Re: CULT: Bog Garden
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- Subject: Re: CULT: Bog Garden
- From: M* T* <t*@flash.net>
- Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 22:13:44 -0600 (MDT)
Donald Mosser wrote:
>
> 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
Okay, I'm more confused now. So I can buy the pool, poke holes, then
fill with peat moss (and water?) do I plant the JI's, LA's directly
in the pool? Will it stay "boggish" without constant watering? ( A
valid concern on my father's part; water bills here are outrageous!)
If it's a "bog" with peat moss and dirt and mud and such, mosquitos
won't breed in it, will they? If they do, then I will renounce bog
gardens forever, due to the fact that mosquitos find me *quite tasty!*
I find their bites *quite painful!*
Rusty
fearing the answer.
