tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223294603002782762.post652664771109324412..comments2024-03-24T06:10:25.358-07:00Comments on Noel's Garden Blog: Is this the most beautiful garden ever? Travels in Mitteleuropa part5. Noel Kingsburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09443137231998907024noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223294603002782762.post-44991280748976656642015-07-06T00:00:58.946-07:002015-07-06T00:00:58.946-07:00It's such a visual relief to see tight shaped ...It's such a visual relief to see tight shaped spaces contained by selective pruning and yet have the out of the box crazy growth like the celery take a curious focal point. One is invited to lean in and take notice of unusual designs. Another note, these plants must attract beneficial insects galore!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14847829086308680003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223294603002782762.post-68426579351598382182010-11-18T09:32:44.557-08:002010-11-18T09:32:44.557-08:00Nigel, I'm really enjoying your blog on a regu...Nigel, I'm really enjoying your blog on a regular basis. I love the locust log creation, and I'm assuming that would be our (American) Robinia pseudoacacia. Yes? I'm going to send you some images of a lovely fence I just had made for a client using skinned, black locust logs (the woodworker/fence maker cut the trees on his property; you know I love this!) as posts, and white oak and beech for the uprights and horizontals. It's brand new, so it hasn't "silvered-out" yet, but can't resist sharing with you anyway. <br /><br />I also loved the curious collection of clipped box that caught your eye. For the above-mentioned client, I'm planning to create a sculptural border of closely-integrated, tightly-clipped shrubs -- box, of course; perhaps some of the smaller xbumalda type Spiraeas; azaleas, hollies, and so on -- next spring, and the photo of the whimsical box was just what I needed to see. The idea for this planting came from the client, who lives in Tokyo, after a recent visit he made to the Shinjuku Imperial Gardens. The garden we're making is here in the Catskills, and is one I'd love to share with you when you can get to my neck of the woods.<br /><br />Best,<br />DeanDean Riddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08306911641310547499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5223294603002782762.post-35068180866979693602010-10-22T11:16:36.640-07:002010-10-22T11:16:36.640-07:00Curiously I do have a virtually unlimited supply o...Curiously I do have a virtually unlimited supply of Robinia logs and was very curious about the structure you described in which logs are rammed vertically into the ground and gaps are filled with dirt. Could you provide an image?Chuck Gleaveshttp://lifestylegarden.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com