spring work done

[kathy]

Yesterday I snagged DH, left youngest son
on the sofa (ankle surgery), eldest son on
the guitar (big band event coming up) but
two out of three isn't bad!
One day in the spring I declare it is mother's
day and therefore it is time for MY projects!

We got the waterfall weeded and cleaned of stuff
that had collected there. Pulled out lilies, fertilized
them, moved jan's from the ice cream buckets to regular
black mesh baskets and built an island!

The island still needs work, a WHOLE bunch more plants
need to go in it. We build islands by stacking builder's
brick (well aged) in the pond and topping it with a black
planter that looks a bit like an oil filter.

Yesterday we put in creeping jenny and sweet potato vine
which will climb over something yet to be purchased.
I need a whole bunch more creeping jenny (does a great job
of growing over the edge and hiding the planter). Will put
some marginals in there too, would like more society garlic
if I can find it this year.

kathy :-)

www.blogfromthebog.com

[Bonnie NJ]

What size is your island. I've been thinking of trying one when the water
gets a little warmer.

--
Bonnie
NJ

[kathy]

Size is about 30" across and 6-7 inches deep.
The planters look like oil filters.
We stack on builder's brick and pavers to get
them to the right height.

kathy

[Happy'Cam'per]

Pics....where are the pics :)
--
Kind Regards
Cameron

"kathy" > wrote in message
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> Yesterday I snagged DH, left youngest son
> on the sofa (ankle surgery), eldest son on
> the guitar (big band event coming up) but
> two out of three isn't bad!
> One day in the spring I declare it is mother's
> day and therefore it is time for MY projects!
>
> We got the waterfall weeded and cleaned of stuff
> that had collected there. Pulled out lilies, fertilized
> them, moved jan's from the ice cream buckets to regular
> black mesh baskets and built an island!
>
> The island still needs work, a WHOLE bunch more plants
> need to go in it. We build islands by stacking builder's
> brick (well aged) in the pond and topping it with a black
> planter that looks a bit like an oil filter.
>
> Yesterday we put in creeping jenny and sweet potato vine
> which will climb over something yet to be purchased.
> I need a whole bunch more creeping jenny (does a great job
> of growing over the edge and hiding the planter). Will put
> some marginals in there too, would like more society garlic
> if I can find it this year.
>
> kathy :-)
>
> www.blogfromthebog.com
>

[kathy]

Cameron wrote >> Pics...where are the pics :) <<

Right now in the bank account. DH and youngest son are
researching digital cameras. They are planning on climbing
a mountain this June (moment for mother/wife panic) and
are looking for a camera that does everything they want but
will not hurt too much if it goes hurtling off a cliff...

You can see the first island we built on this webpage
http://www.geocities.com/watergardeninglabradors/index.html

The second one is between the original island and the falls.

kathy :-)

www.blogfromthebog.com

[Lt. Kizhe Catson]

kathy wrote:
> Yesterday I snagged DH, left youngest son
> on the sofa (ankle surgery), eldest son on
> the guitar (big band event coming up) but
> two out of three isn't bad!
> One day in the spring I declare it is mother's
> day and therefore it is time for MY projects!
>
> We got the waterfall weeded and cleaned of stuff
> that had collected there. Pulled out lilies, fertilized
> them, moved jan's from the ice cream buckets to regular
> black mesh baskets and built an island!
>
> The island still needs work, a WHOLE bunch more plants
> need to go in it. We build islands by stacking builder's
> brick (well aged) in the pond and topping it with a black
> planter that looks a bit like an oil filter.
>
> Yesterday we put in creeping jenny and sweet potato vine
> which will climb over something yet to be purchased.
> I need a whole bunch more creeping jenny (does a great job
> of growing over the edge and hiding the planter). Will put
> some marginals in there too, would like more society garlic
> if I can find it this year.
>
> kathy :-)

Waking up the pond: it's a good feeling, isn't it? Got to mine this
weekend, doing the same sort of stuff: cleaning up dead leaves, setting
the emergents back up on blocks, starting up the waterfall (and finding
the obligatory one place where it leaks before it emptied too much of
the pond -- anyway a 10% water change is a *good* thing). Then sit back
in the sunroom in the April sunshine and enjoy the gurgle......

-- Kizhe