Work in progress

[t00lie]

A few pics of a new crevice bed completed outside the Alpine House last weekend.

The reasons for the building activity were two fold--

One --for some time i haven't been happy at how the crevices in the A/H end at height abruptly upon reaching the wire mesh sides and felt continuing the rock outside would paint a more harmonious scene.
Two --running out of space to plant numerous germinated seed.

The new bed is small --some 3.5 metres in length--1.5 depth at one end --tapering to a point at the other.

While in the last pic it appears the distance between each row of rocks is very wide ,i did in fact place 2 ,(or in some instances 3 ),different sheets of rocks at a lower level within each new crevice.These are hidden just below the soil level.   

Aligning the new rock on the same plane as in the A/H achieves the indoor outdoor flow i was trying to capture.

Cheers Dave

[Paddy Tobin]

Dave,

Good use of what would otherwise be an awkward space with which you could do nothing.

May they all grow well and I look forward to photographs at a later stage.

Paddy

[Lesley Cox]

 achieves the indoor outdoor flow i was trying to capture.

You're beginning to sound like a real estate agent Dave

[t00lie]

Just back from 3 days in Christchurch at our oldest daughters graduation from Uni ceremony so catching up on an overflowing email inbox.

Received your Calostemma purpurea seeds? /bulblets  Fermi ,(via Lesley), so a big thank you both.Interesting that some had already germinated /shown growth -only wish all plants were like that .

Paddy --could be awhile before any good flowering shots of the plot ---mainly consists of small bulbs ,(Crocus,Narcissus etc), that germinated about 6 months ago,(last spring), -(i'm experimenting again) ie. normally i'd keep the youngsters in their pots for the next season and go through the effort of thinning out /repotting later -- i'm keen to see how they cope with having been tipped straight out of the pots with minimal disturbance.

 
You're beginning to sound like a real estate agent Dave

Yes it does read a bit like that.

Hilda my wife,(very keen she was), and i recently went an open home to view a house in the vicinity on the market as a private sale.The advertised details had all the real estate goblygook so i guess that is how the phase came to hand.

Luckily in closer detail the property wasn't suitable so we've agreed to hold on to our current patch of paradise.

Cheers Dave