tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post7134894101989996505..comments2023-04-28T04:10:44.539-07:00Comments on My Back 40 (Feet): Gamble Gardenchuck b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00882763861745236443noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-50619640033125605602008-04-09T13:31:00.000-07:002008-04-09T13:31:00.000-07:00Yeah, I'm not wowed by the garden design here, and...Yeah, I'm not wowed by the garden design here, and there's far too much super-exciting mulch to look at, but it's interesting to me to see so many unfamiliar plants. Do you know what the blue-flowering bush is in the last picture?Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16233060833186241702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-11777269751903658502008-04-06T18:34:00.000-07:002008-04-06T18:34:00.000-07:00It's a garden of very successful plants, but very ...It's a garden of very successful plants, but very utilitarian and charmless.<BR/><BR/>It's pretty. But not beautiful. <BR/><BR/>I hope no one at the Gamble Garden ever finds this blog post.chuck b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00882763861745236443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-23067971015159848362008-04-06T17:46:00.000-07:002008-04-06T17:46:00.000-07:00Ah... I think I get it. So if it were not quite un...Ah... I think I get it. So if it were not quite understandable, but in that way that you feel some kind of magic going on, it would be okay. But the magic is missing, and it's all not helped by the utilitarianism of the layout?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14395380166485303934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-68109886766504331432008-04-06T14:59:00.000-07:002008-04-06T14:59:00.000-07:00Okay, this post has me salivating....both for the ...Okay, this post has me salivating....both for the amazing succulents that I always need more of, and the generally phallic quality to your pictures...you know how it is! ;-)lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18133943147518051559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-32051892353939183742008-04-05T21:16:00.000-07:002008-04-05T21:16:00.000-07:00I swear to God, I was more sentimental before gett...I swear to God, I was more sentimental before getting pregnant. Now I'm more vulgar.JvAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13300544674853649714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-18190415326429134452008-04-05T19:18:00.000-07:002008-04-05T19:18:00.000-07:00You are so pregnant.You are <I>so</I> pregnant.chuck b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00882763861745236443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-69764347945799157212008-04-05T18:49:00.000-07:002008-04-05T18:49:00.000-07:00The Ceanothus in the distance in that last shot is...The Ceanothus in the distance in that last shot is so beautiful it makes my heart ache.JvAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13300544674853649714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-18155482207331061362008-04-05T16:42:00.000-07:002008-04-05T16:42:00.000-07:00Oh, and then in the rows, plants are placed next t...Oh, and then in the rows, plants are placed next to other plants with no rhyme or reason. A bed of delphinium next to a bed of hebe next to a bed of daisies. Why?chuck b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00882763861745236443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-40609683264267221332008-04-05T16:40:00.000-07:002008-04-05T16:40:00.000-07:00Inside, it's all laid out in rows. Row upon monot...Inside, it's all laid out in rows. Row upon monotonous row. The plants in the rows are nice, but I think beds matter. This is a garden that's designed with gardening efficiency foremost in mind. I do not know anything about gardening efficiently. Is it joyful?chuck b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00882763861745236443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-84543150034784794952008-04-05T12:39:00.000-07:002008-04-05T12:39:00.000-07:00What logic is it that you have trouble relating to...What logic is it that you have trouble relating to? The echiums in the orchard kind of logic?<BR/><BR/>(Just curious. I like to pick people's brains, and all that.)<BR/><BR/>Beautiful garden, and all of those succulents.. they would get me into trouble. The easter bunny topiary I could happily leave instead of take, however.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14395380166485303934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-579201007043319762008-04-05T08:10:00.000-07:002008-04-05T08:10:00.000-07:00It's some kind of poppy, but I don't know the name...It's some kind of poppy, but I don't know the name.chuck b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00882763861745236443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-45134661167729362232008-04-05T02:38:00.000-07:002008-04-05T02:38:00.000-07:00Wow! Beautiful succulents. And that Echium wildpre...Wow! Beautiful succulents. And that Echium wildpretii....I have to get some seeds of that! Do you know the name of that yellow flower that comes between the succulents pictures?gintoinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17909773860893386823noreply@blogger.com