Just a quick post. We have 2 ponds - a raised one, on the concrete & a traditional in the ground one. We've had them for about 12 years & this winter it was time to redo the in-ground pond. So we re-dug, re-lined & ... eventually it will have a new edging around it. Right now it looks like what it is a pond that is 4/5th's of the way done. We've learned, let the lining stretch out in the hot sun before we start to cut it & make it look good. We've
maybe learned not to do the rock work in the summer - THAT remains to be seen :) I've got pics I will share when we finally get it looking good again.
In the meantime it's completely functional with bog plants, waterfall (small), fish & plants. And it's covered with .... netting. This time it's the black netting we used to use for the tomatoes. Yep - birds again - this time BIG FISH EATING BIRDS! Seems as if birds are my #1 problem doesn't it?
Anywho here are pics of the new pond plants we got. We can't really do lilies in this one because of the black netting, but these are nice.
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| Snow Flake Lily |
This is one of my favorites. DH says it looks like a weed & grows like one! Nonsense! It has small lily type leaves & those cute little daisy's - they close & open with the sun. In a month or so this will be very pretty. The size of leaves & flowers don't get bigger they just cover more area. Also, yes that out of focus orange blob at the bottom of the pic is one of the 24 gold fish we have in there.
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| Mosaic |
This is DH's favorite. It's pretty too, but no flowers. Sorry for the pine needles in there but didn't take the time to get them out of the netting, which you can see & yep - there's no way to get a pic easily without getting in the liner & stones right now.
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| Mosaic |
This is a close up of the plant - nice but no flowers... ;)
The water is green - don't ask! But that should clear up soon on it's own with a lot of help from our bog plants. Good news is that since the water isn't clear our fish are harder to see for those darn birds!
