Garden Projects # 10

Patti, you make me giggle....that sounds like something I would do....have fun in NO!

hmmmm - sounds like you are trying to get me to work for some choice flat rocks - i will need to see pictures of these rocks first :)

now you have me thinking - we have not visited our friend out in the berkshires in a couple years - all the "post" stones on the cairn with the round rock on top were from the brook down the steep hill on her property - might have to bring the two wheeler with us on the next visit - in the past i carried these about 50 yds. up that hill or rolled them up it - never did look for flat ones as i was trying to build her a nice stone mushroom.

stay cool and have a good time!

Glad you will get to enjoy N'awlins. A much deserved rest.

Great cairns, Bill.

Patti, how wonderful that the tour went so well. I can't see people complaining about your one weed. Now if they came to my gardens.....I have about a bazzillion weeds they could complain about.

Bill, thanks for the tour of the Bedrock Gardens. I will have to take a peek up there in the fall when the leaves are changing.

Karen

I've been busy - check this out - http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1267575/

Yes you have been busy!!!!!!!!!!!

now time for a vacation?

no, time to weed, i've only done two yard sweeps this year and they are out of control right now.

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I want to take the vitamins you do! or can I bottle your energy?

Really! That is monumental for one person. (Or does he have a crew he doesn't talk about?? ^_^)

Tip - don't do any water grasses. They get way out of control. Even waterlilies get quite big.

I pray you don't get anymore leaks!

Thanks victor - yup just me a wheel barrel and shovel - it took from last fall till last week - that is why i did not want to bore everyone with posts on progress reports.

we went to a pond supply/building place on the way home from bedrock garden to look at the 7 or 8 ponds they had and i saw how big the water grasses can grow - lily pads too. will stick with the one lotus i plan on for now. my wife wants to float in there and does not like frogs so i am not allowed to have too many things for them to hand out on - plants do help for keeping the water clean so i may add something else in the future - besides i have some nice looking stone in their i want to be able to see

Wha, I think you must rent a frog costume and dive in. When she sees the frog she will know to kiss him and then you will turn into her prince charming. And from that day on, she will adore all the frogs in your pond. We never have seen one in ours. I love frogs. Sad. Still waiting for the plane. I hate airports! Patti

funny - i'm afraid that plan would back fire - you have not seen her scream and jump when she spots one ------ or maybe that was only when i was chasing her with one:)

If I attempted a project anything like this, it would be an endless SCREAM.

Frogs will show up anyway. As will more deer now that they have a place to drink. But so will lots of birds!

Plants I like for a pond are iris, like JI or sibs.....leave them in pots so they don't go crazy....

victor trust me there were several times i was just about to fill the hole back up - when i ran into that ledge and then the french drain it got ugly here - not understanding the plumbing terms and trying to decipher what they meant was comical now that i look back on it - diana was very patient with me.

I know that feeling, Bill. Ponds are great, but can be extremely frustrating. I still have never found my leak and now my pump stopped working. It's already the second one.

I'm just blown away, Bill. And I, for one, would not have been bored by progress reports. You could take a swim in that pond! If it were mine, I'd be loading it up with plants. I just went out and bought a dwarf papyrus, as the one I had last year died, in spite of the fact that I moved it inside. Also bought some water lettuce. I have 2 waterlilies in there; one is a dwarf. I also have a dwarf acorus and a corkscrew rush. Oh, and I bought a sensitive plant today, too. My pond is only 4'x6' and 15" deep.

I'm always getting frogs in my pond. They come and go. I think what happens is a heron comes and eats the ones in there, and then more move in. I could be wrong.

Victor, does your pump quit on you because the leak causes the pond to go dry? Bummer.

Karen

what kind of pump did you have?

Karen thanks - having the water covered with plants is not the look i want at least least for now. will start with the lotus which i hope to pick up tomorrow.

pond is 3' deep so we can go in

Its a wonderful addition Bill.

Where did you get all the stones, Bill?

I will check on the pump.

No, Karen - it's a slow leak so doesn't bother the pump. When it gets low enough to suck air I can hear it and will turn it off until water is added.

That is awesome Bill!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was so inspired by Bill that ............I pushed the recliner back all by myself. Normally, I have the kids do it. No more of that!

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thanks again

granite i guess you know a pile of stone when you see it:) There are some nice ones.

victor we have a friend who lets me take all i want from her property.....and let's me use her pick up truck to get them here - she has ton's of old stone walls buried under leaves and trees. will probably get more later this year to build a second retaining wall above the one i just finished, actually two, a small one on one side and a larger one higher upon the other - it is a real pain to mow there and this would end that problem. Just have to get my mind around doing it, i've learned you get what you think you need and multiply by 3. they will be 2' high and almost 3' wide so they really eat a lot of stone. it is a lot of work just getting them in and out of the truck and moving to where i need them so you need to be mentally prepared for some pain.

do not hurt yourself - your living on the edge there!!

LOL

I have to take a pic of the rocks that Teri's neighbor let me take, she said I can come back anytime(next time I'll bring the truck, Allison)

I need to post a pic of my 1/2 billion yr old Manhattan schist. Very shiny.

Murphy's Law dictates that Bill, after moving 100s of tons of stones, will get a hernia by sneezing. ^_^

I forgot to ask you Jen.. how was the ride home with them?.. I was worried about some of those bigger ones

It was fine, thinking I should have brought home more

I'm hoping you aligned the stream for maximum karma, Bill.

the stream will need some touching up so no karma there for at least a year.

Instead of "Endless Stream" it will be "Endless Project"...must never let my son see that!

Started today on a project I've put off for 2 years.....when I had the long garden done by my landscaper/neighbor he used soil that was full of clay, then put down landscape cloth....my plants are suffering, so I'm removing the cloth, & edging the garden with left-over bricks.....worked for a few hours before the sun got to me....will continue later today....

Not a fan of cloth. Just doesn't work.

can't stand the stuff, esp that heavy duty plastic which I still find around the perimeter of the house and end up grumbling about the previous owners yet again

No, you're right....cloth doesn't work.....I should've gotten to it sooner, but at least I started.....

the areas I did use cloth in.. I made sure the plants had plenty of space for water to get through.. and / or drippers from the sprinklers

It wasn't the water...the clay soil was not giving enough oxygen to the roots....I'm digging in some compost....

I'm not a fan of cloth, either.

Victor, don't get a hernia from moving the recliner.

Karen