Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Dragonflies, 1 by beckygardener

beckygardener wrote:
Good grief, gang! I go away to grocery shop for a couple hours and come back and am shocked to see how long this thread suddenly got! I didn't know we had so many Dragonfly lovers here! But that's no surprise to me really. It always seems that anyone who loves butterflies usually loves the Dragonflies, too. :-) Our winged beauties come in many colors, shapes, and sizes!

I did not even think of the dragonflies when I started my little water garden. The dragonflies just found it. I do not have fish in either of my ponds. Nor any fountain or anything circulating the water. It's still water. I just add water every now and again when too much evaporates. I use well water because the salt from my water softener would kill the waterlilies. (Chlorine will, too!) But I do get tadpoles and all kinds of crazy bugs! It's a hoot watching all the action going on in the water! I am soooooo hooooked on water gardening! I couldn't stand it and went out and bought the second one 3 weeks ago! LOL! Fortunately, my husband no longer asks questions. He's afraid to! lol I could sit outside all day by my water gardens and just watch life around and in it. It's the waterlilies that have me hooked though. They are just so beautiful reflecting against the water. Which is why I am stressing over the colder temps. I do NOT want to lose any of my waterlilies! I've got my fingers crossed - trois!

Here's a photo of the other pond. You can better see what it really looks like when it first starts out before the lily pads get big and cover the surface.