The Home Ownership Thread

[nootje]

We shouldn’t have to water with the plants we’ve got. But the climate really is changing, so a couple of times a year the hose comes out. Perhaps some more Mediterranean plants will have an easier time.

 

[double00]

Lol at waterers period. When we had our yard done, we used all plants that are designed to survive in NC climate, so while we had to water the first year to get everything established, we haven't watered since. The plants are doing great and almost zero maintenance.

this is the general idea here .

i've given a fair bit of thought to a reconsideration of what it means to produce fruit as a basic husbandry ( which to me is really important in a domestic landscape ) and a bit more specifically the notion of more stringently native fruits ...

to me this opens up a couple of promising avenues of inquiry : one has the do with the landscape and modeling a design idiom and accompanying management regime along exactly ^ these lines , creating a cast iron scheme that is essentially proofed against pests and other expenses . the other has to do with the resultant raw materials being harvested , and developing downstream products that are marketable and scalable . settlers use to make jelly out of manzanita fruit , i've had elderberry in pie etc , stuff like that . it should be novel and delicious and seems eminently possible ...

... one of the issues here is we're on a quarter acre and the house splits the lot , easements overhead and below etc , trying to fit in native material sometimes requires a bigger lot etc . it's a work in progress , currently stripping down and rebuilding the backyard , maybe i'll share some drawings as i go

 

[Gibonius]

Lol at waterers period. When we had our yard done, we used all plants that are designed to survive in NC climate, so while we had to water the first year to get everything established, we haven't watered since. The plants are doing great and almost zero maintenance.

+1. I barely water except when plants are getting established. I might crack out the sprinkler for the lawn if there's a sustained 90+ period, but that's maybe once or twice a year.

Most plants are tougher than people give them credit for, and if they're not, they're probably just not suited for where you're trying to grow them.

 

[brokencycle]

LOL @ not bending nature to man's will.

Don't you live somewhere outwest where you're relying on water from other states?

 

[Gibonius]

Also it seems like when I do water, there's a near 100% likelihood that I'll get rain that day. I am apparently some kind of minor rain god.


To wit, I am currently watering a few newly installed plants and now we're going to get thunderstorms.

 

[Gibonius]

Don't you live somewhere outwest where you're relying on water from other states?

 

[Numbernine]

Up the hill a bit if my Piodar is still accurate to within 60 ft as per spec

 

[Gibonius]

Up the hill a bit if my Piodar is still accurate to within 60 ft as per spec

Every city in the Southwest is an affront to God.

 

[sugarbutch]

For whatever reason, I thought our setback meister was in the eastern part of the country.

 

[PhilKenSebben]

For whatever reason, I thought our setback meister was in the eastern part of the country.

I had the same belief. huh

 

[double00]

i see him in a taliesen-west type of environment but idk

 

[Piobaire]

 

[PhilKenSebben]

Does anyone have a Geiger counter? That much travertine in one location must be putting off a radioactive signature


Alternatively, does NBER have a "American made fire glass" category in it's economic models? If so we might be able to decompose some state by state trends and identify the first 3 or 4 ton deliveries to his house.

 

[jack webb]

Lol at waterers period. When we had our yard done, we used all plants that are designed to survive in NC climate, so while we had to water the first year to get everything established, we haven't watered since. The plants are doing great and almost zero maintenance.

Pretty good, but I'll see you that and raise you this: we ripped up what lawn we had and put down mulch. Doesn't get much more low-maintenance than that.

 

[PhilKenSebben]

Pretty good, but I'll see you that and raise you this: we ripped up what lawn we had and put down mulch. Doesn't get much more low-maintenance than that.

just.... all mulch?

How big is your front yard?