Northeast Gardening: Show us your bloomers!!, 1 by bbrookrd

bbrookrd wrote:
grampapa, I failed to mention that the river bed is dug, but not yet lined or laid with the rocks. Thus no water yet. A long way from done. I finished moving all the plants that were in the way and doing the rest of the digging yesterday. I must say that digging a five foot hole for the pump housing was quite an accomplishment for this old gal. But I gotter-done! It may need to be slightly wider, but I will know when I pick up all the equipment on Thursday. Can't wait.

The rocks also have been moved from an 8 foot long low wall on the far side of the house that we built about 20 years ago that our dogs kept trying to dig under for, who knows what, so I decided that it had to go. I figured the biggest expense of this folly would be the stone, so by re-purposing those rocks it would be more affordable. The rock moving nearly became tragic as my son( 26) who was helping his father thread the truck through the pine trees got mushed between the tail gate and a pine. Off to the hospital with what we feared was a broken leg, but thankfully only a crush injury. He is on crutches, but doing fine. Dh feels awful! I have been taking pictures. Here is one to give you an idea of what I am doing. It will be about 40 feet long and have 6 level changes before disappearing and being recirculated back to the top which is out of the picture.

I planted dahlia's from the coop that Shihtzumom ran. A first for me except for 2 that arrived as bonus plants in Aug of 2006 that bloomed in the fall in my greenhouse despite anything that I did. I must say that I love having them this fall. Not such a display as Pirl's, but I am learning.
I saw a stunning display in a private garden in Prout's Neck Maine last weekend that was divine. A huge mass of all short deep red ones lining a Japanese garden with a dark red painted structure. There must have been a hundred or more plants. I am not so good at the staking thing, so I may go short next year too. I will replant the tall ones I have ,but in the veggie patch so the stakes don't annoy me.

Anitabryk2, great insect pictures. I have yet to get a good dragon fly picture either, ever! Patti