tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7865137195444403241.post723132556351558263..comments2024-03-15T23:15:30.992-05:00Comments on The Box House: Early Start on the Spring Garden Plans, and Yes, We're Still Blooming in ChicagolandUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7865137195444403241.post-66239710486399367702010-11-20T09:28:23.985-06:002010-11-20T09:28:23.985-06:00Mine was planted about 4-5 feet from the lot line....Mine was planted about 4-5 feet from the lot line. It spread a bit more than half way across my 50 foot lot, so I'd say it needs 50 feet width for a mature tree. It's a great tree, though, well worth it if you have the room or don't mind ducking under branches.<br /><br />I did trim one low branch back just enough to clear the steps to the front door.<br /><br />I hear the new Karen Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306986336556283751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7865137195444403241.post-29241369258317395692010-11-18T17:15:43.302-06:002010-11-18T17:15:43.302-06:00I love dawn redwoods! We were debating about tryin...I love dawn redwoods! We were debating about trying to put one in our yard, but I think it might spread out too wide for our narrow front yard.Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17374925727669703513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7865137195444403241.post-91436200164867765952010-11-18T14:37:33.936-06:002010-11-18T14:37:33.936-06:00"Evergreens" that go deciduous -
At my ..."Evergreens" that go deciduous -<br /><br />At my old house, I had a Dawn Redwood, about seventy feet tall, one of the few deciduous conifers. Every year in the Fall for several years the same guy who didn't speak or understand English very well would knock on my door and ask if I wanted to hire him to "cut your dead tree down."<br /><br />I used to have nightmares of Karen Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306986336556283751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7865137195444403241.post-76488512289917263172010-11-17T01:41:41.807-06:002010-11-17T01:41:41.807-06:00Sandy -- I'm sure half of them will be eaten b...Sandy -- I'm sure half of them will be eaten by squirrels before spring. :-)<br /><br />Karen Anne -- I absolutely adore weeping trees; I have a weeping larch as well. It looks like an evergreen, but in the fall its needles turn burnt orange and fall off. I didn't realize it would do that, and the first year I thought I had killed it.<br /><br />Mac -- The fiance tries to tell me I'veJoannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17374925727669703513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7865137195444403241.post-44457640888429119442010-11-17T00:13:50.113-06:002010-11-17T00:13:50.113-06:00In recent years I've started to envy corner bl...In recent years I've started to envy corner blocks, despite the challenges I find myself thinking "more room for plants!" Especially in the newer suburbs here, where blocks are tiny.Wallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05185673383516848927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7865137195444403241.post-20682941847842660342010-11-16T22:37:03.055-06:002010-11-16T22:37:03.055-06:00I cannot believe you got a Weeping spruce for $5. ...I cannot believe you got a Weeping spruce for $5. Come on! I never find stuff like that!!! <br /><br />100+ bulbs = I bow before you. I bought 20 bulbs as a fundraiser and dug my first hole....only to find a slab of rock right at the depth they were to be planted. Curses! I never would have made 100+. :)<br /><br />SandyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7865137195444403241.post-25640524354723473432010-11-16T15:25:31.157-06:002010-11-16T15:25:31.157-06:00I had some sort of weeping conifer at my old house...I had some sort of weeping conifer at my old house (is there more than one kind?) It really did stay small, maybe seven feet or so.Karen Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306986336556283751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7865137195444403241.post-83140052942356793752010-11-16T14:58:55.367-06:002010-11-16T14:58:55.367-06:00Thanks Elaine. The warm weather this year is defin...Thanks Elaine. The warm weather this year is definitely not the norm, but we'll take it.<br /><br />Mac -- We picked this house because of all the light that a corner lot gets; little did I know it also leaves us awfully exposed to the neighbors and passing cars! With the shrub border, we've managed to eliminate people cutting across the lawn and the occasional dog peeing on the house. (Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17374925727669703513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7865137195444403241.post-45430333561417918582010-11-16T05:11:04.286-06:002010-11-16T05:11:04.286-06:00The Weeping Norway Spruce was a great find, it'...The Weeping Norway Spruce was a great find, it's going to look lovely! I love what you're doing with what some people would consider the challenge of a corner block.Wallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05185673383516848927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7865137195444403241.post-571750728435709722010-11-15T22:54:09.908-06:002010-11-15T22:54:09.908-06:00What a fantastic deal on your Weeping Norway Spruc...What a fantastic deal on your Weeping Norway Spruce! I would love one of those. How great that you have had warm temps in your area this time of year. Great photos.Elainehttp://ecalifornialiving.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com