This Land Which Was Waste
The story of my life - and my garden's life:
"The Prophet Ezekiel says" " The land now desolate will be tilled instead of lying waste for every passerby to see. Everyone will say that this land which was waste has become a Garden of Eden." (Ezekiel 36: 34-35)
From Inheriting Paradise.
posted by Sherry W @ 7:59 AM
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2 Comments:
beautiful landscaping. sometimes a desert is a desert for a reason. have you reviewed and compared the water bill prior and post landscaping?
Believe me, we watch the water very carefully. And are following all the best xeric principles. Tiny lawn, low water, extremely hardy, xeric shrubs and perennials, carefully mulched, and tiny emitter watering directly to the roots.
Once established, a number of our shrubs and trees will need no supplemental watering at all - except in drought. Our landscape was designed to be low water and low maintenance by a local professional.
Green and xeric are not mutually exclusive. But you simply cannot garden as you would in Seattle. In Colorado, you have to think everything through in advance and be resilient and dauntless.
Which is actually the name of a very famous gardening book about gardening in tough places like Colorado: The Undaunted Garden.
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