tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270966642800942088.post4624162730253999888..comments2023-05-06T06:01:24.652-07:00Comments on Drop it like a trig class: The state of things to come (with pictures!)Anne At Largehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980087155991051007noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270966642800942088.post-52993612090939554962008-06-02T02:24:00.000-07:002008-06-02T02:24:00.000-07:00Oh, wow - I'm looking forward to watching your pro...Oh, wow - I'm looking forward to watching your progress with this. What a great 'virgin' plot. And that maple is amazing - definitely a hammock. <BR/><BR/>You've got me thinking about water access, too. We don't have a hose point, so I'm going to be investigating small water butts, as we <I>do</I> have rain.zoozahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16570297720031224897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270966642800942088.post-30540278619515597412008-06-01T21:14:00.001-07:002008-06-01T21:14:00.001-07:00Oh, except succulents freeze here.Oh, except succulents freeze here.Anne At Largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02980087155991051007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270966642800942088.post-41815936316975547832008-06-01T21:14:00.000-07:002008-06-01T21:14:00.000-07:00The A/C unit kind of needs to be able to breathe, ...The A/C unit kind of needs to be able to breathe, we're supposed to keep it clean and unencumbered, as I understand it. Also, it is concrete on two sides and wall on a third, so anything to hide it would be directly in the only available path of travel to get to the gate. Bleah.<BR/><BR/>And it's not bad sand, honestly. It's not like a sandbox, more like the cactus mix you buy to plant your succulents in (if you're fancy like that). Soil is composed of three parts - sand (chunky inorganic matter), clay (very fine inorganic matter) and loam (organic matter). This is sandy enough that the clay doesn't turn to adobe like it does when I try to plant stuff in my parents' yard. But their is enough clay and loam so that it is actually easy to dig in and stuff seems to do relatively well in it (well, so far). <BR/><BR/>And, yes, hammock, definitely. I just wonder if I need to hang it from the tree to a post (thus, put in a big post somewhere) or if it would be easier to get the kind that comes on its own stand (thus, more $$$).Anne At Largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02980087155991051007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270966642800942088.post-46440212429626216662008-06-01T20:51:00.000-07:002008-06-01T20:51:00.000-07:00i'm having a hard time visualizing the area where ...i'm having a hard time visualizing the area where you plan to put the gravel patio, so I'm not sure where there should be a path. Is there something you can plant to hide that AC unit? Maybe put up some trellis and grow something on that?<BR/><BR/>I am astonished that anything grows in all that sand. That's incredible. I think you're doing extremely well. And that Maple is amazing! Amazing! You MUST put a hammock underneath.Alana in Canadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08440969357242099169noreply@blogger.com