5605
Vickery
is a
star. The
grand
old
Prairie
house has
been seen
in a
Chase
commercial
and TV
episodes.
Built
in 1911
as the
first house
in Vickery
Place,
it has
been
home
to Bill
and Alison
Silliman
since
2006.
They
live
there
with
their
two daughters,
three
rescue
Dachshunds
and
a colony
of ladybugs
that
dwell
within
the walls.
Ask a Silliman
to name
a favorite
part
of the
house
and
the
unanimous
response
is the
front
porch.
In summer,
ferns
hang from
the
eaves
and are
maintained
for
sometimes
well into
December
by an
intricate
irrigation
system
that
runs
almost
invisibly
across
the
porch
and
into each
hanging
basket
and decorative
pot.
In winter,
pansies
are planted
in
borders
and
pots.
Along
with
well-placed
daisies
and
ornamental
grasses,
they
bring
color
and texture
to the
yard.
Pansies
are a
winter
favorite
for
southern
gardeners.
Best planted
six weeks
before
the
first
frost,
they
will thrive
in enriched
soil with
hearty
applications
of fertilizer
every two
weeks.
These ‘monkey faces’,
as they
are sometimes
called,
love
to be
picked.
Bill
hails
from Indiana
and
perhaps
it is
his
Midwestern
fortitude
that saw
him after
a recent
frost
fighting
to save
the
live
oak
tree in
his greenway.
The ice
had cemented
the
limbs
to the
street
where
they were
bent
and
frozen.
Applying
water
and
hours
of time,
Bill
was able
to unstick
the
tree and
save it.
That alone
warrants
a prize.
Congratulations
Alison
and Bill.
As with
every
Yard
of the
Month
Award,
North
Haven
Gardens
is donating
a $50
gift card.
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