Comments on: Jo’s Garden, with wild reckless abandon https://fleamarketgardening.org/2017/08/02/jos-garden-with-wild-reckless-abandon/ Real people, real gardens, real projects Thu, 10 Aug 2017 16:13:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lisa Welch https://fleamarketgardening.org/2017/08/02/jos-garden-with-wild-reckless-abandon/#comment-18866 Thu, 10 Aug 2017 16:13:48 +0000 https://fleamarketgardening.org/?p=17927#comment-18866 I love your garden Jo. I just want to sit down and read a book by your pond.

]]> By: CDLB https://fleamarketgardening.org/2017/08/02/jos-garden-with-wild-reckless-abandon/#comment-18865 Wed, 09 Aug 2017 23:14:13 +0000 https://fleamarketgardening.org/?p=17927#comment-18865 Lovely, lovely garden. . .and your mosaics are beeeeeuuuutiful! Do you use stained glass, or ceramic tile? And if tile, where do you find them? My local DIY stores only have neutral colors. . .and the cradt store sells only (fairly pricey) little bags of tile in fairly limited color ranges. . .

]]> By: Jo Alexander https://fleamarketgardening.org/2017/08/02/jos-garden-with-wild-reckless-abandon/#comment-18864 Tue, 08 Aug 2017 13:16:16 +0000 https://fleamarketgardening.org/?p=17927#comment-18864 Hi Nancy, Thanks for your kind comment! Come have coffee any time. And have a ball playing with your saved up stuff!

]]> By: Nancy Willhite https://fleamarketgardening.org/2017/08/02/jos-garden-with-wild-reckless-abandon/#comment-18863 Sun, 06 Aug 2017 18:26:00 +0000 https://fleamarketgardening.org/?p=17927#comment-18863 I love your beautiful garden, you have a great eye! It makes me want to come visit and have a cup of coffee with you. It also gives me inspiration to get out and use the things that I have been “saving” for someday…
Thank you so much for sharing your talent.

]]> By: Jo Alexander https://fleamarketgardening.org/2017/08/02/jos-garden-with-wild-reckless-abandon/#comment-18862 Sat, 05 Aug 2017 12:54:41 +0000 https://fleamarketgardening.org/?p=17927#comment-18862 In reply to Janny.

Hi Janny,Thank you! There is nothing better than country living! I grew up in and worked in Baltimore all my life. Was a true city gal….my hubby grew up on a dairy farm – and said NO FARM ANIMALS!!! We do have 3 pups and 5 kitties. He takes care of them all – including the birds, wild turkeys, the deer and every other creature who wanders our way. I love shady areas – mostly because I hate to be too hot, but there is something very intimate and romantic about shady areas. I like imperfection in most things too. A little wabi sabi is great! Wishing you all the best with your shed and gardens.

]]> By: Janny https://fleamarketgardening.org/2017/08/02/jos-garden-with-wild-reckless-abandon/#comment-18861 Sat, 05 Aug 2017 12:15:09 +0000 https://fleamarketgardening.org/?p=17927#comment-18861 Love your mogpog gardening-so beautiful! I too, have a small farm-5 acres- in the middle of a Woods and I’m in the process of making a chicken coop into a she shed which will not be fluffy either. My husband said no livestock when we moved here 20 years ago. I have many sheds and I’m excited about finally making the chicken coop into a working shed. I’ve been collecting junk all these years and hopefully have a way to use it now. I have many perennials and a country style Garden and inspired to make a shade garden from your post. I like a garden that is not perfect. Thanks for sharing all your ideas Love the doors, too!

]]> By: Jo Alexander https://fleamarketgardening.org/2017/08/02/jos-garden-with-wild-reckless-abandon/#comment-18860 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 18:01:54 +0000 https://fleamarketgardening.org/?p=17927#comment-18860 In reply to zee.

Hi Zee, thank you! I am always amazed by the range of planted beauty in any number of environments. And it is good to drag in the art… for me it offers color when plants fail. Good for you, no giving up!

]]> By: Jo Alexander https://fleamarketgardening.org/2017/08/02/jos-garden-with-wild-reckless-abandon/#comment-18859 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 17:59:43 +0000 https://fleamarketgardening.org/?p=17927#comment-18859 In reply to Debra Moore.

Thanks so much Debra! I know, day to day takes a toll. But gardening – it rescues the soul! Wishing you all the best as you move forward into the dirt!

]]> By: Jo Alexander https://fleamarketgardening.org/2017/08/02/jos-garden-with-wild-reckless-abandon/#comment-18858 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 17:58:09 +0000 https://fleamarketgardening.org/?p=17927#comment-18858 In reply to Violet Buss.

Thanks Violet and thanks for your kind encouragement!

]]> By: Jo Alexander https://fleamarketgardening.org/2017/08/02/jos-garden-with-wild-reckless-abandon/#comment-18857 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 17:57:04 +0000 https://fleamarketgardening.org/?p=17927#comment-18857 In reply to Patty.

Hi Patty, thanks so much. Giant Coltsfoot, aka Giant Butterbur, aka Petacites Japonicus giganteus is one of my favorite plants. I saw it in a garden book years ago – I live in PA but ordered it from the Big Dipper Nursery in Oregon. Sorry to say they are no longer there. It came in a box – and was quite heavy. When I took it out it was very pulpy looking… like the underground part of hostas. It was dormant and so odd looking, I had my doubts that it would do anything….I have since shared it with many gardening friends. If you live near me (close to Harrisburg, PA) I will gladly share it with you! If you want to contact me further I am on FB and have a page there – Grandmother Moon Mosaics. Thanks again!

]]> By: Jo Alexander https://fleamarketgardening.org/2017/08/02/jos-garden-with-wild-reckless-abandon/#comment-18856 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 17:50:55 +0000 https://fleamarketgardening.org/?p=17927#comment-18856 In reply to SusZanne.

Thank you, Suzanne. I used pressure treated 8 ft long 4x4s as my posts then I put pressure treated 2×6 x 8 boards across the posts. One at top, one at bottom. Each door is screwed into the cross boards multiple times. The doors may rot, but the frame should survive. The screws are the long, rust proof outdoor worthy variety. Then I used a good quality outdoor paint in 3 different colors as accent colors…. hope you have as much fun as I did!

]]> By: Jo Alexander https://fleamarketgardening.org/2017/08/02/jos-garden-with-wild-reckless-abandon/#comment-18855 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 17:48:10 +0000 https://fleamarketgardening.org/?p=17927#comment-18855 In reply to Joan.

You are welcome, Joan and thank you! Welcome to retirement – it is a wonderful time. I have done most of this work in the last 5 years. I hope to see your pictures here on FMG soon!

]]> By: Jo Alexander https://fleamarketgardening.org/2017/08/02/jos-garden-with-wild-reckless-abandon/#comment-18854 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 17:45:35 +0000 https://fleamarketgardening.org/?p=17927#comment-18854 In reply to Marlene Stephenson.

Thanks, Marlene, I will tell you I walk it for hours and never see all the weeds – they have been terrible this year!

]]> By: zee https://fleamarketgardening.org/2017/08/02/jos-garden-with-wild-reckless-abandon/#comment-18853 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 17:18:53 +0000 https://fleamarketgardening.org/?p=17927#comment-18853 A true delight for my senses…all of them. I have garden envy. I struggle here on my little farm in Texas with the soaring temps and almost unbearable humidity. I still dig away….drag “art” into my space and ponder on my next project. You inspired me to not give up. I will never have the lushness of your paradise, but I am quite fond of rocks and cactus. Lol

]]> By: Debra Moore https://fleamarketgardening.org/2017/08/02/jos-garden-with-wild-reckless-abandon/#comment-18852 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 04:51:07 +0000 https://fleamarketgardening.org/?p=17927#comment-18852 Beautiful and so creative. I love the doors and all the plants! Truely a work of art. You have inspired me to get going on my garden again. Like so many others I got lost in the day to day and my garden has taken a backseat, but I’m ready to get my ideas out there in the dirt. Thank you for sharing your special place.

]]> By: Violet Buss https://fleamarketgardening.org/2017/08/02/jos-garden-with-wild-reckless-abandon/#comment-18851 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 03:20:32 +0000 https://fleamarketgardening.org/?p=17927#comment-18851 Jo, your gardens and garden art are out of this world. I loved the mosaics, I wish I had your talent. You can’t be anything if not inspired to try to make something beautiful from nothing. Keep up the good work.

]]> By: Patty https://fleamarketgardening.org/2017/08/02/jos-garden-with-wild-reckless-abandon/#comment-18850 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 03:09:43 +0000 https://fleamarketgardening.org/?p=17927#comment-18850 I forgot to mention your pond, I love it, it absolutely looks like it was born there and I love the fact that you use wild daylilies, I use them also, I happen to think thy are very, very pretty and so darn easy to grow.
Can you tell me where you got your Giant Coltsfoot maybe I could call them and they would ship me a few. That will be the number one thing on my pea brain now until I get one haha, oh how I love FMG.

]]> By: Patty https://fleamarketgardening.org/2017/08/02/jos-garden-with-wild-reckless-abandon/#comment-18849 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 21:22:18 +0000 https://fleamarketgardening.org/?p=17927#comment-18849 Oh my goodness Jo where do I start. Your garden is so gorgeous everywhere I look it is just amazing. I love shade gardens if I could I would have our whole acre with nothing but shade and beautiful shade plants. I have researched shade plants for years and I have quite a few, but I don’t have Giant Coltsfoot, I have never heard of this gorgeous plant, is it a bulb? and is it hardy? it is just what I need for one of my shade gardens.
I wish I had your artistic ability, your mosaics are so beautiful, I could live amongst all that beauty.
I hope we can continue to peek into your gardens and see your new creations. Thank you so much for sharing with us.

]]> By: SusZanne https://fleamarketgardening.org/2017/08/02/jos-garden-with-wild-reckless-abandon/#comment-18848 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 20:49:19 +0000 https://fleamarketgardening.org/?p=17927#comment-18848 How lovely!!! An adventure for the eyes and heart…could you explain how you installed the doors in detail. I have been saving doors for awhile hopefully to do such a project, would appreciate your help 🙂

]]> By: Joan https://fleamarketgardening.org/2017/08/02/jos-garden-with-wild-reckless-abandon/#comment-18847 Thu, 03 Aug 2017 20:21:23 +0000 https://fleamarketgardening.org/?p=17927#comment-18847 I am spellbound! I want to Live in this garden! I have recently retired and am just finding time to start “living my dream” and working in my beloved flower beds. I painted my frond door pur;le! The game is on and Jo, you are an inspiration! I just wish I had an eye as keen as yours. I love a bargain and I love to scavenger. After seeing this, I will press on! Thank you so much for sharing your gift.

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