General Discussion & Chat: My Winter Basement Garden, 4 by joeswife

joeswife wrote:
Thanks, Linda ;) here is Turtles Lagoon ..a medium sized plastic kids pool ( 5.oo end of season bargain at Lowes) is under the feet of an unused weight bench, odd ball dresser mirror perched on the barbel stand part..
potted plants and the whiskey barrel water tub filled with rooting plants, some sand and potting soil, bark, rocks, shells you name it.. all inside the pool.the tube ends that are empty on the weight bench have poles in them for the vines and light over the area.. Spot lights have warm bulbs and the T5's above have cool light.
This is Gamera, She is old. Her shell has been cracked and she has a scar on her nose from almost being squished on K15 outside of Winfield. Every Summer in this same location I rescue a turtle or two, and wonder why so many carcasses are around the road. I swear it looks like people aim at the poor things.... I hAVE RESCUED Gamera, Goji, ( Kansas state reptile Box Turtle) she is just a squirt, and I let big Herietta go in a small public city pond here. She was a water turtle. A HUGE one.. I didn't even stop to thing about the goslings and ducklings soon to come on that pond, but Natures takes its course..There will always be more foul than turtles...
Gamera Loves Tomatoes. So.. I grow these above her in plain sight.. This is the south side of the pool, Looking down at it..