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Re: The Lake House
« Reply #255 on: April 22, 2026, 11:58:29 AM »
The "dummy arch", as my brother's friend calls the 💍 arch, is planted with micro clover, and 32 Creeping Jenny plants...... they'll eventually cascade over the stone retaining wall.

The clover seeds are tiny, so mixed with 3 parts sand, 1 part seeds.

Water morning and night.

The sun is burning, so cover with straw.

Water morning and night.
In a drought, so not enough water pressure for sprinklers.

All things considered....will be ok if everything grows.

We have beautiful ferns, and wild growing forest things to transplant in the rain.....this weekend?  Hopefully.

The lake's SO far down. 

The dummy arch has an old bell mounted inside....must have been in my family 100 years.  It's big and has a lovely patina.

I'll start another post regarding choices on walking meditation garden, using old tiles.

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Re: The Lake House
« Reply #256 on: April 22, 2026, 12:03:18 PM »
The driveway has a central planting area, where the drive goes around at the house.

We cleaned out lots of the dead things.  Will clear out more.  3 pink hydrangea will go near the overgrown azaleas.....but then.... I'd like to use the beautiful big terra cotta baseboard/assorted other til s, to lay out a meditation garden.  Trails to walk.

Any ideas, ladies?

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« Reply #257 on: April 22, 2026, 12:28:39 PM »
The UU campus here has a stone path labyrinth, Lighter. I'm no good at it (squirrel in head will not meditate) but I think it's a lovely idea for your lake place.

I like the idea of using broken stones like I did for my patio, which really has a beautiful visual texture, if there can be such a thing. Weed cloth beneath, plus sand.

Create away, your joy is audible!

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Re: The Lake House
« Reply #258 on: April 22, 2026, 06:54:47 PM »
I'm not good at it either, but I'm tenacious as hell, Hops.

Even a small labyrinth would be nice.

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« Reply #259 on: April 23, 2026, 07:45:42 AM »
Draw a squiggle. Each area between the lines becomes it's own mini-garden; mini-moment. The squiggle lines are "no particular place to go" - which is the POINT of meditation.

Does that make sense?
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« Reply #260 on: April 23, 2026, 10:51:31 AM »
No, but I'm super intrigued!!  It sounds most doable, and not at all exacting.......so enticing to my brain!!!!!

Thanks.....keep'em coming if you think of more ideas!

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« Reply #261 on: April 24, 2026, 08:43:25 AM »
Well, in my case, I have a random bunch of boulders. With the addition of a short rock wall on the open side between them, this closes in a rustic "raised bed". Add soil, compost etc and plant the mini-bed. Because of watering and weeding - it's necessary to also leave paths between them. I'm working underneath some tall trees - yet there's plenty of sunlight for growth most of the day. (I watch/make notes of how much sun/shade there is at various times of the day.)

I have LOTS of rocks. And I put them to work this way. Some boulders are perfect seating around the fire pit and provide access to adjacent beds. I'm slowly creating a hedgerow just outside the trees of flowering/fruiting shrubs. Color, texture, and of course medicinal uses determine what I plant. And yes - this year I need to buy a dump truck of compost because rock & shale are poor growing material except for the native (very useful) wild herbs. We have many.
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Re: The Lake House
« Reply #262 on: April 24, 2026, 10:07:58 AM »
I'm a rock hound, love'em too!

Lots of them here.

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Re: The Lake House
« Reply #263 on: April 24, 2026, 11:12:07 AM »
If none of the paths are straight lines, then one HAS to be mindful to move between the gardens!
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