The new trend in green walls is fascinating and probably will be with us for a long time. But if you’re not quite ambitious enough to take that on yet, more traditional planted retaining walls can be a nice way to get a good dose of vertical gardening. And they make a lot of sense with the sloping lots many of us have here in the Ouachita and Ozark Mountains.
I loved the long green wall at Powell Gardens on Tuesday, but was really impressed with the wall at Botanica in Wichita shown here. If you look closely, you’ll see that each of this plants is growing in a black mesh container with soilless mix behind a layer of sphagnum moss. A pretty standard setup for a hanging basket, but these are like a nursery flat turned on their edge and stuck into gaps left in the stone that are the perfect size into which they can fit. There were a wide variety of plants down the 50 feet or so of planted area on this wall, but with drip irrigation, seems it would be a great way to create a pretty easily built and maintained wall.
The important issue is chosing the right plants, You’ll need those that are well adapted to fairly dry conditions, but this can actually be an asset with some of the herbs like lavender that don’t like the humid, hot climate of the South. Just imagine this wall, covered in hanging batches of lavender and Lebanese oregano in full bloom. It would be really spectacular in half to all day sun. For the latter, you’d probably need to look at succulents like Echevaria (hen and chicks) or Aeonium that are really drought tolerant. But with a good drip irrigation system, this could be fairly easy to manage.
Look around, do you have a place for a showy display like this?
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The bottle soduns like it would work! Not to long ago I saw an episode of Gardening by the Yard where they were talking about this very thing for less than 5 bucks although not as easy as filling a bottle lol. Over time, however, it would be easier I suppose than filling the bottle over and over again. Anyway, I found the episode on HGTV.com and here’s what Farmer Fred Hoffman had to say to James on the episode. Hoffman recommends saving old PVC pipes to create an inexpensive drip irrigation system. You need an on/off valve, a couple of pieces of garden hose with the female ends attached, a joiner, a male PVC adapter with a female 1/2-inch slip thread, a length of 1/2-inch PVC pipe, and a screw-on end cap to make the system. Drill holes halfway through the PVC pipe about 12 to 18 inches apart for clay soil, and 9 to 12 inches apart for sandy soil. Connect the hose parts to the source of water. Next, join the PVC male adapter to the slip thread end of the 1/2 inch pipe, and screw on the end cap. Hoffman says there’s no need to glue anything because this is a low-pressure system. Turn on the water just a little bit, and adjust the stream of the pipe as desired. The total cost of this project is around $ 5. It seems to me that one could also just use an old water hose with tiny holes in it as long as there was (can’t think of what they are called lol) something on the end of it stopping the water from coming out the end (lol, sorry that didn’t sound very smart lol)Anyway, please overlook my ignorance today and I hope this helped some.
This is getting a bit more sujiectbve, but I much prefer the Zune Marketplace. The interface is colorful, has more flair, and some cool features like Mixview’ that let you quickly see related albums, songs, or other users related to what you’re listening to. Clicking on one of those will center on that item, and another set of neighbors will come into view, allowing you to navigate around exploring by similar artists, songs, or users. Speaking of users, the Zune Social is also great fun, letting you find others with shared tastes and becoming friends with them. You then can listen to a playlist created based on an amalgamation of what all your friends are listening to, which is also enjoyable. Those concerned with privacy will be relieved to know you can prevent the public from seeing your personal listening habits if you so choose.