The Old Folks Home

[perchie.girl]

Another resource I go to for my dream book. and Yes there are very xeric edibles

http://www.highcountrygardens.com/

deb

 

[drumstick diva]

Perchie, my sister lives in NM and she gets plants from them. Her yard is basically gravel. I told her she ought to have a kennel- she was not amused. But that's what I used when I had a kennel and it was easy to clean up , and great drainage - of course I'm in a wet state and she is not. I prefer greener surroundings. Don't water my grass and usually we have a month or two draught every summer.

 

[perchie.girl]

Perchie, my sister lives in NM and she gets plants from them. Her yard is basically gravel. I told her she ought to have a kennel- she was not amused. But that's what I used when I had a kennel and it was easy to clean up , and great drainage - of course I'm in a wet state and she is not. I prefer greener surroundings. Don't water my grass and usually we have a month or two draught every summer.

I dont live in green surroundings... we get 10-15 inches of precipitation in San Diego per year... total.

Last year at home I got 3 inches of precipitation total. Grass dont belong here. The reason I posted those couple of links was to show that you can have a pretty yard without wasting thousands of gallons of water per year.

For what its worth I prefer just plain old Decomposed granite as the main surface... then interspersed with Xeric plants and hardscape. Its beautiful...

As more and more people move to the cities and drink up the fresh water... we people over all should take some steps toward water conservation... Even ones that get a large annual rainfall.


deb

 

[ozexpat]

I dont live in green surroundings... we get 10-15 inches of precipitation in San Diego per year... total.

Last year at home I got 3 inches of precipitation total. Grass dont belong here. The reason I posted those couple of links was to show that you can have a pretty yard without wasting thousands of gallons of water per year.

For what its worth I prefer just plain old Decomposed granite as the main surface... then interspersed with Xeric plants and hardscape. Its beautiful...

As more and more people move to the cities and drink up the fresh water... we people over all should take some steps toward water conservation... Even ones that get a large annual rainfall.


deb

Even though we get 7 feet of rain a year, we have to water plants and gardens. The soil is just sand. without 1/2 an inch of rain in the past 3 days, our gardens start to go limp. From Feb to June we only get 3-4" a month,

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote:
yep... the more organic material you get in your soil the better... There may be a trade off though.... those plants that depend on quick draining soil may not like it.

deb

 

[mickmeek]

I am busy 

packing 70 live birds in 8 orders

dealing with a week doeling

negotiating to sell a pig

all from 7300 miles away using cell phone text and crappy reception

Congratz kuya Oz,
Preparing chickens to be delivered in their new home. Kuya Oz Coco Poultry flocks invading the Philippines.

We have been praying for the rain, and now He answered our prayers.

 

[ozexpat]

Congratz kuya Oz,
Preparing chickens to be delivered in their new home. Kuya Oz Coco Poultry flocks invading the Philippines.

We have been praying for the rain, and now He answered our prayers.

Welcome to the old folks home Mick.(She is one of my customers)

You just might be the youngest peson here but age does not matter.

Tell the old farts a little about yourself

 

[mickmeek]

Welcome to the old folks home Mick.(She is one of my customers)

You just might be the youngest peson here but age does not matter.


Tell the old farts a little about yourself

Thanks for the welcome here kuya Oz,

Hi guys, I am Mick from the Philippines, I happened to know Kuya Oz from his ads, then I joined BYC to know more about chickens.

 

[ozexpat]

Thanks for the welcome here kuya Oz,

Hi guys, I am Mick from the Philippines, I happened to know Kuya Oz from his ads, then I joined BYC to know more about chickens.

no need for kuya or manang, sir or ma'am in here.

we are all members

 

[drumstick diva]

Nice to meet you Mick. Any friend of Oz, is certain to raise suspicion here.

Just kidding, Oz is the best at everything, so have to tease him a lot. I have referred new folks from the Philippines to him often. I know he will get them off to a great start.