Comments on: How does your midcentury garden grow? http://retrorenovation.com/2009/06/07/how-does-your-midcentury-garden-grow/ Remodeling, decor and home improvement for old homes Fri, 25 May 2012 14:52:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: lady brett http://retrorenovation.com/2009/06/07/how-does-your-midcentury-garden-grow/comment-page-1/#comment-38110 lady brett Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:36:22 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=14389#comment-38110 our house came with some lovely plants: a dogwood, a couple of oaks, hydrangeas down one side of the house, azaleas on the front and side of the yard and two shrubs that might be junipers (they look like giant bonsai trees) flanking the front walk entrance. unfortunately it also came with all of that untended, everything (including the front doorframe) covered in poison ivy, no grass and two lovely roses that were almost dead from overgrowth. so, currently, rather than really landscaping we're rehabilitating. even my dad couldn't get a shovel into the front yard, the ground was so hard. so we covered the whole yard in the fall's leaves to start a bit of composting, and we're about to spread black-eyed peas (which add nitrogen to the soil). we'll probably follow that with daikon radishes in the fall (to "plow" the soil). then in the spring we can actually plant! don't know how mid-century that is, but it's the garden on our mid-century house =) our house came with some lovely plants: a dogwood, a couple of oaks, hydrangeas down one side of the house, azaleas on the front and side of the yard and two shrubs that might be junipers (they look like giant bonsai trees) flanking the front walk entrance.

unfortunately it also came with all of that untended, everything (including the front doorframe) covered in poison ivy, no grass and two lovely roses that were almost dead from overgrowth. so, currently, rather than really landscaping we’re rehabilitating.

even my dad couldn’t get a shovel into the front yard, the ground was so hard. so we covered the whole yard in the fall’s leaves to start a bit of composting, and we’re about to spread black-eyed peas (which add nitrogen to the soil). we’ll probably follow that with daikon radishes in the fall (to “plow” the soil). then in the spring we can actually plant! don’t know how mid-century that is, but it’s the garden on our mid-century house =)

]]> By: MidCent Keith http://retrorenovation.com/2009/06/07/how-does-your-midcentury-garden-grow/comment-page-1/#comment-38108 MidCent Keith Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:38:18 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=14389#comment-38108 I love futzing around in my yard. The only plants when I moved in, where six silver maples around the house, 10 meatball shaped evergreen yews and one fifty year old apple tree out back. I've since gone nuts and planted a perrenial flower garden, herb garden, shade garden .. greatly expanded landscape up front (mostly native shrubs) and a great vegetable garden out back. Last spring I planted three varieties of grapes, and this week my strawberries are ripening .. I can't believe how boring the yard was ... now, I love just wandering around and seeing what's happeing in the yard. I love futzing around in my yard. The only plants when I moved in, where six silver maples around the house, 10 meatball shaped evergreen yews and one fifty year old apple tree out back. I’ve since gone nuts and planted a perrenial flower garden, herb garden, shade garden .. greatly expanded landscape up front (mostly native shrubs) and a great vegetable garden out back. Last spring I planted three varieties of grapes, and this week my strawberries are ripening .. I can’t believe how boring the yard was … now, I love just wandering around and seeing what’s happeing in the yard.

]]> By: Jeff http://retrorenovation.com/2009/06/07/how-does-your-midcentury-garden-grow/comment-page-1/#comment-38099 Jeff Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:55:51 +0000 http://retrorenovation.com/?p=14389#comment-38099 Wow, gorgeous tree! I have a magnolia as well, about a 40 footer, dating to 1953 when the house was built. Also have two 80 foot V-shaped pin oaks, 80 foot sugar maples, a black walnut tree, and several specimens of Japanese bushes and maples. I have a giant Kerria Japonica bush, which looks like thousands of button sized chrysanthemums in bright yellow. Having a 1/2 acre helps with so many varieties, still trying to identify many plants which have been there for 50+ years. Wow, gorgeous tree! I have a magnolia as well, about a 40 footer, dating to 1953 when the house was built.

Also have two 80 foot V-shaped pin oaks, 80 foot sugar maples, a black walnut tree, and several specimens of Japanese bushes and maples. I have a giant Kerria Japonica bush, which looks like thousands of button sized chrysanthemums in bright yellow.

Having a 1/2 acre helps with so many varieties, still trying to identify many plants which have been there for 50+ years.

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