i know i have read somewhere about someone using a kiddie pool to make a bog garden and now i cant find it.has anyone else seen this before or done it? i bought one at a yardsale for 2.00 and would love to make me a bog garden out of it,plmk and thxs in advance for your help
moretz
bog garden with a kiddie pool?
I know of tons of people that use kiddie pools to house pond plants they raise for sale, but non that used it as a bog. No reason why you can't though.
I don't see why you couldn't, that would make a perfect bog garden. You will want to provide some drainage to make sure that it did not sour. I don't mean that you would have to take the bottom out but make some holes to allow it to be boggy rather than being standing water with muck in it. Let us know how it goes!
yes i have read an article about doing this step by step lol and now i cant find it that is why i bought the kiddie pool i will have to search more when i have time and see thxs
moretz
I have a small one. All that I did was dig a hole to accommodate the pool. I poked a couple of holes in the bottom then filled it with the dirt that I dug out of the hole. I lined it with bricks and I planted a few bog plants, that's it. It stays wet but not muddy and it thrives. I can't find a picture but will keep looking. The plants that I put in it are red and blue native lobelia, white and pink turtle head, aquatic forget me nots, lizards tail and a type of sedge.
If you wanted the water to drain back into the pond, --- Most farm home stores have ag. sprayer , bulkhead fittings that you could put through the side of the kiddy pool. that way your bog would be acting as a biological filter as well. Of course most nurserys that carry fish and pond plants also carry them but for more money.
"Just a thought."
I have 4 plastic tubs that I put the bulkhead fittings in the sides. Don't have them dug in yet, or connected to the water line. The ground is just a wee bit hard right now. So is some of the water. LOL since it was a balmy -20 degrees yesterday. These tubs are what the cattle feeders, get mineral in. about 17" tall and 21" accross.
Work great for small water features on a patio too. I got about 8 or 10 of them free.
Helps to know some of the ranchers.
Moretz,
By any chance, did you come across the directions for the kiddie pool bog garden? I would love to put one in this spring, have the pool, but am clueless as to how to proceed.
blpender
I pretty much did the same thing Branka did, poke a few small holes in the pool, dig a hole, put the pool in and refilled with the dirt. Plant, water and sit back and enjoy. Louisiana Iris do really well in these bogs.
randbponder
May we see pictures please!!!
Judy