Re: Cult: Pond and Iris Pictures
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- Subject: Re: Cult: Pond and Iris Pictures
- From: "* I* J* <j*@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 22:24:20 -0700 (MST)
Glenn Simmons wrote:
>
> John,
>
> I second the below comments. Very well done and thank you. We started one
> last year
> but I reached a point where I was unsure of what to do next because we also
> wanted a bog area. I know you said you are using a water permeable cloth to
> stop dirt but what do you have under it holding it up? Also, like your idea
> of taking pictures of your progress, that is another good idea.
>
> Glenn
The cloth is wrapped aroung the stone barrier I laid up along the edge between
the shelf and the deep.
XXXXX = slabs of flat rock
*** = Fabric
| and __ = wall of hole.
Cross section
|
| XXXXX
| * ******
| BOG * XXXXX*
| Dirt * XXXXX*
| * XXXXX*
| * XXXXX*
| *************
|_______________
|
| Deep
|
|
|
|
Maybe I should put a drawing on the web site.
John | "There be dragons here"
| Annotation used by ancient cartographers
| to indicate the edge of the known world.
John Jones, jijones@ix.netcom.com
Fremont, California, USA, Earth, USDA zone 8/9 (coastal, bay)
Max high 95F/35C, Min Low 28F/-2C average 10 days each
Heavy clay base for my raised beds.
There are currently 66 Iris pictures on my Website. Visit me at:
http://members.home.net/jijones
