them had no clue. When I moved in there was jus...
- 6 plants
- 0 journals
- 0 faves
- 0 comments
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Under the trees garden
Zone 8 The back yard is dominated by five large trees, a knobcone pine, douglas fir, lodgepole pine, blue spruce and gray birch. The fir is the biggest, a...
- 9 plants
- 3 journals
- 0 faves
- 1 comments
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Vegetable garden
Zone 8 I don't want to have to buy salad this year.
- 10 plants
- 40 journals
- 0 faves
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