Southern Spirit Hunters
Gardening => Ponds => Topic started by: laura on Sep 21, 2009, 09:55:55 PM
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Just thought I'd share a few pictures. I grew all the Zinnia's from seeds and let me tell you---I got lazy with them and they looked terrible for a while but WOW did they ever take off when I planted them in the ground. Love sitting out there. I have 10 goldfish in my pond and at least 100 tiny mosquito fish. Mark dug it out in one day by himself. Instead of doing shelves around the edge I discovered a much easier way of ponding. Dig 3 levels. Left end is shallow and I can put my potted plants there if I want to. Middle is medium, and the far right is 3 feet deep so the fish can overwinter. They all made it thru last winter with flying colors. Even though it froze solid many times. Well I do float a few balls in there so there are holes for gases to escape.
I have big plans for it. If I ever come up with the money. :rolleyes1: I've had big plans for it now for years. Involving a retaining wall around the backside of it so the slope doesn't keep slipping each year.
The lilies were bananas this year. Tons and tons of leaves and flowers.
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From the back corner.
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This was taken from my upper back porch.
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Wow! Very nice, Laura!!
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Thank you very much. It gives me great joy and didn't cost much to make at all. Just the cost of the pump and filter box. This is the 3rd year I believe for this pond. Before this one I had a MUCH smaller one. A puddle really.
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Awesome, Laura. I love all of the color!
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Looks awesome. A very relaxing spot you have there!
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Thats so pretty Laura, nice and relaxing too,
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I'll bet you sit out there and read or make Christmas lists. It's beautiful.
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Thanks everyone. I like lots of color and when I garden I just throw what I like wherever I like. No formal gardening here. I have thought about surrounding it the whole way with different grasses but then I keep thinking I'd miss the color.
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I like all the cute little decorations you have around it, all the frogs.
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I love it! Have you ever planted four o'clocks around it?
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I love it! Have you ever planted four o'clocks around it?
What is a 4 o'clock please ????
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they are flowers that bloom in the evening around 4. Lovely actually.
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Four o'clocks are what we call Mirabilis jalapa because that is about the time of evening that they open, Johnnie
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I like a lot of color too Laura.
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Your pond has really grown since last I saw pictures of it. Beautiful, Laura!
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Four o'clocks are what we call Mirabilis jalapa because that is about the time of evening that they open, Johnnie
Thank you Tina (thats better) I can understand now. Yes we have these bulbs/tubers here bit of an exotic here has to be lifted for winter. Lovely flowers and colours I have to say
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Mirabilis does form a bulb/tuber. But it also seeds like crazy and is easily treated as an annual.
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Looks great Laura!!! What a relaxing place to sit! You have done a wonderful job with the area!
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Do I see ghosts in the tree in the second pic? Have you already started decorating for Holloween? I love your pond. I really need to get rich to get some of these trees out of here so I can do things with this property!
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I had to go back and double check Barb, i missed those, and you are right, there are Ghosts hanging in the tree!!!!!
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Very pretty! I think you'd miss the color too if you went with grasses.
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Thank you everyone for the kind comments. I have never grown 4 o'clocks. I should absolutely try some around there. :smile: Penny, I still have the frog you sent out. He's pretty lazy. He just lays there day after day. Kicked back with his hands behind his head.
And yes. They are ghosts in my tree. I bought some the other day and didn't want to forget about putting them up, my neighbor had her stuff up already so I just threw 'em in there.
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laura, want some seeds? i have a few i can send you :BigGrin:
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Sure, send 'em on up! :smile:
My pond after my chopping spree yesterday. :SmileyFit: I hate cutting everything down, it kills me....but it has to be done. Everything was still growing so nicely. But there could be a frost tonight. Really cold weather isn't far away. I still have SO much to do. Have to cut it all down anyway, have a bunch of bulbs to get planted.
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What is that off to the right of your pond? Looks like water.
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Jess, it does look like another pool of water.
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Oh, that's where are above ground pool was. Mark takes it down for the winter since the weather is so bad here. Many people keep them up, but it only takes a few hours to put it away for the year. What you see there is roofing rubber on top of sand. Makes me sad to see it go and then have a big old empty hole all winter.
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Okay...they need to be taken down here too. I just couldn't tell what it was.