My Berm

Bon! What a transformation! You indeed have been busy …. wtg! Looking great -

amazing.

-- blooz 5b - You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. ~author unkown

Thanks Blooz. I appreciate the nice comment.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a

Lots of work!!
Looks good the way it is…should be fantastic when the plants are in….and a real showstopper when it is all in bloom!

Great work Bon!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

sweet!!!
well done

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Thanks E + MsD

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a

Wow Bon … does your Berm look fantastic!!!!! Quite a transformation and you can see all the hard work and love you put into this area. I cannot wait to see it all planted and blooming … bet you will have people stopping to take a look!!! :-)

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

GrandmaT…. Sure hope it turns out to be a people stopper.Thanks.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a

Gosh

what a sweet place

it looks so nice

Lots of work there

-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

Lookin’ great, Bon! That’s a nice project, and you can see all the hard work you’ve put into it…well done!

-- Living on the square...Metro Detroit

Thank you Bunting and Damocles
Sowed a row of showy Sunflower seeds at the very top yesterday.Today I am going to sow different coloured cosmos seed on the first layer from the top.And mixed Zinnia on the next layer.Not sure about the bottom layer yet.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a

Ohhhhh … that Berm is going to be soooooooo full of color when you are done and things are blooming. Gonna be a “show-stopper”. Can’t wait to see those photos, come summer! :-)

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

That’s gonna be lovely!

-- the day you quit learning is the day you quit living.

Beautiful job, Bon. I really love the terraced effect. I know that was a lot of heavy work.

-- Dustynewt - Central Florida

Thanks everyone.Nice comments always help to take the aches away.(lol)

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a

Sooooo, did you get your planting done in the Berm and around the yard? I have been thinking of ya, and just wondering how it is going at your place. It was a gorgeous weekend. :-)

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

Finally finished planting yesterday May 27.I took a lot of pictures.Now I just have to find the time to post them(lol)

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a

Bon
I am sure that it must be the talk of the neighborhood!
Just cannot wait for the pics!! :- )

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

Eklectic….It’s funny you should say that.As I was working on it I think nearly everyone in town came by to see what I was doing.(lol) I got to meet a lot of my neighbours and town folk that way. It was really great the way they would stop by and introduce themselves and give me some encouragement.Just waiting for the seeds to grow now.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a

People always like new and different! And this is different and should be fantastic!
As well, sounds like you live in a friendly community!I have the feeling that as it grows, you are going to be making more and more friends!!
:- D

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

Well how wonderful … I knew that berm was a “show stopper” !!! How fun when people stop by to see what you are doing and you get to chat. Sounds like you had a truly great day of planting. :-)

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

I think it’s more that people like improvement, not just something different.. After all, you could just park a rusty school bus there.. That would be different.. ;)

Know when we started working on the outside of this place after we moved in, several people commented on how much better it looked.

-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b

Yah, I am getting those comments here as well. But, I think just about anything would be an improvement over stones, weeds and overgrown, ill placed bushes !!! LOL!!!!!

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

Yesterday May 30/08 the former owners came by to see how things were coming.They were quite pleased to see all the work we have done.They gave me a picture of their berm last year 2007.Thought I would share it with eveyone. :)

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a

I am sure the previous owners are so thankful you are taking such good care of their former home. It was hard for me to leave our old home, had been there for over 30 years, raising the kids, grandchildren beginning to arrive … lots of memories. AND, of course all the years of work put into my gardens. They were such a part of me and to leave them was very difficult. So when I went back for a visit, it brought me such pleasure to see how they were caring for the house and taking care of all my gardens. Also really fun to see what they had changed and added to both the house and yard.

Bon, I have to admit that I really like what you have done to the Berm better. The many tiers and rocks add such character and while even “plain” it looks good, once it blooms … oh my!!!! :-)

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

Thanks GramT. I wasn’t sure anyone would read this old blog so I posted the picture on tea time too.I think I screwed up again (LOL)

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a

There is no “screwing up” here! Just happy and proud gardener!

And I agree with GranT!
Went back to the old house the year after we moved and “they” had pulled out all of the prize winning beds!
Even the neighbors were upset with them!!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

I know what you mean Eklectic.I went by our old house last week and was very disappointed with how they ruined the gardens.Wish I could of brought all the establised perennials with me because they are not there now.New people are definitely not gardeners.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a

Yeah, the people on my old lot,just mowed everything down. Literally.

-- the day you quit learning is the day you quit living.

Kinda makes you sad doesn’t it?

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a

Sad wasn’t quite the word. Ticked would be more accurate. 30 years I put into that yard, andd they mowed it all down and planted grass!.

-- the day you quit learning is the day you quit living.

I am counting myself fortunate then … we had a “gardener” move into our old house. Granted he’s relatively new at it … but learning fast.

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

I have decided not to go near the old place again.It ticks me off too. (lol)

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a

Yah, well I would be ticked off too if I found all my years of hard work were mowed down!!!! Probably good for your blood pressure if you DON’T go back there—LOL!!!!

Fortunately when we eventually move from here, we will going across country so I won’t have opportunity to come back and see whether the new owners will have taken care of all my flowers or not. I’m thinking that is probably a good thing.

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

GramT….Just make sure you pack up your favourites well and put them on the moving truck.Then at least your favourites will live on. :)

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a

Well when the times grows closer (and it may be a while yet), I have to do some research on gardening. We are heading to Arizona and I am not sure what grows there in the midst of all that heat during the summer. It will be a big change, and water is so precious there too … people just do not turn on a sprinkler like here … LOL!!!

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

rain barrels (remember to put the plug in the bottom haha); drought tolerant plants… and hmmm re-using grey water… yes, it will be a new type of living!

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Rain barrels … what are those out there – hahahaha!!! And already been reading up on drought tolerant plants. Yup it will, indeed, be a new way of living. But I got a while yet … so enjoying it here. :-)

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

my brother is in Arizona and he called home his first year when it rained: he was fascinated that what we would call a drizzle was labeled a torrential downpour!
So your rain barrel will be smaller than you are used to lol

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Bon
I had packed a lot of them, (did not make a dent in the garden).
Was really hard to go back. My daughter was in tears when she saw what they had done and she is not a gardener!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

Eklectic…At least you got to take some of them with you.I moved on Nov.30 and they were all frozen in the ground.It was our first blizzard of the year to boot.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a

Yes, you are right! I did pack some!
I am so sorry you did not get to bring at least one with you!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

But on the bright side I am now waiting anxiously to see all the new things I have planted.It was a good excuse to try different plants I am not used to.Most of them are in my perennial bed.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a