Bog garden

Sam Hopkins wrote:
If you build a small bog for your pond it's not going to stink.Walk by some
cattails and see if it stinks. It most likely won't. Yank out a few cattails
and you'll see that it'll start to stink though.

I built a large wetland/bog area (1.5 acres). It doesn't stink unless I'm
down in it pulling stuff up for research purposes.

Sam


Sam,

Do you have a high water table on your bog land or did you have to close
it in somehow to retain the water. I was thinking on excavating my bog
to 18"D and filling most of the area with 3/8" stone so that I would
have it easier to pull thin out the area of unwanted plants. Perhapps I
should go a little deeper.

Rich Holub

Richard Holub wrote:
I am planning on setting up a bog garden this summer and have a question
in ref. to liners. After doing some reading I noticed that some people
recommend digging the whole and lining it up with a cheap liner, then
making holes in the bottom for slow drainage. I plan on eventually
building a pond for fish alongside the bog garden. The bog garden I
plan to use as a filter. Size of bog ~10'W x 20'L x 18"D


Thank you in advance for any assistance.

Richard

dont poke holes I have an 25x30x12 bog in the summer i pump water
through it no piping like you described, just dump it in at the far end
then it flows back through the plants to the Koi pond.
during the winter all pumps are shut off and it just sits there and
freezes comes back every spring and does not putryfy

John Rutz

see my pond at http://www.fuerjefe.com

I have outflow from a pond I built directed towards the bog land. The water
hits the bog, spreads out and then refunnels at the other side and continues
on to the community creek.


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Sam Hopkins wrote:
If you build a small bog for your pond it's not going to stink.Walk by
some
cattails and see if it stinks. It most likely won't. Yank out a few
cattails
and you'll see that it'll start to stink though.

I built a large wetland/bog area (1.5 acres). It doesn't stink unless
I'm
down in it pulling stuff up for research purposes.

Sam


Sam,

Do you have a high water table on your bog land or did you have to close
it in somehow to retain the water. I was thinking on excavating my bog
to 18"D and filling most of the area with 3/8" stone so that I would
have it easier to pull thin out the area of unwanted plants. Perhapps I
should go a little deeper.

Rich Holub

John,

How about your plants? Do they freeze over? What zone are you at?
What type of plants do you have?

Rich Holub

john wrote:


Richard Holub wrote:

I am planning on setting up a bog garden this summer and have a
question in ref. to liners. After doing some reading I noticed that
some people recommend digging the whole and lining it up with a cheap
liner, then making holes in the bottom for slow drainage. I plan on
eventually building a pond for fish alongside the bog garden. The bog
garden I plan to use as a filter. Size of bog ~10'W x 20'L x 18"D


Thank you in advance for any assistance.

Richard

dont poke holes I have an 25x30x12 bog in the summer i pump water
through it no piping like you described, just dump it in at the far end
then it flows back through the plants to the Koi pond.
during the winter all pumps are shut off and it just sits there and
freezes comes back every spring and does not putryfy

John Rutz

see my pond at http://www.fuerjefe.com

Richard Holub wrote:
John,

How about your plants? Do they freeze over? What zone are you at? What
type of plants do you have?

Rich Holub

yes they freeze, i'm in usda zone 5
I have rush, water celery, cattails, Iris and louisiana iris, arowhead,
and a few i dont know what they are.
point is to get plants that are natural in your zone


John Rutz

see my pond at http://www.fuerjefe.com