Somebody here is interested in plant guilds and permaculture. He found this herb spiral, and I said we could build that. It's here if anyone is interested. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Herb_spiral.svg
Where would I put such a thing, you might ask. I was thinking of putting it in the front, even though the front is supposed to be more decorative and dedicated to flowers. I think if this were done right it could fit into the front pretty nicely. We have that odd shaped area of grass with a tree on it now. The tree is too close to the house though. I can see the roots possibly attacking our 110 year old foundation. We don't like that tree. It's going to get too big very fast. The shade might be nice, but I don't think it's worth it. I'd rather have the herb spiral built with bricks and stone that match the house as a nice art piece out there.
We were also discussing putting a knee wall at the bottom of the front hill. I like the idea more and more. We could make a nice niche to house the garbage can and recycling container. With a little fence gate on it, I think that would be really nice. And then the wall could hold back the thyme and whatever else we decide to replace the grass with. It's too bad we can't do all of this stuff right now.
Another thing to do is plant a shade tree in the boulevard. That requires a permit, I'm sure. And the particular tree has to be approved. But I support the shade tree commission, so I'll abide. (the dude abides) Our street needs more shade trees on this side. There is one giant tree on the other side, but it does us no good. If we had a big shade tree in front by the sidewalk, it would shade our house and our walk and generally improve the look of the street. Someday I want our street to resemble the street two blocks up where there are shade trees at every other house on both sides. It's so nice up there.
I'm not sure about plant guilds. Since we didn't know much about them when I designed the garden, it was impossible to plan for them. Hopefully our garden design will be readily adaptable to them.. Sometime I'll mark out where the additional plant beds are to go, and we'll throw hay down there and start getting it ready for mulch and compost. I think they will be close enough to resemble plant guilds.
Where would I put such a thing, you might ask. I was thinking of putting it in the front, even though the front is supposed to be more decorative and dedicated to flowers. I think if this were done right it could fit into the front pretty nicely. We have that odd shaped area of grass with a tree on it now. The tree is too close to the house though. I can see the roots possibly attacking our 110 year old foundation. We don't like that tree. It's going to get too big very fast. The shade might be nice, but I don't think it's worth it. I'd rather have the herb spiral built with bricks and stone that match the house as a nice art piece out there.
We were also discussing putting a knee wall at the bottom of the front hill. I like the idea more and more. We could make a nice niche to house the garbage can and recycling container. With a little fence gate on it, I think that would be really nice. And then the wall could hold back the thyme and whatever else we decide to replace the grass with. It's too bad we can't do all of this stuff right now.
Another thing to do is plant a shade tree in the boulevard. That requires a permit, I'm sure. And the particular tree has to be approved. But I support the shade tree commission, so I'll abide. (the dude abides) Our street needs more shade trees on this side. There is one giant tree on the other side, but it does us no good. If we had a big shade tree in front by the sidewalk, it would shade our house and our walk and generally improve the look of the street. Someday I want our street to resemble the street two blocks up where there are shade trees at every other house on both sides. It's so nice up there.
I'm not sure about plant guilds. Since we didn't know much about them when I designed the garden, it was impossible to plan for them. Hopefully our garden design will be readily adaptable to them.. Sometime I'll mark out where the additional plant beds are to go, and we'll throw hay down there and start getting it ready for mulch and compost. I think they will be close enough to resemble plant guilds.
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