Developing a garden
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Re: Developing a garden
Sir regarding the rockery...
I got myself made one it was quite inexpensive....
Ingredients
1. Half bag of cement and a hundred odd red brick ( i collected them from here and there however market rate is Rs 6 each)(for the base)
2. dozen cacti, succulent and grasses type plants....(i buried entire pots in the mud)
3. Mud for filling
4. Red/black rocks i collected myself from a nearby mountain quarry.....
and rest was the labor which was not more than 1500.
I think it needs not to be grand......
I got myself made one it was quite inexpensive....
Ingredients
1. Half bag of cement and a hundred odd red brick ( i collected them from here and there however market rate is Rs 6 each)(for the base)
2. dozen cacti, succulent and grasses type plants....(i buried entire pots in the mud)
3. Mud for filling
4. Red/black rocks i collected myself from a nearby mountain quarry.....
and rest was the labor which was not more than 1500.
I think it needs not to be grand......
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Re: Developing a garden
Sirji excellent rockery and your own effort too, therefore, priceless. Unfortunately the rocks you gathered might be quite a price in the plains of Lahore.
Yes Izhar I think it is Terminalia mantaly. My friend put onw in his house and it seems to shedding most of it's leaves so I wondered if it was deciduous. If so it might be a good tree where you can plant plants which get sun in winter and shade in summer like gerberas and ofcourse it is very beautiful and symmentrical too.
Yes Izhar I think it is Terminalia mantaly. My friend put onw in his house and it seems to shedding most of it's leaves so I wondered if it was deciduous. If so it might be a good tree where you can plant plants which get sun in winter and shade in summer like gerberas and ofcourse it is very beautiful and symmentrical too.
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Re: Developing a garden
Thank you I stand corrected, it is not Catappa .Izhar wrote:Sir, T. catappa has large leaves, it is very common in Karachi, but your tree looks like with smaller leaves... it could be a Terminalia mantaly...
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Re: Developing a garden
Farhan, lovely rockry.
Hedges look good only if trimed flawlessly. I gave up hedges long ago, the effort was much more than the result. Now I aim at low maintenance gardening.
Hedges look good only if trimed flawlessly. I gave up hedges long ago, the effort was much more than the result. Now I aim at low maintenance gardening.
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Re: Developing a garden
aoa arif sb.,
lovely place u have mashallah....i live nearby actually at DHA EME society... i will surely visit u in week or so to admire and check ur beautifull garden.... or u r most welcomed any time at my place....
thanx
lovely place u have mashallah....i live nearby actually at DHA EME society... i will surely visit u in week or so to admire and check ur beautifull garden.... or u r most welcomed any time at my place....
thanx
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Re: Developing a garden
These picures can not ne seen. Is there any problem?
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Re: Developing a garden
Little labor and wonderful addition.
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Re: Developing a garden
The images problem is discussed here http://localsearchforum.catalystemarket ... where.html Either the pictures have been deleted or it is a temporary issue at google and will be resolved soon.
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Re: Developing a garden
Thanks Mr. Khabab