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dax080
Cedar Rapids, IA
(Zone 5a)
March 05, 2006
06:34 PM Post #2089187
| Hi! Well, it's been a busy summer! I've posted an update on the woodland garden - the July version. It's coming along nicely, but I'm taking my time, too. I love to work out there in these dog days of summer - I swear it's about 10 degrees cooler back there. Hope you enjoy! - Dax
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corgimom
Pontotoc, MS
(Zone 7b)
March 06, 2006
08:32 AM Post #2090441
| DAX - Just looked at the rest of your garden tour. I think my heart stopped beating(or maybe it skipped beats, anyway it was doing something funny!!!!) . Seeing pics is not enough. I wanna come walk those paths, sit awhile, pat the dog on the head... oh what a beautiful setting. |
zenpotter
Minneapolis, MN
(Zone 4b)
March 08, 2006
08:18 AM Post #2095303
| The Memorial garden and Annie's garden are so touching. All of the gardens are beautiful. What a lovely place to work and enjoy. |
dax080
Cedar Rapids, IA
(Zone 5a)
March 09, 2006
08:16 PM Post #2099929
| Thanks for looking - around DG's there is so much beauty, it's a joy! How ya doing Corgimom? It's hard for me to get anything done during the week - gotta go to work, and that means nights sometimes. So don't know when I'll get back to the diary. I also have a daughter gettin ready for her wedding - and guess which gets the higher piority? You bet!! What fun! Anyway, I'll keep pluggin at it here and there.
Hey, Zenpotter - thanks for your kind words. You just never know how people will feel about memorial gardens. For me they keep my loved ones close - I'm one of those who believes you never really lose them, they're always with you, just inside. But I know that can be pretty schmaltzy for some folks. For me it is peace and love - I swear the plants in those gardens grow better than others!!
Talk to you soon - Zen, haven't had a chance to look yet, but I've seen Corgi's tour. I'll go look for yours now!
Becki |
tabasco
Cincinnati (Anderson, OH
(Zone 6a)
March 10, 2006
08:53 AM Post #2101133
|
dax-- Found your Garden Tour so interesting, especially your step by step pond and waterfall explanations and pictures. Your brothers must be real keepers! What a great family!
I could spend hours studying your plantings and beautiful flowers!
Thanks for posting your diary. t. |
dax080
Cedar Rapids, IA
(Zone 5a)
March 10, 2006
08:24 PM Post #2102922
| Thanks, t, appreciate your comments - yep - I'm blessed with a family that always helps each other out, and never fights. I'm going to try to get a couple more gardens done on the tour this weekend - Trouble is, the weather is so good, I'll probably end up just being outside! |
fireant13
(Zone 9a)
April 03, 2006
01:49 PM Post #2160316
| I don't have much time online, but I enjoy looking at your gardens. Whatever happened to the fawn you were feeding? |
dax080
Cedar Rapids, IA
(Zone 5a)
April 03, 2006
02:25 PM Post #2160437
| I just saw him, and his family last Friday. Was happy since I hadn't seen him for about two months. He came through with six other deer. It looked like three moms and four yearlings and so I think he has been adopted! It was dusk, they stopped for their cracked corn, and headed up through the meadow to the deer lick I have up there. I've found that helps to keep them on their route and not stop off to lop off my tulips! I'll be posting new pics from 2006 within the next month or two - thanks for your nice comments! Dax |
trunnels
Plano, TX
(Zone 8a)
April 05, 2006
12:30 PM Post #2165869
| Dax, I just toured your garden and enjoyed it so much! You are so talented (especially with the water garden) and your memorial gardens are just beautiful! Thank you for sharing. :-)
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dax080
Cedar Rapids, IA
(Zone 5a)
April 06, 2006
03:53 PM Post #2169100
| Thanks - I'm so excited that I can now get into the real garden as it begins to grow for this year - love pictures, but it's just not the same as the real thing - I'm sure you know what I mean - Dax |
trunnels
Plano, TX
(Zone 8a)
April 06, 2006
04:06 PM Post #2169124
| Yes, I do. But it is fun to drool over pictures of everyone else's. |
billyporter
Nichols, IA
(Zone 5a)
April 09, 2006
08:50 PM Post #2177391
| Oh Dax, I am speechless and blown away! I finally took your tour and it is all wonderful! You do have the best brothers! I can't believe your pond. It is fantastic! Your flower beds are beautiful and your Annie is my Marie. Your dog is my Missy that adopted us when I was 4. You are talented and tireless! A standing ovation! |
dax080
Cedar Rapids, IA
(Zone 5a)
April 11, 2006
04:06 PM Post #2182053
| Thanks so much - I've had a hard time getting through for the last three days - for some reason the site has been VERRRRRY slow - have you had the same problem? Anyway, I'm just beginning to get started for this year, and since I'm retiring will be able to baby these beds and even start some new. I'd love to see your gardens, also, since I know I have much to learn - do you have a tour? It sounds as though we have much in common - I'll go check and see - Dax |
billyporter
Nichols, IA
(Zone 5a)
April 11, 2006
07:57 PM Post #2182502
| I was having trouble too, so I took yestersay off. Congratulations on your upcoming retirement! You will have so much to look at every day. I have a tiny yard compared to most of you, and I weeded a lot of duplicates out to make room for some new things. One of the people who took some of plants last year, stopped by to tell me they are all coming up. I was glad to hear that. My daughter finally got us hooked up to a scanner, and I hope to buy her old digital camera. Any picture I submit is from film. I did finally get my photo posted on my home page tho. I want to try a black and white of my german shepard that I had when I was 4. |
corgimom
Pontotoc, MS
(Zone 7b)
April 12, 2006
05:55 PM Post #2185178
| Hey DAX. Can't wait to see some new pics this spring ! I have already started adding to my garden tour. New photos all the time - my DH complains because I don't know how to hook camera up to computer and put photos on, then clear camera,etc. I am pitiful !!! He has to do it for himself and for me. I had 3 brothers, but none of them EVER came over to help me in my yard ! Tell me your secret, PLEASE.
Libby |
dax080
Cedar Rapids, IA
(Zone 5a)
April 15, 2006
10:45 PM Post #2193755
| Hi folks - As you can see, I've done an update - Whew! Dax |
fireant13
(Zone 9a)
April 15, 2006
10:57 PM Post #2193773
| Dax, your garden looks like a park! The whole setting and the flowers are beautiful. I love the paths and the way your dog stays on them. |
dax080
Cedar Rapids, IA
(Zone 5a)
April 16, 2006
11:38 AM Post #2194611
| Thanks so much - it's my own little work of art, didn't know I loved it until about two years ago - and speaking of my sentry, Sherlock, he is a joy and loves to spend all day with me in the gardens. - Becki |
fireant13
(Zone 9a)
April 16, 2006
02:13 PM Post #2194869
| I have a long way to go before my yards look like art, if they ever do. But I am getting a lot of inspiration viewing others' work. |
billyporter
Nichols, IA
(Zone 5a)
April 16, 2006
02:50 PM Post #2194949
| Corgimom, You aren't pitiful. I am. I just ''learned'' to post photos and I made it harder in my mind than it was. I'm always afraid of doing the wrong thing and looking dumb. Probably because I do a lot of dumb things. LOL!
Dax, I was thinking of you and Wanda Thursday. The news said we had an F-1 tornado go thru Nichols. Chown Appliance lost their pole barn warehouse. It was completely gone, and a friend lost her life when their trailor rolled and disintegrated south of town. I felt an eerie pressure and shut the back door. That must have been when it went thru. I had the typical twigs in the yard. You wouldn't have known we had a storm here. |
dax080
Cedar Rapids, IA
(Zone 5a)
April 16, 2006
05:38 PM Post #2195285
| Hi billyporter - and I thought of you both during the storm, and doubly when the news said that a woman from Nichols had died in your storm - such a tragedy - she was a friend? I'm glad to hear you are just fine. Iowa City got hit very bad - said it was a tornado that cut through 3 1/2 miles a 1/3 of a mile wide in downtown Iowa City. Luckily, we didn't have any major damage here. There was some hail in parts of the city, but not where I live.
Now that you know how to post pics, I'm hoping to see some of your garden -
And Corgimom, I certainly agree with billyporter, there is no way you're pitiful!
Dax |
billyporter
Nichols, IA
(Zone 5a)
April 16, 2006
06:03 PM Post #2195358
| I'll get a few photos when I have a little more greenery showing. I have 8 fern peonies that should make a nice show in about a week or so. |
corgimom
Pontotoc, MS
(Zone 7b)
April 17, 2006
12:46 PM Post #2197005
| I just took a long walk this morning through your gardens - I didn't get off the paths,either, Sherlock!!!
I love the gargoyles/gnomes, and that watering can !!! I have the one that belonged to my MIL, but it looks like one you can still buy anywhere today. Yours, on the other hand, is unique. I just love it ! Had I really been walking down the paths, I might have just swiped that and put it in my pocket :-)
I cannot imagine how many bricks you have in those pathways! We have very, very , very short paths, and we used lots of pavers doing them. Do you have part interest in a brickyard????
Your pics just keep getting prettier. I am embarrassed to post any of mine after seeing yours. Thanks for a breath of fresh northern air. (p.s. it is supposed to get to 82 here today. Does that mean it will be 102 by May????)
Libby |
billyporter
Nichols, IA
(Zone 5a)
April 17, 2006
06:19 PM Post #2197717
| 2006 is going to be a good year Dax. I can't believe the work you have done! Everything is so comfortable. |
dax080
Cedar Rapids, IA
(Zone 5a)
April 18, 2006
10:40 AM Post #2199733
| No way, Corgimom - I drool when I look at the coolness of your gardens and flowers - I'm just blessed with a great patch of land to work with - and you're right about the bricks - I never knew when I started how many it would take - I thing Menard's sees me coming anymore cause I can always find more places to "edge" with them. Luckily, we have some good sales here, and I have a truck!! And billy, you're right - the beds are going to be so beautiful this year - I can already see that and am humbled by the generosity of nature to us - I don't know why I just "got" it a couple of years ago, but will certainly enjoy nature's gifts now. And sometimes I feel like I'm overdoing the pictures, but it seems everytime I go outside, the beds have changed! Digital cameras make it so easy to record them, I just can't help it - Dax |
billyporter
Nichols, IA
(Zone 5a)
April 18, 2006
08:12 PM Post #2201112
| We're borrowing our daughters old digital to get the feel of it. We need a better quality camera. All my photos are film and they just aren't as good. I hear you about things blooming at different times. We enjoy your pictures because some of us have no room for large beds. I think your waterfall is the neatest one I've ever seen. I'm also starting to see that the secret is to mulch mulch mulch! |
dax080
Cedar Rapids, IA
(Zone 5a)
April 18, 2006
09:32 PM Post #2201299
| I'd say a digital camera will be on your list for Christmas, birthday, or just for being a wonderful person! I know you'll love it when you try it. Thanks for the kind words about the falls - it's special for me because my dad got the marble slabs when he was alive, and they were sitting outside for about ten years - doing nothing. And then - I knew they would be perfect for a stair step falls.
So I get to think of him when I look at the dancing water -
And as far as mulch - I'M WITH YOU -
Can't wait to see some of your pics - Dax |
Mahnot
DFW area, TX
(Zone 7b)
April 24, 2006
05:31 AM Post #2215841
| Dax, your garden is stupefying. I just sat here with my jaw on
my lap. Thanks for sharing and for inspiring. Absolutely beautiful. |
dax080
Cedar Rapids, IA
(Zone 5a)
April 25, 2006
11:55 AM Post #2219579
| Thanks so much - It is my meditation and place for surrounding joy - hard to describe - I hope you come back now and then as I will be updating throughout the year - I am adding another major garden which wraps around the water feature, behind the falls. It should be a beautiful addition with plants that thrive in a high shade. I love to see others' gardens too. Please send pics - Dax |
corgimom
Pontotoc, MS
(Zone 7b)
April 25, 2006
05:48 PM Post #2220561
| Becki- Just took another stroll. Sigh. Now I have to get back to the real world of weeds here in the south ! I just walk down my paths and you can hear thousands of weed seeds scattering across the beds.
I love the daff pic in front of the stone wall, the hosta bed, and the impatients !@ Oh the EE and impatients too. Your fall hay bales looks 'plum southern' . I am envious of all those ferns peeking through the soil. Not that they don't grow in the south - they just can't grow through my clay !!! I keep planting them and about 95% of them die.
Keep posting those pictures so I can cool off when this southern heat gets too much for me.
Libby |
dax080
Cedar Rapids, IA
(Zone 5a)
April 25, 2006
06:35 PM Post #2220719
| Sure and I'm so envious of your colors and phlox and daylilies and English gardens - for being hot, your gardens look supremely cool!! Think I'll go stroll through yours again - Love em - Becki |
doss
Stanford, CA
(Zone 9b)
June 04, 2006
02:22 PM Post #2351347
| Dax, I just took your garden tour. It's all so beautiful. I think that I liked the elephant ears with all the flowers the best - well how can I choose just one place. You obviously love your garden - so many personal touches down to your remembrance garden.
What I especially like about it is that it reflects who you are. |
dax080
Cedar Rapids, IA
(Zone 5a)
June 04, 2006
06:38 PM Post #2351983
| Why, thank you Doss - I haven't checked lately - do you have a tour online? I think I'll go check - I love to see other gardens and get ideas -
For mine, I'm expanding and changing enough this year that I'll be updating the tour soon. But I've still got the elephant ears as a centerpiece of that garden. Today, it has poked it's head out about 4-5 inches - hard to believe that by August/September it will be the giant of the garden. That's why I love to garden - it changes almost as you watch.
I'll check back with you after I look for your tour - Dax |
pepper23
KC Metro area, MO
(Zone 5b)
June 04, 2006
06:56 PM Post #2352035
| Dax- love your garden!!! It is gorgeous!!! |
dax080
Cedar Rapids, IA
(Zone 5a)
June 05, 2006
10:53 AM Post #2354426
| Thanks pepper23 - do you have a tour? I didn't see one? Would love to see some pics - Dax |
pepper23
KC Metro area, MO
(Zone 5b)
June 05, 2006
08:20 PM Post #2356057
| No, no tour. I have to get my scanner and my internet to become friends!!! LOL. When I get everything working the way I want to I will get pics on here ASAP!!! |
dax080
Cedar Rapids, IA
(Zone 5a)
October 11, 2006
12:01 PM Post #2807166
| Hi, everyone - I'm refreshing this thread as I am updating the gardens for this year. Will be working on it for the next few weeks - it's been a beautiful and busy year! Dax |
jeri11
Central, LA
(Zone 8b)
October 11, 2006
03:07 PM Post #2807702
| Hi Dax
Just took your tour and it was wonderful. It's great your family all work together.
Jeri |
dax080
Cedar Rapids, IA
(Zone 5a)
October 12, 2006
11:18 AM Post #2810205
| Hi, jeri11 - I know I am blessed with a family as beautiful as the gardens. Thanks for checking out the tour - Dax |
Mahnot
DFW area, TX
(Zone 7b)
October 12, 2006
09:57 PM Post #2812058
| Hi, Dax - I've got this thread on my Watch list, and I keep
looking at it, along with a few others, every so often.
Can't wait to see more beautiful pictures, and thanks.
Anita |
dax080
Cedar Rapids, IA
(Zone 5a)
October 13, 2006
10:36 AM Post #2813405
| Thank YOU for the wonderful compliment. There will be more updates of the beds today - eventually I'll get through them all - they have all matured so beautifully this year - Dax |
RainbowLake
Guthrie, OK
(Zone 7a)
October 13, 2006
07:58 PM Post #2814888
| Dax,
What a lovely garden. I can tell it has been a labor or love for you. I really enjoyed looking at your pictures.
Karen |
dax080
Cedar Rapids, IA
(Zone 5a)
October 14, 2006
07:23 AM Post #2816075
| Thanks, Karen, for taking the time to visit the gardens. Check back , if you'd like, in a couple of weeks. I think you'll enjoy hearing about the 2007 project I'm planning. It should take me ALL next season - what FUN!! Dax |
dax080
Cedar Rapids, IA
(Zone 5a)
October 23, 2006
12:29 PM Post #2842968
| Hi - just an update to let folks know I'm up to date for the year!! Yay!! See you all next year - Dax |
pepper23
KC Metro area, MO
(Zone 5b)
October 23, 2006
08:11 PM Post #2844227
| Dax, I can't wait to see your abandoned farmstead when it gets finished. I am a country girl at heart, plus I like to garden and your garden sounds like my dream garden. lol. Keep up the good work!! |
dax080
Cedar Rapids, IA
(Zone 5a)
October 24, 2006
11:17 AM Post #2845650
| Hi, pepper23 - Thanks for the kind words, and we must be kindred spirits with the old farm nostalgia. I have some wonderful memories of visiting my aunt and uncle when I was about 10 - and they had a large farm. When I look back, it's amazing how many of those favorite thoughts aren't of BIG events, but at moseying around outside and looking at all the unfamiliar equipment, the small places of loveliness that seemed to lurk around every corner. I can picture it all in my head so clearly - hopefully I will be able to transform it into a "beautiful memorial" to an earlier way of life - a pace, and a lifestyle that many will enjoy visiting again.
I'll be putting in updates next spring so hope you will have the time to check back - Dax |
pepper23
KC Metro area, MO
(Zone 5b)
October 24, 2006
07:54 PM Post #2847000
| One thing I miss about farms are the big red barns. We used to have them and silos everywhere around here and they are almost completely gone. I am now making it a mission to try to take pictures of all the old homes and barns and stuff before they are torn down. I miss the meadows and gardens too. |
billyporter
Nichols, IA
(Zone 5a)
October 25, 2006
12:25 PM Post #2849099
| Dax, you are amazing! I think you have single handedly done more work than anyone I know. I didn't realize what a slope you work with. I love the abandoned farmstead. I can't believe how clean it is. When the cows were not in Grandpa's timber anymore nature filled it all in. The poison ivy came back and Dad had to mow a path with the tractor to get up wood. Last time I was up therre you had no place to turn around. It wasn't nearly as nice as my childhood memories of walking up the lane and just heading in any direction. I hope you get to retire to your wonderland soon! |
dax080
Cedar Rapids, IA
(Zone 5a)
October 25, 2006
01:53 PM Post #2849415
| Hi, billyporter - How's the weather to the west? It's beautiful today here - Hey - if you are going to the Round-up next year in Cedar Rapids - maybe you'd have time to stop by. Wanda is arranging some garden tours in the afternoon, and mine will be one of them. The farmstead should be much more together then, (May) but still won't be finished. ---- that will take all summer, I'm sure. Would love to hear your ideas! Dax |
billyporter
Nichols, IA
(Zone 5a)
October 25, 2006
02:07 PM Post #2849442
| We're windy and cold, but the sun is out. I doubt I can get DH interested in the round-up. He helps me do the hardscaping, but cars are his thing. I'll just have to be happy with pictures, as he's not keen on me taking off without him. |
dax080
Cedar Rapids, IA
(Zone 5a)
October 25, 2006
02:22 PM Post #2849460
| Hi billyporter - And I can surely understand - I'll just keep updating the pics and will think of you at the Round-up - Dax |
billyporter
Nichols, IA
(Zone 5a)
October 25, 2006
02:28 PM Post #2849478
| Thanks. I really enjoy you place! I can't wait to see how the woods progress. |
corgimom
Pontotoc, MS
(Zone 7b)
February 25, 2007
11:45 AM Post #3223316
| dax,
It's been a while since I strolled along your paths, but since today is cold and damp I felt the need to seek solace. I found myself once again visiting your wonderland ! I hope you continue to update us with photos of your beautiful paradise. Those of us in the hot ,humid south sure enjoy those long ,shady walks in the summertime !
Libby |
dax080
Cedar Rapids, IA
(Zone 5a)
February 25, 2007
12:55 PM Post #3223561
| Hi, corgimom - I was certainly surprised to see an update for the tour at this time of year, and thanks so much for enjoying the pictures. I just went through them last week as I was feeling down - will this winter ever be over? Just Saturday and today we had freezing rain and another 3 inches of mushy snow. We lost our electricity for 12 hours, so I was out there making sure the pond didn't freeze over. I've got the plans all done, and plants ordered to begin the woodland, and will be trimming the canopy in the next month so the understory has sufficient light to grow (I planted understory trees and shrubs last October). I can hardly wait!! My long-suffering DH knows how antsy I get when I can't be outside - poor guy. I'll be posting pics as I build my nostalgic farm, and hope you enjoy the trip - And please continue to send updates of your beautiful beds. As you know, I continue to get wonderful ideas from you - Maybe someday I will get to your area and will be able visit them in person. Thanks again - Dax |
shirleyt
Pearl River, LA
July 21, 2007
11:33 AM Post #3762249
| I am very interested in how you are going to do a woodland garden... I lost mine in Katrina and am at a loss as to what to do... do I go back the same...(pecans, mulberry, oak, or do I do something else... Maples, red buds, for sure but how to place them . My magnolias survived... I will be watching for your post enjoy the pics and look forward to seeing what you do next..updates whenever. I to look for you... shirleyt |
dax080
Cedar Rapids, IA
(Zone 5a)
July 23, 2007
12:04 PM Post #3768957
| Hi shirleyt - thanks for the message! I have been so busy dallying in the woodland, I haven't taken many pictures, and I need to do that ! So sorry to hear you lost your garden to Katrina - one more heartbreak, I expect. I'll be happy to do a quick update - (this is going to take at LEAST 2 - 3 years, I expect) to show folks where I'm at, and the baby trees and shrubs I've placed so far. I've gotten a bit of the hard scape done too. I'll post a woodland garden update within the week - maybe it will give you some ideas - thanks again for your kind words. - dax |
dax080
Cedar Rapids, IA
(Zone 5a)
July 30, 2007
05:42 PM Post #3797880
| Just refreshing the thread since I've updated the Woodland Garden Tab. Hope you have a few minutes to check it out - Dax |
pepper23
KC Metro area, MO
(Zone 5b)
September 22, 2007
05:31 PM Post #4006026
| Looks great dax!!! Keep up the good work! |
staceysmom
(GayLynn) Appleton, WI
(Zone 5a)
May 29, 2008
12:59 PM Post #5020901
| I've been doing a little exploring at Dave's Garden today... going to area's I have never been to. Really, really enjoyed touring your gardens. Very beautiful. Looks like lots of hard work, thought and love went into them.
GayLynn |
