That is, eventually, most Hostas will git big enuf to snuff out weeds.

Only one of many reasons to love Hostas!

hh

Nice pics!

-Babka

Steve

I can see signs in your very first bed that you added on right away. A little flower petal of an arc bumped out to the side of the bed around the tree. How fortunate you are to have such a knowledgeable and generous neighbor to help your addiction along. Just think.....as she runs out of room, you stand poised to generously offer places to put more gorgeous plants. How nice!!!!

You might discover that a free account with Flickr or Photobucket will serve you well. Then you can upload more than one photo at a time to GardenWeb. I had the free option until earlier this year when my garden photos jumped into the hundreds every month, and keeping them at Flickr required a paid (pro) account.

Her second picture is the first new bed for probably 30 plants a year ago. She said that would be it - all she would need. My Niagara falls might have been her undoing. She was going to order one in a late season mail order sale from Hosta Geek. It was a good sale offering mature divisions for an inexpensive price. She got like 30 or 40 more. That caused a huge new bed to have to be built right away. We need to see pictures my friend!

She spent the winter in Arizona thinking she was safe from me. No - I sent her links to catalogues and lists of plants available at our local nursery. Her conditions are great with open semi sun/shade areas. Expanding with hostas just eliminates more of that pesky lawn that needs mowing. She's done a fabulous job. I for one would like to see some before and after's of all the gardens. Myrle

You're a real rock-a-holic. I was going to ask the same thing. Doesn't look like granite to me.

This looks like granite.

Steve

Steve

I love rocks. When I went somewhere I always brought home a rock. That was the high point of my first trip to Canada, coming back through customs and being asked if I had anything I was taking home that I did not bring with me. I said, "Just a couple of rocks." The agent wanted to see them, and I was really surprised. So I fished them out of my carry on bag, and he said, "Oh just ROCKS." I then asked him, "What other kind could they be?" and he said, "You know, things like diamonds and rubies and emeralds and gold." I guess my eyes got real big, because he just laughed. I was looking for the wrong stuff!!!

You might can have two different bird species nesting within 10 feet of one another, but never the same species. The wrens will throw the baby blue birds out of the nest box, and try to poach in the nest box. Most species need to have holes just the right size before they will move in. Also the right height from the bottom of the box.

Love your bird houses. Very imaginative. If you have Carolina wrens (I doubt they go that far west and north), they will nest in flower pots and door wreaths...not particular at all. We've raised two families of them two years running, in our Pig flower pot sitting on the deck railing. We call them the Pig Family. "When Pigs Fly" is a real event around here.