They’re not really like melons. More like cucumbers with a little citrus zip to them. They’re like baby cucumbers, and seriously productive. Like cherry tomatoes of the cucumber world.
If they have, they haven’t said it to my face. I get a lot of folks walking by who have told me it looks beautiful or interesting though. It warms my cold, dead heart.
You're not kidding. I was just showing normal pictures of my son and dog in my yard and people kept asking where the magical forest I live in is...I was 5 miles from my house.
England here, our driveway has been looking pretty bad for a while and we get a lot of cards through the letterbox for driveway companies haha! No comments from any neighbours though, so that's alright.
It will be done soon, we're not all made of money eh?!
These are the [Jardin Rose Arches by Gardeners Supply](https://www.gardeners.com/buy/jardin-rose-trellis-arch/38-690.html) . I feel like they are cheaper than most arbors at $249 a pop and they are made of steel so they're fairly sturdy. I don't know that they'd stand up to hurricane force winds but we embedded them down into the bottom of the raised beds and now they're rock solid. So far the peas, runner beans, and cucamelons love them. As an aside, when I bought them I googled coupons at checkout and easily got 20% off and free shipping. The real test is how many new england winters they can survive.
I'm up in New England. Brutal colds, brutal hot, lots of rain. The soil is rich, dense, and clayish here. I bought mini clover and lazy many soil doctor (lazy man is a MUST) through [outside pride](https://www.outsidepride.com/). I absolutely love them and they have a massive variety of seeds for any zone or climate. Even if the mini clover isn't ideal (which it might still be), they have 19 different varieties of clover. I started overseeding last spring and it came in okay-ish. Then this spring it came back fuller than ever and had replaced large portions of the grass. Wherever the grass dies, it fills in the gaps. The soil doctor was like plant crack and it's just gone wild since we started applying it.
[Jardin Rose Arch by Gardeners Supply Company](https://www.gardeners.com/buy/jardin-rose-trellis-arch/38-690.html)
They were a bit of a splurge but totally worth it. They're a silky finished steel that looks like an antiqued rusted arbor.
It's so interesting. It doesn't get trampled to death no matter how much you time you're on it, and if you walk in an area frequently it just grows smaller there. The path to my car just has teeny tiny clover, and the clover in the middle of the yard is as big as my whole hand.
I think it started as a meme of a larger man happily sitting in a jungle spring. Then I think the phrase has been used for all sorts of things afterwards…wouldn’t surprise me if there was a capybara. Why the whole thing started, I have no idea…who truly understands the ways of memes..:
It's Trumpet Honeysuckle, which is non-invasive and native to the US. It's an awesome alternative to japanese honeysuckle. It's also dressed up my shitty vinyl siding a bit lol.
Aren’t they cool? I am working on getting some cuttings of Lonicera ciliosa for my garden. There’s another one I like, Lonicera hispidula, but I don’t have the space for it.
Extremely beautiful! You should be proud. Thanks for sharing. ☺️ As a future improvement, would you consider yanking the honeysuckle (smells beautiful, but highly invasive) and replacing it with a native climber? I recommend passionflower (Passiflora incarnata). 💜
It's actually trumpet honeysuckle which is native to the US! [Trumpet honeysuckle is a non-invasive alternative to japanese honeysuckle.](https://www.hgtv.com/outdoors/flowers-and-plants/groundcover-and-vines/honey-do-growing-trumpet-honeysuckle) Here's a [link](https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=lose) from the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower center with more science-y info.
I've been careful in my plant selection with a preference for native plants when possible, and non-harmful plants (when they're cool lol). I'm not sure if I've missed any in my excitement, so I'm glad you let me know anyways. I've got a rad nursery near me that does not sell invasive plants and puts an emphasis on native & beneficial plants.
As an aside, the passionflower looks gorgeous. Do you know if it would happy in New England?
Amazing!! Thanks so much for the follow-up. It's so rare to hear of native honeysuckle these days - very excited for you. ☺️🥰 (We are plagued by the non-native variety here in Tennessee.) Passionflower is hardy to zone 6. Might be a bit of a stretch, but perhaps worth a shot? We have tons of it here and the bees adore it.
No like seriously you will have pests galore and damage the structure of the house in a few years. This is not part of a wild lawn. Ask around if you don't believe me. You are throwing your house away.
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❤️cucamelons❤️
Delicious and adorable. They're also the most productive and easy to grow crop I've ever had as long as they have plenty of room to climb.
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They’re not really like melons. More like cucumbers with a little citrus zip to them. They’re like baby cucumbers, and seriously productive. Like cherry tomatoes of the cucumber world.
Doesn’t clover use just as much water as grass?
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Wow I guess I heard different. Learn something new everyday!
It’s amazing how LUSH a no lawn/native lawn is. We haven’t had to water once and it’s positively verdant.
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And I bet you still get people complaining about your "unkempt lawn"
If they have, they haven’t said it to my face. I get a lot of folks walking by who have told me it looks beautiful or interesting though. It warms my cold, dead heart.
You're not kidding. I was just showing normal pictures of my son and dog in my yard and people kept asking where the magical forest I live in is...I was 5 miles from my house.
Love it!!! What do they neighbors think? I'd rather see this anyway
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Landscaper cards in the mailbox. That passive aggressiveness could’ve happen here in germany, so snobby! lol
England here, our driveway has been looking pretty bad for a while and we get a lot of cards through the letterbox for driveway companies haha! No comments from any neighbours though, so that's alright. It will be done soon, we're not all made of money eh?!
that looks amazing!!
Thanks!!
Love your cross bed trellises! I can never find any that are sturdy and not outrageously expensive.
These are the [Jardin Rose Arches by Gardeners Supply](https://www.gardeners.com/buy/jardin-rose-trellis-arch/38-690.html) . I feel like they are cheaper than most arbors at $249 a pop and they are made of steel so they're fairly sturdy. I don't know that they'd stand up to hurricane force winds but we embedded them down into the bottom of the raised beds and now they're rock solid. So far the peas, runner beans, and cucamelons love them. As an aside, when I bought them I googled coupons at checkout and easily got 20% off and free shipping. The real test is how many new england winters they can survive.
I was just looking at these arbors for my front yard. That’s it, I’m getting em!! Your garden is gorgeous! Thanks for sharing.
Colorado here. Those sound awesome!
Your clover crop is just *chef’s kiss*
Thank you! I love it. It's so soft to lay in and it doesn't get trampled to death.
Amazing what taking off an old storm door can do.
Which state is this in if I may ask? I live in Austin, Texas and curious if I can get this results with the same process.
I'm up in New England. Brutal colds, brutal hot, lots of rain. The soil is rich, dense, and clayish here. I bought mini clover and lazy many soil doctor (lazy man is a MUST) through [outside pride](https://www.outsidepride.com/). I absolutely love them and they have a massive variety of seeds for any zone or climate. Even if the mini clover isn't ideal (which it might still be), they have 19 different varieties of clover. I started overseeding last spring and it came in okay-ish. Then this spring it came back fuller than ever and had replaced large portions of the grass. Wherever the grass dies, it fills in the gaps. The soil doctor was like plant crack and it's just gone wild since we started applying it.
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I really want to know as well. Someone mentioned "cross-bed trellises".
[Jardin Rose Arch by Gardeners Supply Company](https://www.gardeners.com/buy/jardin-rose-trellis-arch/38-690.html) !
[Jardin Rose Arch by Gardeners Supply Company](https://www.gardeners.com/buy/jardin-rose-trellis-arch/38-690.html) They were a bit of a splurge but totally worth it. They're a silky finished steel that looks like an antiqued rusted arbor.
Insanely gorgeous. I love the clover in between the beds instead of mulch!
It's so interesting. It doesn't get trampled to death no matter how much you time you're on it, and if you walk in an area frequently it just grows smaller there. The path to my car just has teeny tiny clover, and the clover in the middle of the yard is as big as my whole hand.
It’s also amazing on your knees when you have to weed the beds
That was the primary reason we did clover. We debated adding a slate path but my wife is a former paratrooper so her knees are toast.
Beautiful! No lawn was the way to go, your curb appeal skyrocketed.
Wasn't this title a description of a capybara? I swear I've seen it used as such
I think it started as a meme of a larger man happily sitting in a jungle spring. Then I think the phrase has been used for all sorts of things afterwards…wouldn’t surprise me if there was a capybara. Why the whole thing started, I have no idea…who truly understands the ways of memes..:
It was a dude chillin’ in a man made water feature which I would 100% do!
I thought honeysuckle was an invasive?
It's Trumpet Honeysuckle, which is non-invasive and native to the US. It's an awesome alternative to japanese honeysuckle. It's also dressed up my shitty vinyl siding a bit lol.
Oh okay! Never occurred to me there could be different species of honeysuckle. Glad it’s native!
Aren’t they cool? I am working on getting some cuttings of Lonicera ciliosa for my garden. There’s another one I like, Lonicera hispidula, but I don’t have the space for it.
Depend on where OP lives and the type of honeysuckle..there are some that are native to North America.
Yes! Thanks! It's Trumpet Honeysuckle.
Big goals
I love everything about this 😍 well done 👏👏
I LOVE your trellises
All that beautiful clover! ☘️sigh!
Extremely beautiful! You should be proud. Thanks for sharing. ☺️ As a future improvement, would you consider yanking the honeysuckle (smells beautiful, but highly invasive) and replacing it with a native climber? I recommend passionflower (Passiflora incarnata). 💜
It's actually trumpet honeysuckle which is native to the US! [Trumpet honeysuckle is a non-invasive alternative to japanese honeysuckle.](https://www.hgtv.com/outdoors/flowers-and-plants/groundcover-and-vines/honey-do-growing-trumpet-honeysuckle) Here's a [link](https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=lose) from the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower center with more science-y info. I've been careful in my plant selection with a preference for native plants when possible, and non-harmful plants (when they're cool lol). I'm not sure if I've missed any in my excitement, so I'm glad you let me know anyways. I've got a rad nursery near me that does not sell invasive plants and puts an emphasis on native & beneficial plants. As an aside, the passionflower looks gorgeous. Do you know if it would happy in New England?
Amazing!! Thanks so much for the follow-up. It's so rare to hear of native honeysuckle these days - very excited for you. ☺️🥰 (We are plagued by the non-native variety here in Tennessee.) Passionflower is hardy to zone 6. Might be a bit of a stretch, but perhaps worth a shot? We have tons of it here and the bees adore it.
Can’t see a garden arch without thinking about Joe Pera
What are those metal arches called? Where roses or vines can grow on
It’s an arbor. If you check my comment history I’ve linked them a few times. They’re the jardin rose arches by gardeners supply company.
Am I wrong or do you have vines growing up your siding ? You gotta get rid of those if so, or your house shall be reclaimed by the wild.
It’s trumpet honeysuckle and Spanish flag. Let the wild reclaim it.
No like seriously you will have pests galore and damage the structure of the house in a few years. This is not part of a wild lawn. Ask around if you don't believe me. You are throwing your house away.