Saturday, April 29, 2006

Wildlife pond



Planted some verbascum plants at the near side of the pond which i grew from seed along with some herbaceous plants i dug up and divided from home.Waiting for more rain to top the pond up.When it is fairly full i will then tend to the edges of the pond liner using a mixture of stones,broken slabs and plants to over hang the edges.Also i will be using tights filled with soil and shaped into boulders,i saw these at a garden show and they looked great because after a short time moss grows over them making them look real...i will post a photo of these when i have done them.I also used old tights stuffed with barley straw and a brick and sunk it in the pond,this will in time reduce the growth of blanket weed and keep the water clear.

The picture with a sheet of fleece in is where i have planted out my sweetcorn plants,it does't look it in the photo but the patch i have planted is almost 4mtrs long by 1.5mtrs.

1 comment:

NoForkandGood said...

Dear Bex,

Message in regard to corn crop:
Message reads: One is worried that you may not have planted enough corn for the coming decade. Please plant more. Message ends.

;)