What is your view?

[Upsy Daisy]

Local 'Grand House'

Mottisfont Abbey and its rose garden

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Another stately home not too far away..

Kingston Lacey..and gardens

 

[Sheal]

Congratulations and good luck in your new home @Beverly, the area looks stunning!

 

[Mrsclem]

Morning sun from the deck.

 

[Becky]

Ooh I used to live near Kingston Lacey! Did you go there recently @Upsy Daisy?

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Hi @Becky, yes a couple of weeks ago. We live fairly near so go there a lot. We don't necessarily go into the house each time but just have a picnic in the gorgeous gardens/ park lands . So love it there!

 

[Esther Knapicius]

Sitting on my front stoop having coffee yesterday and this was my view to my right side.

 

[Sheal]

@Esther Knapicius I know you are surrounded by many trees, do they shut out a lot of sunlight? The Hosta looks healthy, no slugs around I would think.

 

[Esther Knapicius]

@Esther Knapicius I know you are surrounded by many trees, do they shut out a lot of sunlight? The Hosta looks healthy, no slugs around I would think.

Some areas greater shade, some intense sun as the sun moves etc. those hosta in that picture above will not be entirely happy in August as there is a good 4 hours of intense sun on that area. We did have 8 trees taken out 3 summers ago, two of which were right at the front. Letting more sun in. Yep, no slugs. No dear to eat hostas also.
Thanks for asking.

 

[Sheal]

Thanks Esther. I've not had Hosta's before but there are some in this new garden of mine and the deer don't seem to have found them yet. There doesn't seem to be any slugs here either.

 

[Esther Knapicius]

I am on this one side forum on facebook, they are hosta crazy. To me a hosta is first a filler plant and a plant to help center stage another plant, and lastly one that goes where no other will go, and an easy plant. Can't say that to them, they'd be outraged. LOL. With all that said, I did buy two mini hosta's they will be used as hidden surprises in one of my gardens, a small delight, just have not figured where yet. for now they are sitting nicely in my garden room.

 

[MaryMary]

I've just gone through the whole thread again, and looked at all the pretty places from around the world. Thanks everyone for contributing!!

Now I want to go somewhere!!


@Jason McCombs, are those Cypress trees in the second picture? That's a beautiful river you have, there!

 

[marlingardener]

The view across our pasture, with the pond in the background. The brown across the pond is our neighbor's field, and he just mowed and baled the first cutting of hay.
MaryMary, if you get the itch to visit Texas, I can show you better views than this one!

 

[Beverly]

I equally love the northeast view from the balcony, the vegetation goes on for days and the sun risings over the Sierra Madre Mountains are more colorful than the sunsets have been. From this balcony i can see the main boulevard and the many commercial centers, cinemas, etc. which are only 10 minutes away, all down hill and traffic noises are muffled. Also, in the city is a major port, not tarted up for tourist consumption, down, gritty, tough, hard working. The freighters, container ships, etc are all in my sight line coming and going but the port itself is not.

 

[MaryMary]

marlingardener, I would happily look at anything that looks like "Texas, not Ohio!!" (I would thoroughly enjoy giving treats to the ladies, and cuddling the kittens!! )


Oh, Beverly!! Your pictures look like postcards!! Wow! Are you all done with the moving? Got unpacked and settled in?