Newbie Question...

Sudbury, MA(Zone 6a)

I've just started a Water Garden ( see pic) I'm so excited ! Now I live in MA ( zone 6A) which means I don't have much longer to enjoy. The ceramic basin must come inside or it will freeze and crack and of course the plants will never make it past the first frost. I have about 30 +/- days before that happens.

The Newbie part of me says:
Just take some of the water out of the ceramic basin, put the plants and (2) goldfish in a big plastic dishpan ( functional not pretty) bring it into the house and wait until spring. Everything will live just fine.

The " that - is - too - easy" part of me says..it won't work like you think it will. So I come to the experts: All of you. I've read the forum and it's clear you all know LOTS !!! more about this than I do, but I'm willing to learn. My goal in the next two years is to put in a 10-20K gallon pond..but until then, I am working on a smaller, much smaller scale.

Thanks in advance for the help and suggestions

delta

This message was edited Sep 2, 2006 7:33 PM

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Dearborn, MI(Zone 5b)

The page below has answers to your questions. You can plan to pitch the water hyacinth for sure. You'll need to know if your water lily is hardy or tropical in order to be successful saving it. Good luck!


http://www.sheridannurseries.com/GardenSite/subGARDENTIP19Bmainframe.htm

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