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Hoorah!!! Girl, you really got the hang of this whole yard thing. It looks great, and you have been doing so much-you have to be feeling pretty great. Wonderful job. -
Thank you...its trial and error for me too... -
Love it. I think I recognized lantana, a sun-lover, which is probably why the hydrangeas didn't do well (many require at least partial shade). Don't forget the extension service when it comes to great plant selection info. They have publcations (all online now) for everything. In Alabama, it is aces.edu - shouldn't be too hard to find Georgia's website. (Trial and error works too) -
Thanks Ellen. It used to be a shaded area til we cut down all of those trees. I had my soil tested at Liberty County Extension Office | UGA Cooperative Extension and was given a report for balancing the ph and such. Plus, they had a book on types of plants and shrubs that thrive in the area. With Lowes being 2 minutes away, it wasn't hard to get going on their recommendations, lol!
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Way to hang in there Pam!! You're making us proud. -
Thanks Becky!
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Just look at you go girl!! Next season we're all gonna be asking YOU for advice!! I think you've proven alot of people wrong in a lot of ways. Apparently you had some doubters at the beginning of all your gardening concepts and also that anything could be grown in your less than ideal soil!! HA HA, YOU GET THE LAST LAUGH!! WAY TO GO - SO PROUD OF YOU!!! ;~) -
Thanks Susan...hope I'm able to maintain it! My son said to look out for snakes now that we have so many plants and things...haven't thought about that...EEK!
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Pamela, at some point you will need to take whole yard pics to show off everything at one time. I wouldnt' worry about snakes unless you see one-until then, enjoy your hard work!
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Here is a picture of most of my backyard...still working on it.
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Wow, Pamela...it all looks great!! Everything is so crisp and healthy looking and I like your seating area. Well done.
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Thank you though it could use a bit more help, lol! At some point, I am going to create a decent border around the beds, extend one or more of them and add some colorful plants to give it a pop!
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You are doing great. Garden projects are a work in progress, always something to be done. But that is the beauty of it, it's constantly changing. Don't worry about snakes, unless they are the poisonous variety...then, just stay out of their way! :) -
Pam we can all tell you've been fast at work! It's all looking great. I have snakes in my yard and am on a first name basis with them. We have ring neck snakes (cute!), black snakes and garder snakes. I'm always happy to see them; they keep down vermin and undesirable insects. One of the garder snakes was sprayed by our lawn care serviceman. I found him writhing in a shrub. So, I lifted him up with a garden rake (they're known for nasty bites) and rinsed him off. He decided to play ...»
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I knew when I saw the photos before I saw your picture that this was from you! You are an inspiration! Don't let anyone tell you know. You went about your projects with determination. As for snakes, when you go out to garden, walk a short distance from where you intend to work and make some noise and stomp the ground. My grandmother always told me this told snakes to go away and if given a chance, they will run away. I never stick my hand under plants without thick leather gloves. ...» -
Thanks ladies. Becky, I don't know about that snake story, lol! When I was little, I stayed at my grandmother's house in South Carolina and while playing on a 2 seated swing with my twin sister, my dad chopped the head off of a snake. He buried the head and body in 2 different locations. We were about 5 years old and I still remember it as if it was yesterday. I have quite a few snake stories since living in GA and none makes me want to befriend any snake, lol!
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Well, Pamela, we used to swim in a canal loaded with alligators and water moccasins. Needless to say, we never went in without a "look out" posted, and more than once were ordered to leave the water, while the look out went in and killed a moccasin. (For the most part, alligators stayed on the banks warming themselves. No one ever had to worry about them.)
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YIKES!!!!!
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You are doing a great job on your yard, just remember it is trial and error. Everything changes from year to year. -
@Becky - EEEEWWWW - are you kidding! Look out or not - water moccasins can still getcha!! You were one brave soul!! and alley gators - are they the one's that do the "death roll" or is that crocs? LOL Whichever - I don't wanna get up close & personal with 'em!!
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Susan S., yes, gators do the death roll, but they never bothered us. They just laid up on the bank (some distance away) and warmed themselves. The last moccasin our look out killed was 6' long and as big around a your upper arm. You catch them in the water and smack them with a fence post. Since their body is so bouyant, it breaks their back. Then, lift him to the shore, and bash his pointy head in. We were young and stupid, but cautious. Ah-h-h country living!
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yeeeeeeeeah - Ok! If you say so!! I guess as kids we all had our "danger area" that looking back it's a wonder any of us survived!!
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Susan S., you are so right about that! The way we protect our children, you'd never guess the things we did as a child and survived.
