Post #153908 by BARNETT on Wed, Apr 20, 2005 1:24 AM

McTiki, we're just trying to get some plants goin in the backyard and start to build the "foundation" for a cool tiki-like garden. Neither my or I are very green thumb oriented. I spend too much time painting and messin with old cars...but we want to learn about plants and have a nice lookin backyard. We just bought this house about 1.5 years ago and are finally getting around to tryin to do a little landscaping.

I had no idea about the different zones, eveyone...thanks for the info. I'll look into getting a book by Neil Sperry, too. So much to learn. Our problem is, we have a bigger backyard than I wanted! I just wanted something small-ish, but it's hard to find "the perfect house"...I got the big garage I wanted and my wife got the nummber of bedrooms and baths she wanted...

Thanks agin for all the info...this will definitely help get us on the right track!

Dan