Gardening and Landscaping

[Trueheart]

Hi, Janice, what a serendipitous find here on IHub! My lot is at about 3,200 ft and we get snow 2-3 times a year, and it's hot in summer. I've planted a "forest" of some twenty Aleppo pines in the back. They are shadowed by deodoras to the north and native pines and oaks on the east flank. All are planted by me as the natural landscape here is scrub. The front yard has seven California sycamores (Platanus racemosa) that I planted twenty years ago. In the wild they're found in seasonal streams and wet lowlands so I pump a lot of water on them to support their huge leaves.

Usually I grow tomatoes, corn and cantaloupe in summer but I've been remodeling the house and didn't have time to plant this year.

I don't have pictures but will try to shoot and post them.

Trueheart