RE: OT - now tubers was-Wonderful web tribute to the Armed forces

You guys have to be doing something wrong....

I will agree that a real koi pond, due to all the filtration needed, can
be involved.... but a watergarden nah.... A day in the spring and fall,
and maybe an hour monthly cleaning up is much less than weeding and
watering all season... IMHO

Donna


> 
> Man, oh man...I hear ya. Our farm is pretty big and of course I went
> nuts with putting in new gardens (like a kid with a new box of crayons
> and Big Chief Drawing pad). NOW...it more than I can keep up with. I
am
> scaling down. I love water ponds and all that...I just don't want the
> maintenance of keeping them up. I'm 42 years old...and right now...my
> soul feels about 80. I am going to simplify Christmas this year too.
> Bare minimum.
> 
> 
> Jesse
> 
> james singer <jsinger@igc.org> wrote:
> Donna, I love water gardens and pond and fountains and streams--in
> someone else's yard. We have a koi pond with fountains in the atrium
of
> our building, and it's great to watch the clients become mesmerized by
> the bubblers, the fish, and the changing lights. [Other shoe] but I
> don't want another labor intensive garden at the plantation.
> 
> The nearby branch library has a retention pond--maybe a quarter
> acre--with a fountain in the center. It's planted with mostly
> natives--canna, water lily, arrowroot--and lotus. It's really
fantastic
> when all are in bloom. [Asidum: Heard one of the local news readers
> call the library a lie-bury this morning. Obviously, she wasn't hired
> for her intellect.]
> 
> Incidentally, just picked my first tangello of the season.
> 
> On Tuesday, November 16, 2004, at 07:57 AM, Donna wrote:
> 
> > Hum..... no wonder watergardening is still in the dark ages...LOL!
> >
> > Donna
> > Who knew you were not going there, but the watergardener in me had
to
> > do
> > it :)
> >
> >>
> >> A little out of my ken.
> >>
> >> Kitty
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> Hum.. tubers you say....Well how about some tropical water lilies
or
> >>> lotus? ... Both do well in a whiskey barrel size container?
> >>>
> >>> Donna
> >
> >
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