Up and coming garden in Vista California / blank canvanas

[Josh-O]

1 hour ago, foxtail said:

Sorry Chuck, Josh is my new hero! !!

That is Fing Hiiiiilllllarious...

[foxtail]

1 hour ago, Josh-O said:

That is Fing Hiiiiilllllarious...

Lmao

[Josh-O]

6 minutes ago, foxtail said:

Lmao

[Josh-O]

I finally got around to do some planting this week at the Vista Garden. I have finally decided to plant a very special palm (copernicia curtisii) I have had for some time now. It took a bit longer than I expected because I wanted to plant it in the right location. I must have walked the garden 50 times to pick out the perfect spot before I dug the hole and doped it in the ground. now it is happy in its new location..

please enjoy the pictures  

[palmfriend]

Josh,

yes, I enjoyed the pictures - an interesting looking species!

The spot looks well chosen, the second and the last picture are showing it very well (at least in my opinion).

Thank you very much for sharing -

best regards

 

 

[Josh-O]

9 hours ago, palmfriend said:

Josh,

yes, I enjoyed the pictures - an interesting looking species!

The spot looks well chosen, the second and the last picture are showing it very well (at least in my opinion).

Thank you very much for sharing -

best regards

 

 

thanks for looking  

[Josh-O]

If I had to plant one of the following first what should it be? I have slacked way off in planting more palms in the ground at the Vista garden. some nudges would be helpful..  

1. blue decipiens

2. kentioposis oliviformis

3. copernicia curbeloi

 

[Tracy]

17 minutes ago, Josh-O said:

If I had to plant one of the following first what should it be? I have slacked way off in planting more palms in the ground at the Vista garden. some nudges would be helpful..  

1. blue decipiens

2. kentioposis oliviformis

3. copernicia curbeloi

 

#1 & #3 are tied, as both will be relatively slow around here.  The K oliviformis will catch up with the others (assuming they are relatively similar in size at planting), if you wait to get it in the ground until the other two are planted.  Get out the night lights and get on it Josh!

[Josh-O]

1 minute ago, Tracy said:

#1 & #3 are tied, as both will be relatively slow around here.  The K oliviformis will catch up with the others (assuming they are relatively similar in size at planting), if you wait to get it in the ground until the other two are planted.  Get out the night lights and get on it Josh!

all 3 are in 15 gal containers..

I need some motivation to dig some holes

[Josh-O]

I'm still moving massive amounts of dirt around to properly elevate the planter beds in the garden. One of the details we overlooked while doing the garden pathway project was elevation and excavating dirt last minute to raise and lower pathways forms before concrete was going to be poured. This has severely set me back from planting 3/4 of the garden. here are some pictures to illustrate my frustrations ...lol I hope to start planting some more palms next week??

so far it has taken over 30  truck loads of dirt and 2 people working on this I'm no were even close to being finished.

some of the areas require 1'1/2 feet of fill dirt

looking back on past progress

future work that needs to be done 

[Josh-O]

Just to give you an Idea of how much work this has turned into this planter took 6 truck loads of dirt alone. Now its ready for some plantings fiiinnaalllllllly!.

Not sure what I'm going to plant but it will be something real nice I hope?

[Pete in Paradise Hills]

37 minutes ago, Josh-O said:

Just to give you an Idea of how much work this has turned into this planter took 6 truck loads of dirt alone. Now its ready for some plantings fiiinnaalllllllly!.

Not sure what I'm going to plant but it will be something real nice I hope?

Josh you can't go wrong but I vote blue ddecipiens . Just keep an eye out for gophers as they love those deep roots.... 

[Pedro 65]

Josh, who likes to go "Full Throttle", hope ya drinkn lots of water in the day , to rehydrate , not only coz yr working in the heat but the amount of Beer you like to consume ea night  

Josh are you going to heavily mulch with lucerne hay or whatever mulch you desire to keep the ground continually moist ?  Love the curvey pathways  Pete  

[Ben in Norcal]

I do love the look of the mulchless soil though...

[Pedro 65]

1 hour ago, Ben in Norcal said:

I do love the look of the mulchless soil though...

The palms will "stand out" much more with thick mulch and do better, plain dirt looks a bit "dusty" to me   Pete

[Ben in Norcal]

7 minutes ago, Pedro 65 said:

The palms will "stand out" much more with thick mulch and do better, plain dirt looks a bit "dusty" to me   Pete

Ha! It looks lush and dreamy to me...almost like you could lick it. 

[Josh-O]

21 hours ago, Pete in Paradise Hills said:

Josh you can't go wrong but I vote blue ddecipiens . Just keep an eye out for gophers as they love those deep roots.... 

I'm going to defiantly plant a blue D Decipiens next week for sure

[Josh-O]

17 hours ago, Pedro 65 said:

Josh, who likes to go "Full Throttle", hope ya drinkn lots of water in the day , to rehydrate , not only coz yr working in the heat but the amount of Beer you like to consume ea night  

Josh are you going to heavily mulch with lucerne hay or whatever mulch you desire to keep the ground continually moist ?  Love the curvey pathways  Pete  

I'm going to mulch very heavily. I'm going to have HUGE dump trucks deliver multiple loads in the coming months.

My soil already retains good moisture while maintaing excellent drainage. I just want to keep the weeds suppressed by mulching.

[Josh-O]

16 hours ago, Ben in Norcal said:

I do love the look of the mulchless soil though...

I also like this look but I hate pulling weeds. Its like a full time job since this garden is big

[Josh-O]

15 hours ago, Ben in Norcal said:

Ha! It looks lush and dreamy to me...almost like you could lick it. 

shall I mail you some soil?

[doranakandawatta]

48 minutes ago, Josh-O said:

I'm going to mulch very heavily. I'm going to have HUGE dump trucks deliver multiple loads in the coming months.

My soil already retains good moisture while maintaing excellent drainage. I just want to keep the weeds suppressed by mulching.

what are weeds?

As Gilles Clément https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Cl%C3%A9ment declared: "une herbe n'est pas mauvaise, elle est"

…. A plant is never a weed, it just is… 

that brings me to:

"to be or not to be" ? is the weed wondering.

 

[Josh-O]

39 minutes ago, doranakandawatta said:

what are weeds?

As Gilles Clément https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Cl%C3%A9ment declared: "une herbe n'est pas mauvaise, elle est"

…. A plant is never a weed, it just is… 

that brings me to:

"to be or not to be" ? is the weed wondering.

 

[BS Man about Palms]

1 hour ago, doranakandawatta said:

what are weeds?

As Gilles Clément https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Cl%C3%A9ment declared: "une herbe n'est pas mauvaise, elle est"

…. A plant is never a weed, it just is… 

that brings me to:

"to be or not to be" ? is the weed wondering.

 

I'm willing to bet many people thought of me when reading this quote...  

 

and Josh, with all that dirt moving, all I could think was "the Shawshank redemption".. lol

 

[Josh-O]

56 minutes ago, BS Man about Palms said:

I'm willing to bet many people thought of me when reading this quote...  

 

and Josh, with all that dirt moving, all I could think was "the Shawshank redemption".. lol

 

I love that movie Bill. lol....

 

[Pedro 65]

3 hours ago, Josh-O said:

I'm going to mulch very heavily. I'm going to have HUGE dump trucks deliver multiple loads in the coming months.

My soil already retains good moisture while maintaing excellent drainage. I just want to keep the weeds suppressed by mulching.

I read your mind Josh.   Pete

[Josh-O]

5 hours ago, Pedro 65 said:

I read your mind Josh.   Pete

[Pedro 65]

Carpobrotus sp come in so many colours ( Pigface) would add some great colour and make a great ground cover here n there Josh, do cordylines do well there?  Pete     

 

                                                      

[Josh-O]

2 hours ago, Pedro 65 said:

Carpobrotus sp come in so many colours ( Pigface) would add some great colour and make a great ground cover here n there Josh, do cordylines do well there?  Pete     

 

                                                      

cordylines do very well here. although I'm not a big fan of them..

I ripped out a ton Carpobrotus when I first started this project. pretty purple flower but the rats and mice love to nest in this stuff here.

 

[Pedro 65]

47 minutes ago, Josh-O said:

cordylines do very well here. although I'm not a big fan of them..

I ripped out a ton Carpobrotus when I first started this project. pretty purple flower but the rats and mice love to nest in this stuff here.

 

What are you low growing fav's you "may" add later, Blue Cycads / Broms or do you want to mainly "focus" on palms at this moment in time ?

Pete  

[Jastin]

Great stuff Josh! Would be cool to shoot over there one day and check it out!

[Josh-O]

16 hours ago, Jastin said:

Great stuff Josh! Would be cool to shoot over there one day and check it out!

Your more than welcome to cruise by. If you could shoot me a PM with your cell and I'll give you a call.

[Kennybenjamin]

Howdy Josh.....this thread is so active I only check it out every now and then. Amazing stuff mate..... Truly impressive!!!!! Everything about it screams seriousness and it makes me want to make the loooong trip over there to see it myself one day.

I know you don't need me to tell you but keep on charging!! 

[Josh-O]

On 7/4/2016, 11:16:17, Pedro 65 said:

What are you low growing fav's you "may" add later, Blue Cycads / Broms or do you want to mainly "focus" on palms at this moment in time ?

Pete  

right now I'm focusing on palms and rare trees..

Broms to come soon

[Josh-O]

16 hours ago, Kennybenjamin said:

Howdy Josh.....this thread is so active I only check it out every now and then. Amazing stuff mate..... Truly impressive!!!!! Everything about it screams seriousness and it makes me want to make the loooong trip over there to see it myself one day.

I know you don't need me to tell you but keep on charging!! 

thanks buddy

It's truly a labor of love.....

[Josh-O]

On 7/5/2016, 10:48:05, Jastin said:

Great stuff Josh! Would be cool to shoot over there one day and check it out!

sounds good to me

anytime...!

[Josh-O]

Larry Black the newly elected president of the PSSC came for some palms and a tour recently. It was a fun day and the weather was amazing for a garden and nursery tour.

Not to mention Larry left with a few gems to add to his personal collection...

thanks for looking

Ravenea X

copernicia curtissii

copernicia curtissii suckers starting to form

copernicia maccroglossa

Tri-bear dypsis hybrid

Dypsis sp. beff

cramming in some goodies into the Truck

 

 

[Forellan]

The garden is looking pretty amazing Josh.......

[Josh-O]

48 minutes ago, Forellan said:

The garden is looking pretty amazing Josh.......

thanks Tim

[Josh-O]

Well....

I decided to edit my first palm at the Vista garden. It was bound to happen someday.............

I did not like how one of my dypsis plumosa was growing so  I hacked it down with a crooked grin.. The funny thing is that  it did not bother me at all to edit this palm out of the picture...LOL!

I planted a baby Raphia Austraulis in its place. I think as the raphia gets bigger I will cut down the other D. Plumosas in the future??????

 

This is the first palm I have added to the garden in a couple months. Felt good to play in the dirt again

before

you can really see how the trunk decided to neck out and started to look FUGLY..

after

 

[Josh-O]

finally got around to planting this Dypsis carlsmithii in the ground. It was a long overdue project for sure. that Carlsmithii thread a few weeks ago gave me some motivation to move on mine.

here is my little guy.

enjoy the pic's