Jen's old and new Dutch garden 2019

I love moddersloot! I will adopt that word if you don't mind.

I can see why you will miss the garden at your moms. It seems like a very quiet peaceful place.

Those hedges are very mature! Will you be doing the removal yourself?

I will be doing a similar thing this spring for a client. Taking out 55 arborvitae along a driveway and replacing them with something the deer aren't fond of.

I will be getting help from my husband and maybe Kid#2 (depending on the size of the bribe).
Fortunately for us, there is pavement along both sides of the hedge and we will be using dh's engine hoist to pull them out, which makes the process much less labor intensive.

I can't get over how FLAT the land seems...

@thistlebloom Feel free to use moddersloot anywhere you can!

I will remove the hedge myself, it's a future project and have no hurry with it at all. Not sure if I will dig out the roots or leave them to rot with the help of mushrooms.

canesisters said:

I can't get over how FLAT the land seems...

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It doesn't only seem so, it really is flat. Most of Holland is this flat, jokes are made about it. We have one "mountain" Vaalserberg which is only 1056 feet high.

I remember reading once that Americans refer to beans or squash planted in a group as a "hill" ..

. because the Dutch do this and when they look across their low lands, large or vining plants show up as "hills."

The word used in the Netherlands is similar in meaning/pronunciation to hill in English. Right?/Wrong?

Steve

thejenx said:

@thistlebloom Feel free to use moddersloot anywhere you can!

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I can confuse my neighbor kids!
Hey you kids, get out of that MODDERSLOOT!!

canesisters said:

What a beautiful area!!
Those hedges are pretty awesome. Do they shade the garden too much? Is that why they have to go? I would think that trying to replace them with a planting area would be a tremendous amount of work.
Would that waterway be considered a canal?

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or perhaps just trim the hedges gradually shorter instead?

oh, ok, forget that, since i see it is a space issue...

I was at my new garden last Saturday and met with the current owner. Turns out that there are 2 cherry trees and 2 grapevines on it! Very happy about the cherries!
I love cherries, will need to put up some netting if I want to eat any.
I also discovered a raspberry bush, probably a summer one which is great because I have Autumn ones in the old garden.

Asked one of my best mates if he had any old or spoiled hay he could spare or beeded to get rid of. And he had one big bale where the plastic seal was broken so the hay has gotten wet. Good for me, I can use it to mulch and let all that grass die out. Now I still need to find a way to get it to where I want it... in my garden! He's an hour's drive from my garden and I still live halfway between him and my garden.

Anyway, almost free hay!
I would get it for free but I will still pay him, because he's my mate and want him to call me next time he's got spoiled hay

I switched from using wood chips to hay as mulch and I much prefer it. Breaks down so much sooner. Great score!

Mary

That is a very nice garden area. Congrats on the cherry trees, grape vines and raspberry bush. I love cherries, they are so good. How fortunate that you have fruit trees/vines!

Love the windmill! Your garden area is going to be really nice. Can't wait to see everything growing.