Comments on: Landscaping our backyard http://pd.kalafut.net/?p=6 Tales from Two in Middle America Sat, 08 May 2010 02:14:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Angela http://pd.kalafut.net/?p=6&cpage=1#comment-8 Angela Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:03:34 +0000 http://pd.kalafut.net/?p=6#comment-8 Hello Tessa, Annette, So good to hear from the both of you. Annette, six days in US is not enough ;-). You'll have to come back and you are most welcome to stay with us if you are in town. I have some native Illinois plants but it is still too early in summer for them to bloom. I'll post another blog when they are all in full bloom. The common ones are purple coneflower (echinacea), shasta daisies, black eye susan, etc). They are a bit wild, I'm afraid these might be evasive and take over the rest of the flower bed! Do send me a picture of your garden when spring comes around, i do miss the flowers and shrubs there. Angela Hello Tessa, Annette,

So good to hear from the both of you. Annette, six days in US is not enough ;-) . You’ll have to come back and you are most welcome to stay with us if you are in town.

I have some native Illinois plants but it is still too early in summer for them to bloom. I’ll post another blog when they are all in full bloom. The common ones are purple coneflower (echinacea), shasta daisies, black eye susan, etc). They are a bit wild, I’m afraid these might be evasive and take over the rest of the flower bed!

Do send me a picture of your garden when spring comes around, i do miss the flowers and shrubs there.

Angela

]]> By: Tessa http://pd.kalafut.net/?p=6&cpage=1#comment-7 Tessa Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:54:19 +0000 http://pd.kalafut.net/?p=6#comment-7 Was fantastic to hear from you and I am most impressed with the garden landscaping, just know how very hard you have both worked to get it started, hope you had a lovely spa to relax in afterwards! Strange to hear the NZ Flax is deciduous in your part of the world, guess it shows how tough your winters are. In saying that we had snow in chch on Saturday, about an inch at our place, there was a whiteout while it was on, loved it though, now only freezing cold, icy and messy! My garden has grown quite a bit though still am impatient for the trees to fill in so have put heaps of native shrubs/trees around the fence and will thin out if the exotics ever grow well enough - do you have any American native plants in your garden? Tessa Was fantastic to hear from you and I am most impressed with the garden landscaping, just know how very hard you have both worked to get it started, hope you had a lovely spa to relax in afterwards! Strange to hear the NZ Flax is deciduous in your part of the world, guess it shows how tough your winters are. In saying that we had snow in chch on Saturday, about an inch at our place, there was a whiteout while it was on, loved it though, now only freezing cold, icy and messy! My garden has grown quite a bit though still am impatient for the trees to fill in so have put heaps of native shrubs/trees around the fence and will thin out if the exotics ever grow well enough – do you have any American native plants in your garden?
Tessa

]]> By: Annette http://pd.kalafut.net/?p=6&cpage=1#comment-6 Annette Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:03:17 +0000 http://pd.kalafut.net/?p=6#comment-6 So nice to make contact again. Wondered how you guys were getting on especially as I was in the States end of May for my niece's wedding. Been bitten by the travel bug well and truly and hope to get back to the States again - next time for longer than 6 days! Very impressed with your garden photos. Can definitely see a NZ influence there. Looking forward to reading more. Annette So nice to make contact again. Wondered how you guys were getting on especially as I was in the States end of May for my niece’s wedding.

Been bitten by the travel bug well and truly and hope to get back to the States again – next time for longer than 6 days!

Very impressed with your garden photos. Can definitely see a NZ influence there.

Looking forward to reading more.

Annette

]]> By: Ellen Tan http://pd.kalafut.net/?p=6&cpage=1#comment-5 Ellen Tan Sun, 08 Jun 2008 12:22:07 +0000 http://pd.kalafut.net/?p=6#comment-5 I actually saw your garden the other day. Jim sent an email before you. Also checked out some other pics of yours. Really cool. Great job! I actually saw your garden the other day. Jim sent an email before you. Also checked out some other pics of yours. Really cool. Great job!

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