Comments on: kissing a lot of frogs (and loving it) http://awaytogarden.com/kissing-a-lot-of-frogs-and-loving-it Organic gardening inspiration from Margaret Roach Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:26:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: margaret http://awaytogarden.com/kissing-a-lot-of-frogs-and-loving-it/comment-page-1#comment-1673 margaret Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:42:13 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=194#comment-1673 Welcome, Marilyn, and thank you for your nice compliment. As you undoubtedly know, a watering system that's hidden (i.e., buried in mulch) is vulnerable to every shovel and fork, and above-ground spaghetti is messy. Hiding with mulch really is the best way, but hard to do in a large, wild-ish area like you describe. And with your water issues on top of that...yikes! I feel as if in the driest zones of the country one has to plant only the most xeric of creatures, or let the rest go somewhat dormant for awhile until conditions encourage growth again. Even here in the East (where it hasn't stopped dumping water so far this season on me), the garden is not looking so fresh as the heat and humidity ramp up, and plants have become far less bouncy (like the gardener tending to them!). Welcome, Marilyn, and thank you for your nice compliment. As you undoubtedly know, a watering system that’s hidden (i.e., buried in mulch) is vulnerable to every shovel and fork, and above-ground spaghetti is messy. Hiding with mulch really is the best way, but hard to do in a large, wild-ish area like you describe. And with your water issues on top of that…yikes! I feel as if in the driest zones of the country one has to plant only the most xeric of creatures, or let the rest go somewhat dormant for awhile until conditions encourage growth again. Even here in the East (where it hasn’t stopped dumping water so far this season on me), the garden is not looking so fresh as the heat and humidity ramp up, and plants have become far less bouncy (like the gardener tending to them!).

]]> By: Marilyn Langer http://awaytogarden.com/kissing-a-lot-of-frogs-and-loving-it/comment-page-1#comment-1672 Marilyn Langer Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:20:27 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=194#comment-1672 Dear Margaret, Discovered your site through the article in the nytimes and immediately sent it to my daughters, one of whom has just started planting pots for her small apt. porch, among other things, a Japanese Maple. We have a large, very large appearingly semi wild, but highly worked on garden. Everything has established itself "naturally" and in addition survives the herd of deer that spend their days and nights here. Our only real problem is getting enough water to the garden so that it could look healthy and not so stressed. Is there a way to get enough water to a very large wild garden in an area like Berkeley, California, now under drought and fire watch, even in the best of times without having the myriad of hoses and drip lines that despoil the wild natural character of the garden? Thanks for your wonderful site, a joy, and any advice you may have. Marilyn Dear Margaret,
Discovered your site through the article in the nytimes and immediately sent it to my daughters, one of whom has just started planting pots for her small apt. porch, among other things, a Japanese Maple. We have a large, very large appearingly semi wild, but highly worked on garden. Everything has established itself “naturally” and in addition survives the herd of deer that spend their days and nights here. Our only real problem is getting enough water to the garden so that it could look healthy and not so stressed. Is there a way to get enough water to a very large wild garden in an area like Berkeley, California, now under drought and fire watch, even in the best of times without having the myriad of hoses and drip lines that despoil the wild natural character of the garden? Thanks for your wonderful site, a joy, and any advice you may have.
Marilyn

]]> By: Andrew Ritchie http://awaytogarden.com/kissing-a-lot-of-frogs-and-loving-it/comment-page-1#comment-155 Andrew Ritchie Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:06:24 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=194#comment-155 I love the photo! That ominous, plastic-gloved hand reaching out the Prince-to-Be! Reminds me of the Peter Gabriel song, "Kiss That Frog." -A- I love the photo! That ominous, plastic-gloved hand reaching out the Prince-to-Be! Reminds me of the Peter Gabriel song, “Kiss That Frog.”

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