Shade Gardening: astilbe, 1 by crazy4plants

crazy4plants wrote:
The kids do love it. We have two granddaughters coming this weekend. You can't dive or swim like a pool but you can play around and sit on the bench rocks and under the water fall. It is about four feet deep in the center so we have to be in with the little ones. It is amazingly clear and it does not look that deep. We have an inline chlorinator and it works perfectly. We put in the large tablets about every two weeks and it takes care of itself. In the spring, we use very little but as the summer heats up we need more. The birds bathe in it and drink it. It is not so chlorinated that they don't like it. It is so clear and blue from the reflection of the sky. It has never had algae and the skimmer works as part of the pump so it keeps the surface clean. In the fall, the leaves do get in so we have to be on top of the skimmer, but the chlorine helps break it up so it is still clean. Here's a pic of the kids and grandkids.

Crazy