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[PRIMROSES] Bog Building

I suspect if you just filled up the pond you have now with soil you would
do well enough. I wonder if you wouldn't want to put holes in the liner
anyway. Most plants that live in bogs like good drainage too I believe.
More gravel!

> Well, here's the background.  Last year, I botched a pond-building
attempt,
> and ended up with a rubber-lined water-leaking pit.  The bog-like
> conditions around the 'pond' made for some gorgeous (and one dead)
hostas.
> I chanced to see a small bog on my parent's property around this time,
and
> decided to turn my pond into an even smaller bog, since it was wanting to
> be one, anyway.  Instructions in a book were to tear out turf atop the
> would-be bog, dig the hole, line it, and place the turf upside-down in
the
> bottom of the pit.  Well, the original turf from my 'pond' is compost and
> already used, so I thought I would strip the turf under the tree to use
as
> the base layer for the bog, and use this year's leaves covered with
compost
> to fill in over the tree's roots.  I haven't had any problems growing
> primroses and a FEW hostas amongst the largest tree roots,
> so I figured more planted farther out would compete as successfully as
the
> grass has.  I should add that the tree is an ash older than 68 years (it
> appears in a photograph from 1930, with a trunk app. 1' in diameter at
that
> time) and has not noticeably increased in height in about 15 years.  With
> all this in mind, is it worth a try?  All advice is greatly appreciated.
>
> Sheila S.
> Niles, MI
> Z 5/6
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