November First Views - Country Mouse

Exciting developments in the Country Mouse garden. Last weekend we completed the fieldstone patio in front of the greenhouse, and I planted all the succulents I bought at the Arboretum sale, as well as the cuttings freely distributed after the Cactus and Succulents class Tmouse and I took the past couple weekends. Unfortunately I didn't know I was going to be planting succulents when we prepared the bed under the windows of the house in the south garden - so the soil may be too rich for them. We'll just have to see what survives.

Hope you'll join in Town Mouse's meme, showing wider views of your garden on the first of the month... I'm off to link to mister linky thingy now... which is on Tmouse's post here.

So - starting in the driveway looking at the approach to the front door, going past it into the south garden, turning right into the pool garden. Then jumping back to the driveway and turning round to look at Dad's - er Duncan's - cottage.... here we go:

Standing in the driveway, looking at the path to the front door:

Front door to our right, south garden ahead. Dark star ceanothus on left.

Experimental bed #1 with a few madia still blooming.

Bed #2, some baby plants not really visible yet.

Voila! New patio! Shingling not quite finished on greenhouse.

Closer to show stones.

New succulent bed to right of patio...

Rest of new succulent bed.

Meanwhile - the pool garden is full of plants

Cape honeysuckle got away from us again. Hummers love it.

Closeup of epilobium canum, local native, and some succulents

Winifred Gilman just about done. Hope she'll be taller next year, cover that fence.

Still have not fixed up the pots! (We're still in pool garden btw...)

Behind the greenhouse outside the pool garden - the wetland plants a-propagatin.

Duncan stands outside his home! Still gotta remove the towering rosemary!

Looking down the driveway. Mexican sage finally blooming!!

Hope you enjoyed the tour. I didn't take you into the south slope chaparral or down the north valley or into the corral this time, just showing what's close in to the houses. Lots to do but we're very happy with what's going on in the south garden, which is all new work this year. The rabbit fences are a bit of a pain, but hopefully in a year or two when the garden plants mature, and we figure out what will work with rabbits and deer, we can remove two of the three fences. I also want to make the front garden more interesting. I'm thinking about putting a thimbleberry in the front bed right of the path... Fun in a garden - it's endless!