Alas, I visited the beautiful Eastern Shore in Virginia this past weekend. As much as I love plants, this place was still beautiful without plants everywhere. It is an area that seems to be cut off from time. I was sad to return home to find that I'd left my favorite gauchos and my camera! It is being shipped to me, so I'll have to contain my eagerness to post until next week.
And while I was gone, I returned to find a glorious cattelya blooming. It's a deep red, large bloomed orchid. What a delight. I hope it lasts until I get my camera. Of course, some of you may have heard me say I want to get a real camera, which I kept telling myself I really needed all weekend. Could this ordeal of being without one be the selling point that forces me out to get one?
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Seeking Suggestions
So, I had this great idea for a walkway from the driveway to the pool...over the past two years, we've worn a path in the grass on this route. My wonderful hubby actually suggested the idea. I quickly decided that a gravel pathway would be best. Then as I traveled around and noticed people's gravel anything, I decided that that was not for Cannon Ball. I don't blow leaves and our laurel oaks are constantly dropping them. And I can't stand to see something uncared for.
Once the plants were finally in place and the curbing around front had cured, I put down weed cloth along what will be the pathway.
The journey around back begins here at the driveway.
Turning the curve, you find yourself staring at the fence,
which opens to the butterfly garden in the back. I thought about mulch for the pathway, but looking at the mulched beds now, I can't see how to distinguish the path from the planted beds (and I know that'd give me a reason to put things in the way of the path). Pavers seem a little expensive...
Sadly, I have grown rather fond of the black weedcloth pathway. It's soft and I tend to walk around barefoot quite a bit--not too hard on the knees either.
I want something that blends with the house (the other BB's requirement), something that is very low maintenance (no leaf blowing constantly...don't mind once in a while), something that will last a long time, and something that won't allow weeds to grow nor people to slip and fall.
Please fire away any and all ideas and if you know others, tell them to shoot me suggestions too. And if you need to see more photos of all of this, I'm happy to add. I have to complete the walkway before I can build the pergola.
Oh, some notes: Our patio is a paver patio with light colored pavers.
Our walkway from the drive to the front door will be these pavers, though not the same design:
The house is currently a pale beige, but will soon be a shade of green. Thoughts?
Once the plants were finally in place and the curbing around front had cured, I put down weed cloth along what will be the pathway.
The journey around back begins here at the driveway.
Turning the curve, you find yourself staring at the fence,
which opens to the butterfly garden in the back. I thought about mulch for the pathway, but looking at the mulched beds now, I can't see how to distinguish the path from the planted beds (and I know that'd give me a reason to put things in the way of the path). Pavers seem a little expensive...
Sadly, I have grown rather fond of the black weedcloth pathway. It's soft and I tend to walk around barefoot quite a bit--not too hard on the knees either.
I want something that blends with the house (the other BB's requirement), something that is very low maintenance (no leaf blowing constantly...don't mind once in a while), something that will last a long time, and something that won't allow weeds to grow nor people to slip and fall.
Please fire away any and all ideas and if you know others, tell them to shoot me suggestions too. And if you need to see more photos of all of this, I'm happy to add. I have to complete the walkway before I can build the pergola.
Oh, some notes: Our patio is a paver patio with light colored pavers.
Our walkway from the drive to the front door will be these pavers, though not the same design:
The house is currently a pale beige, but will soon be a shade of green. Thoughts?
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