I have loads of mad schemes for the Spring.

I will most likely complete the palmscape by acquiring some Saw Palmettos. Last year's mail order specimen showed up distressed and croaked. Same with the Mazari I bought, so I may try for another one of those as well.

I have to complete the Japanese Garden with some larger shrubs.

I am going to create an exotic shade garden on the north side of the house. It will probably included a Camellia, Skimmia, Fatsia, Cast Iron Plants, and tons of ferns. Tempted to try one palm there...

Gingkoa Bilboa tree in the front yard.

Much more, but I also have to paint the Lordhaus and that is going to eat up a lot of time.

paint the Lordhaus

A good pressure-wash might give you a few years... 😉

Dont forget about bamboo for the shade and japanese gardens 😈

paint the Lordhaus

A good pressure-wash might give you a few years... 😉

Actually, that is part of the plan. After I strip the old paint- which is beginning to peel in earnest. Plus, I want to paint the brick parts as well. Moderate earth tone- blend in with the flora.

Charles, I might hire someone to do that just so I could get on with the gardening project.

And you could keep an eye on the work while you're out there... :angry7:

Re the earth tones...good plan, goes with everything you might plant.
We've got 30+ year old "orangeish" bricks at the front entrance, also a double-flue wide chimney in the same (yuk) color.
No point in painting one if you can't do the other, right?
Barb

Way to go , Jacklord!!!! I hardly wait to see the pics. Palms and Camellias, oh man.... I guess Sabal would be fine in shade, eh?
Rob

I need to move somewhere warmer 👿 👿 👿 👿 👿 👿 👿

For once, it is warmer where you are than where I am right now. --Erik

Holy hell eric your right LOL. IO bet those thermacubes are workin over time.... you get any snow dude?

Not enough snow to make a difference--about 1 cm.
Thermocube in the palm hut is going strong; it is -5 oC in there right now. Fine for the palms in there but the Musa basjoo pseudostems (leaves long gone) won't like it.
We didn't get up to freezing yesterday and won't get close to the end of the week. :verycold:

Your temps today, are a typical january for me. Double the socks, and fill up on coffee and some homemade soup LOL

This should make you feel better, your temps wed - monday

5°C 1°C 4°C 9°C 14°C 5°C

Charles, I might hire someone to do that just so I could get on with the gardening project.

And you could keep an eye on the work while you're out there... :angry7:

Re the earth tones...good plan, goes with everything you might plant.
We've got 30+ year old "orangeish" bricks at the front entrance, also a double-flue wide chimney in the same (yuk) color.
No point in painting one if you can't do the other, right?
Barb

Would be nice, but money is a finite resource around the L'Etat Lord. I have to hire someone to remove this hideous aluminum siding. Hopefully, the originally wood will still be usable.

And painting is something I actually am capable of doing reasonably well. 😉

Way to go , Jacklord!!!! I hardly wait to see the pics. Palms and Camellias, oh man.... I guess Sabal would be fine in shade, eh?
Rob

I was thinking Sable. Get a small one and see if it can cut it there. 8)

AFter having some more time to think about it.... These are my plans to sping/summer:

- Repot half of my houseplants ( thats like 50 bags of potting soil 😯 )
-Create the cactus bed for the chollo and opuntia ( mabey some yucca)
- Create a new bed ( about 10x10) in teh low shade/high sunlight area
-plant the miscantus, and about 100 other assorted pots of stuff ill have
- finish up the bed with the wegelia and bamboo to create a somewhat keyhole garden
-trim the out of control lilac trees ( havnt been touched for 10 years)
-tame the caragana hedge that hasnt been touched in 15 years
-Help my dad weld together the new metal frame pergula
- Acidify the soil around my azalea ( coffe ground and pine multch, and azalea fert)
-control the phyllostachys growth
- I have about 100 pounds of veggie scraps frozen in the back portch, waiting to be dumped into the compost..........

and another 20 things.....

Sabal would be fine in shade, eh?

Summer 2010 edition of The Palmateer states "S.etonia and S.minor look best in light shade...longer petioles attained under more shady conditions."

remove this hideous aluminum siding.

Recycled aluminum is worth big bucks around here. The installers of our alum. soffits went around and picked up all (and I mean ALL) the little scraps of aluminum from around the saw!

Erik why is it only -5C with a thermocube?

Jesse, do nurseries in your area stock Sunshine Aggregate Plus Mix #4 soil? Professional soil mix 3.8 cubic feet. 107 litres!
John in Kelowna recommends it, uses for all his palms.
I just bought one $23.00. Cheap
The bale was so heavy, couldn't get it out of the trunk without help!

Acidify the soil around my azalea

Monthly applications of epsom salts (avail at drugstore) are cheap and easy, works faster than mulch.
Quite the list you have.