A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion Landscape trials and triumphs Water Gardens My Herring Cove Nova Scotia pond and landscape

this is what it looked like before and after three years of labor
http://s36.photobucket.com/albums/e47/modernblacksmith/before/
http://s36.photobucket.com/albums/e47/modernblacksmith/after/

Whoa!!!!!
That is absolutely gorgeous!! Lots of work.
Come do my yard???

thanks! if you wanna fly me in and pay me $50 hr I'll gladly come work in your garden!! (But, I'm done lifting rocks!!) 80 tons of rock were moved and placed by hand!

Oh, I so enjoyed looking at all your photos! What a beautiful, beautiful result you achieved. Thank you so much for sharing your woek. Did you also keep a written journal of the effort?

Merme

no journal, but lots of photos and the job still has a long way to go....should be mostly done by the end of this summer. I've tried to keep it as wild as possible but sometimes wild is not so colorful.....can't wait for the foxgloves to bloom!!

Beautiful Dan, welcome back. I was talking about you a few weeks ago in a post about the beautiful work you do as a blacksmith.

I've been to Nova Scotia a few times when DH used to drive transport. How close are you to Halifax?

Very nice!!! I love the waterfall. You've done an amazing job!

Sharon

thank you. there is still a long way to go....(my photos don't show all the beds I have'nt done anything with yet...andafter this growing season I'll be moving lots of plants so that they are located in the right spots (height wise and in relation to soil and sun/shade) I'm learning to really love wildflowers and I think I'll always be a grower of them, however they are a weeding nightmare and they can be a little unpredictable, but the reward for me is the "natural" environment. the birds love it!

thanks tamara. I'm still doing blacksmithing but less and less all the time, I'm considering getting out of the metalworking business and going into farming, my family have a 16 acre spread in Newfoundland that would be a hard place to farm but with 20 years of work it could be something! I was thinking it would be a great place to cultivate alpines since so many beautiful alpines come from the west coast of newfoundland. anyone else interested in alpine plants? (need to build my future customer base ;) )

WOW - that is beautiful and so lush looking!
I can't believe the size of your hostas!
And I love the grasses by the pond - I hope to put a bunch by mine too.

Absolutely stunning! I love the before and after photos. Your love, hard work and talent are exquistly apparent. And more?! You're my new hero!

Wow.. I wish I was half as talented as you are.. amazing!!!