This video is not my railroad, but simply an example of what one (or two) can do when they want to be creative.
The great thing about my BNSF desert railroad with three main lines is this: I can pretend I am Warren Buffet, but I loath the fact that I do not earn his kind of salary. LOL
Yes, I have visions of pumpkin colored rattlers serpentining there way around cacti and sand. BNSF looks great in the desert…
I wish the author and his girlfriend many happy years of garden railroading.
Almost a year in the making … today … we finally have PLANTS!!!
Our local Lowes just received a fresh delivery of just what I had been waiting for,
We bought some White, Violet & Pink, about 50 plants in total.
I also re-did my troublesome corner that I had tried using the Aristo trestle stuff. I don’t have the patience to build a real trestle so I built what I know how and what will survive for many years
Keep your shears handy…it’ll encroach on your track…
That’s what I am hoping for Ken!
Vincent
Good to see the green!
It looks like your fish did OK over the winter too!
Tyme will look good also!
Sean McGillicuddy said:
Vincent
Good to see the green!
It looks like your fish did OK over the winter too!
Tyme will look good also!
We lost one fish right after I started the filter system up in April.
He made it through the winter and even lived the last 4-years with only one eye! (he was 13-years old).
My local Lowes has a ton of dwarf alberta spruce trees, I plan on picking up about (7) of them to put around the raised corner section of track.
Also going to look for more plants to put along the fence by the train station.
I think we lost one also,as I haven’t seen her.
Need to go in and pull the pump , take apart,clean it , and the stone that is in the basket with the pump.
I did the filter once so far, that will get done after the pump!
Sean
Some years ago we had a ground cover plant known as the poached egg plant - http://www.rhs.org.uk/education-learning/gardening-children-schools/family-activities/Grow-it-!/grow/poached-egg-plant
What it doesn’t tell you is it has a pretty fast spreading rate -well it did here! But it is pretty and cheerful. However it had gone by the time my railroad appeared.
So I had a few dollars left from my paycheck last week and wanted to go grab some of the Dwarf Alberta Spruce trees that Lowes had gotten in, both of my local stores had RACKS of the small 2-quart potted trees for under $10/ea…
Well, as my luck would have it they are ALL gone. So I was able to pick up some of the slightly larger ones for $18/ea… and even these are in very short supply.
My question though, is how close can I plant these together? I am thinking about 12"-16" apart going around the corner so it will give them some room to grow and fill in.
No closer than eighteen inches. Twenty four is probably better . if its hot where you live, I recommend automatic drip irrigation, as those trees are native to Alberta, hence, the name.
If you plan on keeping them sheared back, they’re OK close together, but they do get big. I have 3 that are about 20 years old that are 4’ across the base and 8-10’ high.
(and the sparrows love nesting in them…;))
If you plan on keeping them sheared back, they’re OK close together, but they do get big. I have 3 that are about 20 years old that are 4’ across the base and 8-10’ high.
(and the sparrows love nesting in them…;))
Plan them close together if you can. They will look much better. I would recomend trimming them as they get get very bushy. Take a look at my photos, I trim the branches a lot. Durimng the summer I will water every other day unless we get rain, most times we do. I have over 60plus and never lost one yet.
I have been planting fairly close also. About 12" to !8".
I have about 25 in the ground now. They are very hardy and do not require a lot of maintenance. They have done well in hot Tennessee summers and this recent blasted cold winter.
Once established I let nature water them only.
Doc Tom
Tom Grabenstein said:
I have been planting fairly close also. About 12" to !8".
I have about 25 in the ground now. They are very hardy and do not require a lot of maintenance. They have done well in hot Tennessee summers and this recent blasted cold winter.
Once established I let nature water them only.
Doc Tom
Beautiful garden railroad
We managed to get the trees planted and a few flowery bush thingies… I forget what they are, I call them the pink and red plants!
We also cleaned and leveled all the track, put our revamped bridge back in place and had our first run of the season!
Thats looking good, I picked eight dwarf at lowes to.
Vincent D’Agostino said:
We managed to get the trees planted and a few flowery bush thingies… I forget what they are, I call them the pink and red plants!
Azelas…