Texas Gardening: Texas RU Aftermath... What was this plant again???, 1 by throneofyord

throneofyord wrote:
In the next to the last photo you will see a pond on the right. Yes I am lucky enough to be able do dig a hole and have it hold water. The Problem is that with this fine quality clay, even if you add sand 3 to one, anything but a marginal, grass, well adapted or freeking lucky plant, will die if it rains for a week. Even raised ground will often hold too much moisture. I do have a lot of plants growing in ponds and bogs, And I have a nice conventional garden that is slowly expanding via compost. Another reason for the pots is disease isolation. I have several nice collections of plants that I would rather not loose to imported disease or pests. To keep collecting I find it is best to isolate plants for a while. Additionally Pots let me experiment with companion plant combinations that otherwise would not work. A lot of companion plant data just plain makes no sense or very little without seperate pots. Rosemary is reported to be a great companion plant to a lot of things that require a lot more water than rosemary could survive. Potting lets me raise rosemary next to a normal plant. Potting also lets me make experiments that only kill one or two plants instead of a whole garden. This picture is of a garden I made out of an old pond, but I hurt my back and have not had the ability to work it over this year. I am getting better and the doctor thinks that by the end of summer I may be back to norble.
-Bob