Re: CULT: Bog Garden
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: CULT: Bog Garden
- From: D* M* <d*@southconn.com>
- Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 20:39:22 -0600 (MDT)
At 04:58 AM 6/2/97 -0600, you wrote:
>My bog garden is a kiddos swimming pool sunk in the ground and filled
>with a mixture of peatmoss, compost and some vermiculite - rather like a
>potting mix. Here reside some SIs and my JIs. Am going to add
>pseudocorus SUN CASCADE this year.
>Ginny inanda@lindsaycomp.on.ca
>Zone 4b Clay Loam
I've been contemplating putting in this type of bog garden ever since it
was first mentioned on the list a few weeks ago. Did you paint your kiddie
pool, Ginny? I had thought of sanding the pool with sandpaper and then
spraying with either black or brown spray paint to give the pool something
other than that hot pink look.:) Does anyone think that the paint would
affect the plants?
This seems like a cheap alternative to the hard plastic liners (approx.
$150.00 locally) if all you really want to do is grow the bog plants and
mosquitos and don't want the fish or the water lilies. I would estimate
$15.00 for the kiddie pool, sandpaper, and spray paint. Now I just need to
find a place in my yard to plant one of these bogs. Anyone else have any
innovative ideas on bog gardening on the cheap?
-Donald (who braved thunderstorms tonight to dig and divide bearded irises)
Donald Mosser
Member of AIS, HIPS, SIGNA, SSI, SLI, SPCNI, and IRIS-L
dmosser@southconn.com
http://www.geocities.com/rainforest/5570
North Augusta, South Carolina, USA
On the South Carolina and Georgia Border
USDA Zone 7b-8
