A Gardeners Forum Forums Gardening Reference Gardening in 2006 My new flowerbed and pond(Photo Heavy)

Thanks Lynne.

I bought that snake at the dollar tree....picked it up and Mark said, what the heck do you want that for...I said for the rock at the pond....then he was all excited to buy it....and was carrying it around the store whipping me with it........

My sister keeps telling me it's too green, I said ummmm, it's supposed to be green on the sides.....that's the good algae....People who don't have ponds think it should be totally clear....

i like it, and merme's idea of building up the rock wall so it will "protect" your pond from run off from the walkway!

You can't see the pond, but I just wanted to throw this pic of the flowerbed it's in in here.

It's amazing how lush and filled in it all is!

ok, i'm officially jealous! looks good

That is so pretty, Laura! I am a little green with envy myself!

Dianna

Why thanks you guys!

What a nice treat this morning to see my hyacinth blooming!

Thats so pretty Laura....very dainty looking.

That is pretty...
I love flowers, of bright colors
next to lime green...
It sets both of the colors off soooooooo vibrantly!

It was quite a surprise this morning, I didn't even know it was getting ready to flower!!

I wonder how long it will last? Does anyone know? I hope it's a while.

mine usually last about a day and a half, or so, but if you have one blooming, you will have a bunch of blooms for at least a week. i know i have, even the ones i "tossed" into the rubbermaid bin to get them out of my way!

You are corrrectamundo!!! I checked the others out and they are sending up buds for flowers!

I wish they lasted much longer though!

Well, Laura, after viewing all your gorgeous pix, I'm waiting for sunrise so I can go out and throw rocks at my pitiful, burned up beds. lol!

Thanks for sharing...I sure enjoyed seeing all your pretties.

Thank you Rosie, this small pond has been a new thing for me....but we are making it much bigger in the fall! I can't wait!

New pictures!





My view from the back porch.

that's my goal for the small bed in front of our house. wonder when I'll stop procrastinating?

Now is a good time to start to stop procrastinating.

Looks veryyyyyyy nice Laura!!!
I love it...

Thanks Weezie! It's really my favorite part of the entire garden....I love it so much!

loz

Lovely...........yard and flowers.. And pond...Your looking like a zinnia lover also.

Good work...after 21,000 posts, you must be a pro.
;o)

I admire your work and brain.

dodge

Kenny

Just make a circle and take off the sod and fill it with good soil and plant away.

Presto .Instant bed..Hey.. Its almost time to plant the bulbs for lovelys for 2007 spring.

Tulips and Lilys.........

Hints hints hints.

;o)
dodge

Ya know Loz, that space looks so perfect, you should just add another whole pond rather than enlarge the one you have. A lil walkway between the two, and it will get rid of more grass!

I thought about that...the only thing stopping me from doing that is the pond now isn't that deep, around 20 inches. It needs to be at least 3 feet in the middle for the weather around here, so it does need to be redone this fall. BUT, I'll have it looking even better next year!

Well bigger and better is good!

I think one cool thing will be the sunken solar ship I bought....I'm gonna stack some pavers or something in the pond so it's in the middle of the pond shipwrecked. And with proper filtration and stuff I might get 2 Koi fish maybe.