{"id":5294,"date":"2014-09-30T08:25:44","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T12:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=5294"},"modified":"2014-09-18T12:28:34","modified_gmt":"2014-09-18T16:28:34","slug":"a-small-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2014\/09\/30\/a-small-success\/","title":{"rendered":"A small success"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Log flower bed edging by LeEtta Schmidt<\/a> is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I imagine that landscape overhauls are becoming more popular for people that can afford them, but most people inherit their landscaping from the previous owners of their homes.\u00a0 Older homes have years and years of decaying walkways and hidden bush and tree stumps that never get dug up or ground down when they are deemed expendable.\u00a0 This is what our yards are like.<\/p>\n

I started with dreams of hauling off debris and carving out perfect pathways with brand new pavers and fencing.\u00a0 Then I sobered up.\u00a0 Inherited yards are not blank canvases, and mine came with loads of history that would be too expensive to ignore.\u00a0 For example, the fence surrounding the wide gate into the back yard was dry-stacked logs from trees felled by the previous owner.\u00a0 It was cool and we kind of liked it, until it fell down.\u00a0 Now it is a pile of work that laughs at us whenever we try to clean it up a little.\u00a0 As much as I wish all the logs would just disappear, they are raw material, and free raw material at that.<\/p>\n

Another obstacle is that old landscaping starts to fall in on itself, grass reaches across walkways, pavers settle inches higher or lower than their fellows, flowers compete with weeds in their beds.\u00a0 The logs ended up being the perfect solution to put some designated areas back in my backyard.<\/p>\n

Madagascar Periwinkle or Vinca\u00a0Rosea<\/a> grows like a weed in my yard and reminds me of my grandmother.\u00a0 I noticed that the vinca in one corner of the yard weren’t suffering the sudden death of their fellows in the front or anywhere else.\u00a0 Now, anytime I find a straggling vinca I move it here.\u00a0 I planted my Mexican Petunia<\/a> in the back and it is liking the location, too.\u00a0 Incidentally, Mexican petunia is also a pest plant.\u00a0 All non hybrid forms spread rampantly through prolific seed pods.\u00a0 So you might say, I gave a corner of my yard to the weeds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I imagine that landscape overhauls are becoming more popular for people that can afford them, but most people inherit their landscaping from the previous owners of their homes.\u00a0 Older homes have years and years of decaying walkways and hidden bush and tree stumps that never get dug up or ground down when they are deemed… Continue reading A small success<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[213,212,214],"class_list":["post-5294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-design","tag-gardening","tag-the-house"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10509,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2023\/03\/06\/the-prehistory-of-solar-panels\/","url_meta":{"origin":5294,"position":0},"title":"The prehistory of solar panels","author":"leems","date":"March 6, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"George Cove\u2019s third solar panel. 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