It’s annoying when other people are right.
by pinkagendist
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Submitted on 2013/02/21 at 11:43 pm
I love your gazebo but if it were mine I think I’d build a second retaining wall around the first using local stone and then I’d fill it with those white flowing plants you mentioned – to tie the gazebo to the plants and the plants to the ‘natural’ surroundings. |
In my business you need to have a filter- one that zones out what’s merely opinion and only lets through ideas that are well reasoned. Needless to say, when something didn’t cross my mind, but crossed someone else’s- I’m annoyed. Anyway, the local stone thing is too complicated because of the sprinklers and electricity that allows for light in the pergola- but yesterday we planted the whole thing with Stephanotis (Madagascan Jasmine). It does incredibly well in this part of Spain. Still deciding if I should plant something between them to cover up the brickwork that forms the base of the pergola. Or perhaps grow moss on the bricks (yoghurt method is quick and easy). Here’s how it looks with the ‘just planted’ jasmine. There’s one for each pillar.
Oh that’s lovely Pinky! I like the sound of moss too but… yoghurt? How does that work?
Easy. You put moss and yoghurt in the blender and brush it on anything porous. Mist it (keep it moist) for a week and you’ve got instant moss…
lmao – you put the /moss/ in the blender too? Not sure I’d want to use that blender again but I love the whole idea.
Speaking as someone who managed to kill two orange trees in my garden (they’re pretty much invincible) I have to chime in and say that Stephanotis is very hardy. I have masses growing where my trees used to be
I’ll have to try orange trees. Invincible sounds like something that might work with me