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snowshoveler
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Location: bridgewater nova scotia...aka the swamp
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grass or no grass ?
Original Message Apr 12, 2005 8:27 pm |
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hi guys... this is kinda out there so if necessary remove it . im in the process of cleaning up my property now that its spring here. i have next to no landscaping as yet. my driveway is pretty good but thats it,basically i have 4 acres of trees.lots of hardwood and softwood. i have been removing as much of the dead and hard looking trees and thinning out the rest. its starting to look kinda park like. i have lend of a huge wood chipper that i have been putting all the brush and tops into.ill post pics of it in action later i save the big stuff for firewood. anyway i have been wondering that once i get done should i plant grass between the trees or just let it grow up into ferns and other woodsy stuff.i plan to try to average 10 or so feet between the trees,this will encourage them to grow tall and allow me room to work around them. when i started you could hardley walk between them i should mention that i dont like mowing lawns but i do have a good variety of riders and tractors at work i could use. and i really hate pushing a mower. thanks for any input ... later chris
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Emmo
Joined: May 22, 2003
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Re: grass or no grass ?
Reply #12 Apr 22, 2005 9:08 am |
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MissSnowshoveler
If you don't have free speech, what do you have?
Location: NS
Joined: Feb 5, 2005
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Re: grass or no grass ?
Reply #14 May 9, 2005 8:00 am |
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Here's a little of what the yard looks like. (boy I love high speed internet!) This is from the back looking out. There's always water running through there. This is looking off to the side of the driveway. There's about 4 acres of that. And this is the rock work that he does. He plans to have rock borders everywhere. So as you can see there's a lot of work to make a lawn that would look nice, but not so much work to have a yard without grass. You can plant flowers and shrubs here and there and not have to worry about mowing around or over them and they will pretty much look after themselves. In the back where the water is always running we plan to have a pond on the lower side of the road (top pic to the right). So that will be nice. Sherri
This message was modified May 9, 2005 by MissSnowshoveler
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TheKneebiter
Joined: Oct 22, 2004
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Re: grass or no grass ?
Reply #17 May 9, 2005 10:27 am |
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Here's a little of what the yard looks like. (boy I love high speed internet!) This is from the back looking out. There's always water running through there. This is looking off to the side of the driveway. There's about 4 acres of that. And this is the rock work that he does. He plans to have rock borders everywhere. So as you can see there's a lot of work to make a lawn that would look nice, but not so much work to have a yard without grass. You can plant flowers and shrubs here and there and not have to worry about mowing around or over them and they will pretty much look after themselves. In the back where the water is always running we plan to have a pond on the lower side of the road (top pic to the right). So that will be nice. Sherri
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Paula
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Joined: Apr 30, 2004
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Re: grass or no grass ?
Reply #19 May 9, 2005 1:18 pm |
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Sherri The land is gorgeous. I like the rock borders. Is he using all lannon stone or a variety of rock? I would think because of the amount of shade, no matter what kind of grass you put in there, its going to look thin and scraggly. I would think the shrubs and flowers (are you going to put in more of the wildflowers?) you put in would look so much nicer and more natural to the land. Just my $.02 for what its worth. Are those pines Jack pines on the land? We had a couple of Jack pine trees in the old house and I didn't realize how rare they were for our area until the WI Electric guy clued me in. What kinds of peppers do you plant? I had hot banana peppers (hot Hungarian wax, I believe), sweet banana peppers, sweet bell peppers, serranos, jalapenos and finger chili (long, red chili peppers). What kind of tomatos do you plant? I had good luck with the Beefsteak and the Romano (though the romanos weren't as hardy). Paula
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