Oh your herb garden is going to be lovely! I have one but it has been completely overgrown by mint (I didn't know enough to plant it in a buried pot) I've tried to pull it out/cut it down but it's incorrigible. So I basically have a mint garden. Ducks- sooo cute!
lol. I know what you mean. One year we planted lemon balm and spearmint and it just took over the whole thing. I dried so much we could supply the world with tea for a month! We just re-introduced a shovelful of the spearmint from a totally different area because it had died out there. I so hope we don't regret it.
I so hope they do better than last year. We did a lot to try and beef up the soil in hopes that will make a difference. Plus I left as much of the covering of fall leaves on it as possible. Crossing my fingers :)
Thank you for any ideas for the little pond. It doesn't get much sun, just a bit in late afternoon, if that matters :)
random commenterrowanda380May 26 2010, 19:32:17 UTC
awww, yay for healthy duckiest and healing frogs. I hope you do find a way to make that pond work, it looks like a beautiful spot for a water feature :0)
Re: random commentermirtlemistMay 26 2010, 20:07:36 UTC
I do, too. I can picture it with a tiny fountain and floating flowers. Price is an object, though. We can't really put much into it. We planted rhododendrons around it one spring. They bloomed and were gorgeous, but then the deer ate them. sigh. I guess we have to keep things simple.
We had to put a liner in our koi pond, and since we didn't like the look of it we ended up covering it with rocks, sand, and pea gravel. You can still see the liner a bit on the inside but it's not as noticeable because there are big rocks that overhang the edges.
You might be able to do something similar with the field stone.
Be warned, though, the liner can be very expensive. We went with the heavy-duty rubber so the rocks wouldn't tear it, and I think we paid almost $400 in 2001. Our pond is 9'x9' and ranges from 2' to 5' deep. We haven't had any problems with leaks, though - it's held up extremely well.
I have a sinking feeling that a liner is the way we're going to have to go. Four hundred dollars?! *gulp*
During the darker ages of ownership of our house, before we bought it, someone had filled in the pond. We were so excited when we uncovered it. It was like an archeological dig that kept getting bigger the longer we dug. lol. Now we wonder sometimes if we should just fill it in again and forget it!
Keep in mind we went with the ultra heavy-duty stuff... More expensive but longer-lasting, so it's a bit of a tradeoff.
Don't fill the pond in! It's awesome! Even if you can't make it a regular pond again, you could plant bog plants in the wet part at the middle. Irises, zebra grass, that kind of thing. Frogs would absolutely love it. :)
I've made a note of the plants you listed and will keep them in mind. Thank you! :) I guess we'll have to pay a visit to our local plant nursery and check into how much of a project this is going to turn into. I'm totally ignorant on this subject. Yow.
I bet the frogs will come, now that you've put out the call that you want some. lol. And I wish we could send our pond to you! You'd do such wonderful things with it. We're going to be stumbling around and will probably make a lot of mistakes. We'll do our best :) I'll post a picture if it turns out halfway decent.
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I've tried to pull it out/cut it down but it's incorrigible. So I basically have a mint garden.
Ducks- sooo cute!
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Thank you for any ideas for the little pond. It doesn't get much sun, just a bit in late afternoon, if that matters :)
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We had to put a liner in our koi pond, and since we didn't like the look of it we ended up covering it with rocks, sand, and pea gravel. You can still see the liner a bit on the inside but it's not as noticeable because there are big rocks that overhang the edges.
You might be able to do something similar with the field stone.
Be warned, though, the liner can be very expensive. We went with the heavy-duty rubber so the rocks wouldn't tear it, and I think we paid almost $400 in 2001. Our pond is 9'x9' and ranges from 2' to 5' deep. We haven't had any problems with leaks, though - it's held up extremely well.
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During the darker ages of ownership of our house, before we bought it, someone had filled in the pond. We were so excited when we uncovered it. It was like an archeological dig that kept getting bigger the longer we dug. lol. Now we wonder sometimes if we should just fill it in again and forget it!
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Don't fill the pond in! It's awesome! Even if you can't make it a regular pond again, you could plant bog plants in the wet part at the middle. Irises, zebra grass, that kind of thing. Frogs would absolutely love it. :)
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