love having dirty hands from gardening and pottery. starting from scratch on a blackland prairie lot with mature pecan trees in front and back and a magnificiant 50 yr old southern magnolia on the side of the house
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Compost garden
Zone 8b Doing my best to keep the cycle going with a dual cold bin for garden debris and a hot bin for kitchen scraps.
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- 6 journals
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Fountain & Fire garden
Zone 8b Behind the pottery room is a small patio where I have placed a ceramic fountain in the summer and a firepit in the winter. I keep loads of containe...
- 19 plants
- 9 journals
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Going Native garden
Zone 8b Using native and adapted species for drought tolerance.
- 3 plants
- 2 journals
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Happiness garden
Zone 8b Mature Pecan Tree in the middle and flanked on both sides of the fence by mature Pecan trees but have spots of full sun. Is a blank canvas as when ...
- 28 plants
- 28 journals
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Magnolia garden
Zone 8b Desperately needing inspiration........barren space under a glorious 30' Southern Magnolia
- 2 plants
- 2 journals
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- 2 comments
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Pea Patch v2 garden
Zone 8b Seeking sunshine I have put in a raised 10' x 5' x 8" veggie and herb garden right outside my kitchen window. It is filled with compost screened fr...
- 24 plants
- 8 journals
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Sunshine Frontyard garden
Zone 8b Full sun and a mature Pecan tree
- 13 plants
- 10 journals
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The Lady garden
Zone 8b Was looking for a way to shade the carport from full afternoon sun so opted for a pair of White Lady Banksia roses. The very first plants I put in ...
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- 1 journals
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Tubs garden
Zone 8b Blazing western sun on a slab but the highlight are two cast iron clawfoot bathtubs that I soak in during the heat of summer and on those balmy nig...
- 5 plants
- 8 journals
- 4 faves
- 3 comments
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[Archived] Pea Patch garden
Zone 8b Raised 12' x 4' x 8'' oval with a 4" base of compost and topped with Hill Country soil from the Natural Gardener. To look over the patch is a Garde...
- 10 plants
- 37 journals
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