rainymountain

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Gardens

Shade garden

Zone 5b The Shade Garden runs east-west roughly, from the Drive Garden which is contiguous and at right angles. At the west end it is bordered by the path ...
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- 45 journals
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1. Path bed garden

Zone 5b I took over this garden in 2008. It is maybe 5' long and 1.5' wide with the drip line running down the middle of the bed and with all the beds agai...
- 13 plants
- 13 journals
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2. Porch garden

Zone 5b This was the first garden I made immediately after I came to live here in 2003. It runs below my entrance porch to a corner of the house, from ...
- 40 plants
- 21 journals
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3. Bay Box garden

Zone 5b Situated at the west end of Bay garden, this is a plastic tree planter about 30x30". In September 09 the soil was dug out and amended with fish mea...
- 4 plants
- 1 journals
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3. Bay window bed garden

Zone 5b This is the westerly part of a long narrow bed that extends along the house, which forms the back of my garden. It faces in 3 directions - approxim...
- 14 plants
- 15 journals
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4. House garden

Zone 5b This is a continuation of Bay along the house running east-west for 17'. It is 2' from the house wall where it is extremely dry to the dripline. In...
- 42 plants
- 13 journals
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5. East garden

This is a very narrow bed which runs the length of the east fence from the gate to the spruce tree. It is approximately 17' long, averages 2' wide,...
- 30 plants
- 6 journals
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6. East 2 garden

Zone 5b Raised bed, like E, imported earth was mounded on underlying soil and banked with bark mulch. The paths on either side are bark mulch over major sp...
- 54 plants
- 37 journals
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7. Centre garden

Zone 5b Piled a mound of imported soil onto the existing grass covering sand, pebbles and earth. On the east side it is bounded by a chip mulch path over a...
- 71 plants
- 62 journals
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- 4 comments
8. Road garden

Zone 5b Road garden runs East to West roughtly, the fence divides it from Beyond the Pale Garden and a wide road allowance which slopes slightly south and ...
- 47 plants
- 25 journals
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9. Drive garden

Zone 5b This garden runs south-north roughly along the fence separating it from the parking area to the west. After the Centre bed, it is one of the sunn...
- 68 plants
- 49 journals
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Beyond the Pale garden

Zone 5b Beyond the Pale is literally outside the fence, on the road allowance. It slopes to the south east, gets a lot of sun, and is sandy with sparse gra...
- 7 plants
- 1 journals
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Container garden

Zone 5b The Container garden consists of a number of containers some of which are 'permanent' plantings and some are annual, including this summer tomatoes...
- 15 plants
- 8 journals
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Frontyard garden

Zone 5b I live in a ski resort town in the Columbia mountains, BC. My garden was a smallish patch of ratty grass, underneath was a dry stream bed - rocks, ...
- 0 plants
- 42 journals
- 3 faves
- 5 comments
Winter garden

I guess that I should really call my two gardens the Summer Garden and the Winter Garden given that for 5 or 6 months of the year outdoor gardening...
- 25 plants
- 78 journals
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- 2 comments