July Garden
posted by Sandy at 8:56 PM
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
About Me
- Name: Sandy
- Location: West Coast, Canada
I've started this blog to keep a journal and pictures of my gardens journey. I love to garden and recently have taken up photography. I am by no means a horticulture smartypants and take a casual approach to gardening. Most of my pictures are taken in my garden as I tend to be a homebody. Thanks for stopping by! Click on pictures for a larger image. All pictures on this site are the property of myself and are not to be used without permission. Please feel free to critique my pictures. Lots to learn:). Camera stuff-Nikon D70S with various lenses including a lensbabies 2.0 with macro kit,a holga and a Diana camera. Nikon FM, Yashica Mat G-124, Canon Canonet QL17
Previous Posts
- Summer
- Blue Eyes
- America Lily
- A Little Blue
- Grassy Point, Hornby Island, B.C. Canada
- Yellow Daisy(Lensbaby)
- Finally.....Summertime.
- Fairy Girl
- Faded Lily
- B/W coneflower
8 Comments:
This is just fabulous. Out of all the gardens that I visit in the blogosphere, yours is my favorite.
Ahh...thast nice Sylvana!
you know what i meant...
Sandy, you lucky girl! You have shade in the garden. Everything is burned here from this horrible heat.
Sigrun
What a beautiful mass of astilbe.
Beautiful pictures. Your garden must be gorgeous!
Your garden takes my breath away Sandy. I can't believe your garden chores are EASY! I sure would like to walk through for a tour and pick your brain :) You do so well with Clematis...and everything!
Kerry-Thanks! I think I am sucessful because I really spend alot of effort on my soil preparation when I am making my beds. I bring in top quality topsoil, sand, steer manure and fish compost. I then rototill it all together. Another thing I think is important is making the beds wide enough. Mine are very deep. I like to have at least three layers of plants. When you think that a rhodo or other shrub can be five feet wide and then one that is three feet and then a perennial two feet. That is ten feet at least. I also mulch about 3-4 inches deep with fish compost. That and the fact that I over plant, the chores are minimal except for watering. Watering is done twice a week. I have to deadhead also.
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