tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post796405844103150982..comments2024-03-26T05:15:39.663-07:00Comments on Equestrian Ink: My Swiss HomeJami Davenporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05259390150273030284noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post-72901699769986261842011-07-01T06:19:08.806-07:002011-07-01T06:19:08.806-07:00Hello everyone, thank you so much for reading and ...Hello everyone, thank you so much for reading and telling me a little bit about where you live.Francesca Prescotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18201599087106798500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post-91162794163589595172011-06-30T13:29:25.857-07:002011-06-30T13:29:25.857-07:00I think your house looks lovely! Lush and green -...I think your house looks lovely! Lush and green - beautiful!<br /><br />We live in a dry, arid climate... tumbleweeds, rabbitbrush, sage and yucca dot the prairie flat lands we live in. Red, clay soil that dries into something like cement.<br /><br />I love native xeric flowers/grasses... so I started in on a mission to transform our little 900 sq ft house from Deliverance house to looking like happy people live there... my native blue gramma prairie grass is growing and the native mexican hat, blanket flower and blue flax are thriving! <br /><br />Every year we improve and work and our little house is really looking like a nice little home... complete with 4 acres of pasture for our 2 horses to munch on. No barns, just 3 sided lean-to's but they seem happy.Shansterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04397551985965117012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post-56691549314972284542011-06-30T13:27:22.769-07:002011-06-30T13:27:22.769-07:00Fun post, Francesca. So many of us authors/horse g...Fun post, Francesca. So many of us authors/horse girls (er, ladies?) also love our plants and flowers. I love seeing the similarities in plants that grow here and also so far away in your lovely Swiss yard. My daughter just got home from Switzerland and Rome and enjoyed both, but definitely preferred Switzerland.Alisonhttp://www.alisonhartbooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post-44225359376869071242011-06-30T08:58:51.397-07:002011-06-30T08:58:51.397-07:00Any house in Europe is somewhat exotic from my poi...Any house in Europe is somewhat exotic from my point of view. Loved your description of my place--made me smile. And yes, as you know, I love my garden very much, especially the rambling roses, and I keep my horses here at home. We have a big veggie garden and enjoy picking our dinner greens from it every evening. Thanks for the photos of your place!Laura Crumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15200878892304748308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post-212068883232844092011-06-30T06:57:37.785-07:002011-06-30T06:57:37.785-07:00Well, you know that my posts have mainly been abou...Well, you know that my posts have mainly been about the "project" house... we will be living there in two weeks. (We have also been saying that for about 2 months!)<br />I love your gardens and I so understand what you mean about enjoying the garden as it matures. Some of our plantings at our current home are just showing the promise of what we will have, uh, could have had, in the future. That is one thing I don't like about moving - I'll miss seeing our trees get larger, are bushes 'bush' and flowers fill the spaces in the gardens. Oh well... I have plenty of space to do that in the gardens at the project house. It will just take some time!Dreaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02113432418609414054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5037107797013641705.post-59824125512686627962011-06-30T05:44:21.987-07:002011-06-30T05:44:21.987-07:00Lol at your son's comments. I've lived in ...Lol at your son's comments. I've lived in a mobile home with avocado green carpeting and I hated it!<br /><br />I think I have a pretty nice ranchhouse but it needs maintenance and cleaning! It's a single story, vaulted ceilings throughout, spanish tile roof and stuccoed drywall. I live in the foothills of the mountains at 7000 feet. The property is fairly level, so it is ideal horse property. However, I have no flower gardens because it takes too much water and time that I don't have. (I have one lilac bush and iris bloom in the spring.) I am so envious of all of your lush "Thomas Kinkade' flower gardens.Fantastyk Voyagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15065772565014490544noreply@blogger.com