Comments on: Mairzy doats and dozy doats http://manolohome.com/2008/03/06/mairzy-doats-and-dozy-doats/ Practical Lifestyle Advice for Homemakers and Home Owners Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:51:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: raincoaster http://manolohome.com/2008/03/06/mairzy-doats-and-dozy-doats/#comment-526 raincoaster Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:27:32 +0000 http://manolohome.com/2008/03/06/mairzy-doats-and-dozy-doats/#comment-526 Moss makes a fantastic garden or lawn and I've seen a few of them here on the Wet Coast where I live. The best interplay bricks and different kinds of moss for a multicoloured effect. Also: cheap! Also also: Moss Graffiti: http://www.heavypetal.ca/archives/2005/12/moss_graffiti.html Moss makes a fantastic garden or lawn and I’ve seen a few of them here on the Wet Coast where I live. The best interplay bricks and different kinds of moss for a multicoloured effect. Also: cheap!

Also also: Moss Graffiti:
http://www.heavypetal.ca/archives/2005/12/moss_graffiti.html

]]> By: Never teh Bride http://manolohome.com/2008/03/06/mairzy-doats-and-dozy-doats/#comment-519 Never teh Bride Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:57:54 +0000 http://manolohome.com/2008/03/06/mairzy-doats-and-dozy-doats/#comment-519 The trick, Jo, is to create an under the soil/over the soil barrier that prevents it from taking over. You can't do a giant lawn with mint, but small lawns can be mintified as long as there is a border of some kind that prevents it from sneaking its little tendrils into mint-free territory. It would crack me up when my little potted spearmint would start sending out creepy tendrils looking for new soil to infest! The trick, Jo, is to create an under the soil/over the soil barrier that prevents it from taking over. You can’t do a giant lawn with mint, but small lawns can be mintified as long as there is a border of some kind that prevents it from sneaking its little tendrils into mint-free territory.

It would crack me up when my little potted spearmint would start sending out creepy tendrils looking for new soil to infest!

]]> By: Jo http://manolohome.com/2008/03/06/mairzy-doats-and-dozy-doats/#comment-514 Jo Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:42:10 +0000 http://manolohome.com/2008/03/06/mairzy-doats-and-dozy-doats/#comment-514 You mention growing mint responsibly. How the hell does one grow mint responsibly? With a flamethrower and a tanker truck of Brush-B-Gon? It's like that weird "dinosaur grass" my neighbor used to grow: first year, teeny sprouts; second year, nice show; third year, everywhere and eating small children and animals who get too close. You mention growing mint responsibly.

How the hell does one grow mint responsibly? With a flamethrower and a tanker truck of Brush-B-Gon? It’s like that weird “dinosaur grass” my neighbor used to grow: first year, teeny sprouts; second year, nice show; third year, everywhere and eating small children and animals who get too close.

]]> By: La Petite Acadienne http://manolohome.com/2008/03/06/mairzy-doats-and-dozy-doats/#comment-510 La Petite Acadienne Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:33:25 +0000 http://manolohome.com/2008/03/06/mairzy-doats-and-dozy-doats/#comment-510 I saw a lot of that in Holland when I visited. Very few of the homes had actual lawns. Instead, it was all lovely shrubs, flowers, gravel walking paths, and it was gardened and manicured to within an inch of its life. When we did see one house with just a lawn, it looked really out-of-place. I love the low-maintenance groundcover. The Stonecutter and I have 4 acres, so we definitely don't want it all to be lawn, or we'll never be done mowing! I saw a lot of that in Holland when I visited. Very few of the homes had actual lawns. Instead, it was all lovely shrubs, flowers, gravel walking paths, and it was gardened and manicured to within an inch of its life. When we did see one house with just a lawn, it looked really out-of-place.

I love the low-maintenance groundcover. The Stonecutter and I have 4 acres, so we definitely don’t want it all to be lawn, or we’ll never be done mowing!

]]> By: Carol http://manolohome.com/2008/03/06/mairzy-doats-and-dozy-doats/#comment-509 Carol Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:26:25 +0000 http://manolohome.com/2008/03/06/mairzy-doats-and-dozy-doats/#comment-509 May I suggest herbs as well? Lavendar grows almost anywhere and is a lovely greyish green. Thyme can be planted between your flagstones, causing fragrance to follow wherever you walk. Lemon thyme, cinnamon thyme, chocolate mint, alyssum - many low growing, hardy, fragrant options.... I can't wait for spring! May I suggest herbs as well? Lavendar grows almost anywhere and is a lovely greyish green. Thyme can be planted between your flagstones, causing fragrance to follow wherever you walk. Lemon thyme, cinnamon thyme, chocolate mint, alyssum - many low growing, hardy, fragrant options…. I can’t wait for spring!

]]> By: Twistie http://manolohome.com/2008/03/06/mairzy-doats-and-dozy-doats/#comment-506 Twistie Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:20:29 +0000 http://manolohome.com/2008/03/06/mairzy-doats-and-dozy-doats/#comment-506 My parents had a 'lawn' of adjuga(sp?). It was this lovely low-lying groundcover with glossy dark green leaves with a bit of violet in the middle. Darn stuff survived drought, snow, and goodness knows what all else. I think it was built to withstand napalm. The really amusing thing was when my father planted some strawberries and we watched the two plants duke it out very slowly until they basically switched sides of the yard. That had to have been the funniest horticultural display I've ever seen. Plus we got gorgeous strawberries every summer. Yum. My parents had a ‘lawn’ of adjuga(sp?). It was this lovely low-lying groundcover with glossy dark green leaves with a bit of violet in the middle. Darn stuff survived drought, snow, and goodness knows what all else. I think it was built to withstand napalm.

The really amusing thing was when my father planted some strawberries and we watched the two plants duke it out very slowly until they basically switched sides of the yard. That had to have been the funniest horticultural display I’ve ever seen. Plus we got gorgeous strawberries every summer. Yum.

]]> By: Never teh Bride http://manolohome.com/2008/03/06/mairzy-doats-and-dozy-doats/#comment-504 Never teh Bride Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:15:00 +0000 http://manolohome.com/2008/03/06/mairzy-doats-and-dozy-doats/#comment-504 Wonderful idea, bobbie-sue -- I think that's what we're planning in the backyard. And thanks for the tip, Mr. Henry! Wonderful idea, bobbie-sue — I think that’s what we’re planning in the backyard.

And thanks for the tip, Mr. Henry!

]]> By: Mr. Henry http://manolohome.com/2008/03/06/mairzy-doats-and-dozy-doats/#comment-503 Mr. Henry Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:09:54 +0000 http://manolohome.com/2008/03/06/mairzy-doats-and-dozy-doats/#comment-503 Great suggestions. Take a look at this forum tomorrow at the New York Public Library on precisely this topic. http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/pep/pepdesc.cfm?id=3996 Great suggestions.

Take a look at this forum tomorrow at the New York Public Library on precisely this topic.

http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/pep/pepdesc.cfm?id=3996

]]> By: bobbie-sue http://manolohome.com/2008/03/06/mairzy-doats-and-dozy-doats/#comment-501 bobbie-sue Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:11:02 +0000 http://manolohome.com/2008/03/06/mairzy-doats-and-dozy-doats/#comment-501 Or put down a winding path of flagstones or brick and plant a garden of low maintenance plants in between. That's what I did and I've never been happier with my yard. Or put down a winding path of flagstones or brick and plant a garden of low maintenance plants in between. That’s what I did and I’ve never been happier with my yard.

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