Bob rejoins Ruth Foster on site to tour the landscape work in progress and see how the design has come to life. Foster outlines the major landscape features, including the orderly Elizabethan-inspired garden in the center of the yard, and the more naturalistic garden near the side of the house. The garden's plant choices are roughly positioned and planting is underway.
Bob takes a tour of the completed landscaping in this episode. Landscape designer Ruth Foster has created a Colonial-themed design. Foster chose to keep a magnificent white pine at the front of the yard and combined it with birch trees in the nearby less formal capability garden. Along the front of the yard Foster had planted a half dozen crabapples that will bloom white in the spring. The centerpiece of the landscape is the Elizabethan garden, guarded by two cedar trees at the front of the yard, almost like sentries. The garden itself is edged with flowers, such as rhododendrons and lilacs, as well as favorites like the roses. In addition, Foster has constructed a raised diamond-shaped bed with a topiary in the middle of the garden.
Landscape architects Rick & Nancy Lamb discuss their landscaping plans. Rick outlines the drawn proposal and explains the various benefits of the chosen plants.
purposes, regular trimming is important to promoting a healthy, good-looking tree. Step 1: Prune small shoots. This appletree has shoots growing along the branches that are robbing energy from forming buds and, in turn, fruit. The best tool for
rubbing branches, plus ones that are unbalanced, are too long, or ruin the shape of the tree. Root suckers, especially on appletrees should also be cut. Then, when the tree leafs out, all the energy stored in the roots will go to that remaining foliage
If you have access to a crabappletree pick up some crabapples and put in your basement or craw space. You shouldnt see anymore spiders, but check the crabapples every so often because the start to stink and rot.