Water Gardening: something I learned. , 1 by dax080

dax080 wrote:
Boy! You sure miss alot when you leave for awhile - to get caught up --

Yep - I think the pond could easily be done this year -- let's get together, Beth (it's nice being close to each other) - I'd love to see your place and where you're thinking of putting it. I figured out ways to save money along the way or I couldn't have done such a large set-up, that's for sure. And I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm surprised how relatively little time is required once it gets going to keep it nice. And you get to enjoy it every day!

As you can see, I have some iris, marsh marigolds, rushes, sweet flag, water lilies, and MORE plants that I could get you started with.

And I have a couple extra pumps (amazing how you can accumulate them over time, right?), that, if one suited you, I would give up for a trade with some of your plants!

Oh, and did I mention the extra goldfish I have? If I can get them through the winter, I would be happy to give some to you -- just to get started.

How can you resist, Elizabeth?

Sherlock's a bassett, and I'm like you - love those short-legged cuties. Just something completely darling about them --

My big project these days IS the Woodland garden you asked about, and I would LOVE those echinacea - It's coming along, but I still have four beds to go.

Love seeing everyone's longings for spring. This has been the toughest winter we've had in my memory (and it's pretty long!) --we broke the all-time low for Cedar Rapids yesterday -28. I live online in Nursery web sites -- and try to hold back!! I said I wouldn't buy so much this year - I can't afford it and don't need it!! But ---- I fell off the wagon just a couple times! Help!

Here's a pic of the fish last summer and you can see some of the plants around the edges -- it wouldn't take much at all to get started this year -------

Dax