Northeast Gardening: Help!!! Where's "Victor's List"?, 1 by bbrookrd

bbrookrd wrote:
Thanks all. We had an outside plug already available. We are going to run a conduit along the house and under the path to the cord of the pump which will be buried, but easily accessible. I have a timer for it as well and for the yet to be bought and installed underwater lights. So there is still work to be done soon. I also want a light in the tree to shine down so it looks "moon-lite" at night. Don't remember who suggested that, but it is a great idea. We don't like the shape of the deep end so "WE", yes he wants to help now, will adjust that in the next few weeks. The buried pump in the vault has been able to be turned on when the water is not frozen all winter. The birds love it, more than the feeders. We did not take it out to winterize it as we would not normally get frozen ground that deep. But it is an easy thing to do if necessary, says DH.

I can't wait to see what returns from the previous planting and then get it ready for all the new kids I have on order or am now growing from seed. Looking down from an upstairs room, I also see we need to cut this branch off from an overly exuberant London Plane tree ( Platanus x acerifolia ). Fortunately Santa gave himself a taller ladder for Xmas, so he should be able to lop it off with the chain saw. That branch is also attacking the house so it needs to go for that reason alone as well as for the view.

The pictures of Victor's pond are my new inspiration. I have visions of Japanese Maples dancing in my head after seeing his pond with thoughts of Hakonechloa, Carex, Heuchera, Trilliums, Tricyrtis, Jack In The Pulpits, digitalis and Primulas etc. I hope I can shake enough coins out of Uncle Sam to get a couple of JM for it. I ordered the others as they were affordable. But I will need a big something special for it. Patti