rdy2rac with
04-23-2006, 03:40 PM
Does anyone else have any water plants or a pond?
We are going to redisgn a few areas of ours this year. Here's how it looked about a year after we put it in, a few of the plants have changed but the layout remained the same:
http://www.r2rp.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/normal_DSC00769.JPG
First we are removing the plastic waterfall. Actually I am going to probably paint it with some rock-style textured paint (I bought it a couple years ago intending on using it in the pond area) then fill it with real rocks (my om is going to have the neighbor famer put them in her yard when he tills the field). My thought is by doing this I will get a little more realistic looking waterfall & won't have to worry about plants or birds trying to land & dying (usually get 1-4 a year before I get the plants in there to show them its not as shallow as it looks).
Second I am going to look into getting either a new filter spong for our pump or a whole knew pump. Usually I rinse the filter spong out before I turn the waterfall on in the spring & again when we are shutting it down for the winter. Last year when I rinsed it for the spring it didn't seem to help & I did it atleast 1 other time during the summer without the water getting as clear as I like.
I went out there the other night after dinner & started on the spring pruning. I got everything trimmed down except for the ivy (which is a job in itself), the rose of sharon, some leaves around the garden & I am going to do a serious deep clean (chemical free) of the pond itself.
Ok enough about mine, lets here about your's! Big or small lets see them all. :clap:
We are going to redisgn a few areas of ours this year. Here's how it looked about a year after we put it in, a few of the plants have changed but the layout remained the same:
http://www.r2rp.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/normal_DSC00769.JPG
First we are removing the plastic waterfall. Actually I am going to probably paint it with some rock-style textured paint (I bought it a couple years ago intending on using it in the pond area) then fill it with real rocks (my om is going to have the neighbor famer put them in her yard when he tills the field). My thought is by doing this I will get a little more realistic looking waterfall & won't have to worry about plants or birds trying to land & dying (usually get 1-4 a year before I get the plants in there to show them its not as shallow as it looks).
Second I am going to look into getting either a new filter spong for our pump or a whole knew pump. Usually I rinse the filter spong out before I turn the waterfall on in the spring & again when we are shutting it down for the winter. Last year when I rinsed it for the spring it didn't seem to help & I did it atleast 1 other time during the summer without the water getting as clear as I like.
I went out there the other night after dinner & started on the spring pruning. I got everything trimmed down except for the ivy (which is a job in itself), the rose of sharon, some leaves around the garden & I am going to do a serious deep clean (chemical free) of the pond itself.
Ok enough about mine, lets here about your's! Big or small lets see them all. :clap: