Every Thursday we like to post a picture of something we've found online that inspires us to do something similar at the farm. Sort of our own blog bulletin board so that we can eventually look back and someday, hopefully anyway, recreate it...enjoy!
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| Flowers around fence, image via Pinterest.com |
Yesterday, I posted about our plans for a sort of stand alone split rail fence feature. We were looking online for landscaping ideas and found a lot of inspiration. This one comes about as close as we can picture in our heads to what we'd like to have.
We have "R" from 2nd Family looking for some posts for us, he thinks he might know a couple of local places that have some. We could get that part done easily (fairly, ha) the plantings would take a bit longer to create (waiting for the right time of year). These are really pretty, we love the color combination. It would be so nice to drive into our driveway and see something like this (along with a farm sign!).
Be inspired!
My mother has a set up like this in front of her house, the length of the yard. Looks spectacular once all the flowers are blooming and at their height.
ReplyDeleteI bet that is beautiful!!!
DeleteLovely. I would plant native to Texas wild flowers with a couple large stones sitting amongst / in with the flowers making for natural country scape and maybe sticking in a birdhouse on a post in center of flower bed or on top of your existing post
ReplyDeleteOOH I like that idea. The stones can function as a replacement for some plants too. They look nice and it's a couple less plants to have, ha. At least that's the way I think about tit. Thanks for the ideas!!
DeleteThat is beautiful. We need something lakeish to anchor the corner of the drive going to the lake place. It is not going to happen this summer though!
ReplyDeleteLOL, same here, It's nice to plan and daydream about it but it SURE isn't happening until cooler weather. God it's hot now. Ugh
DeleteSo pretty! I thought it was warm enough there to sow seeds anytime.
ReplyDeleteFor planting wildflower seeds here in Texas;
DeleteTHE BEST TIME TO PLANT MOST WILDFLOWERS is in the fall from mid-September to the end of October. Sow your seeds too early and rodents, bugs, and birds will scarf them down before they have a chance to germinate. Wait until the spring and you've missed out on the crucial winter chill.
If you do decide to scatter seeds this Fall; dampen your soil, scatter the seeds; lightly rake in; use gently spray and wet down again and then lay a layer of straw on top to keep the birds from eating the seed and wet down the straw as well.
DeleteThe seeds need the cold temperatures to germinate so come Spring you will have flower shoots starting to poke through.
Parsimony, yep we could plant (thought he heat might not do well with seedlings) but our comment was more about the heavy work of the digging holes and putting in the posts. That will definitely have to wait until cooler weather. August is our month to do the least amount possible when it comes to outside, ha.
DeleteColleen thanks for the info on the seeds. I didn't know that about wildflowers. I think when I've attempt seeds before it was in the Spring. Didn't realize I could/should do it in the Fall. Thanks for this info.
The fence is rustic and beautiful. It will look so pretty with your flowers. You have two (or maybe four) green thumbs.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
LOL, I have two, greenish thumbs, ha. The flowers/color is what we want badly now (veggies and hopefully fruit trees are working now) but it's flowers and such we need now. Fingers (green and otherwise) crossed. :-)
DeleteThis will be such a beautiful entrance to your Farm!
ReplyDeleteMy suggestions for some hardy flowering perennials would be Esperanza, plumbago, and lantana. Maybe a crepe myrtle and/or Texas Lilac Vitex for height. Add in some evergreen perennials, such as bottlebrush and yaupon holly. These could be the flowering background to plantings in the front of wildflowers, annuals, and smaller perennials.
Definitely thinking about the lantana, it's doing so well out there and we have some in pots just ready. I like the idea of another Lilac Vitex, I think we have another one in a pot too. And evergreen perennials is a good idea so it's not all dead in the Winter. Thanks!!!
DeleteSurely you will include some Texas Bluebonnets along that fence. When I would visit my Sis in the spring the bluebonnets were so pretty on the way to Houston.
ReplyDeleteOH, bluebonnets are SO beautiful here. Yes, we will try them for sure. Seems they pop up like crazy in the wild but trying it on purpose is hit and miss, ha. Stay tuned!
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