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A short, wide garden!

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  • zugeniezugenie Posts: 831
    edited April 2022
    @TheGreenMan plants list!
    Marginals
    8. pink flowering rush
    1. veronica beccabunga
    5. water mint
    6. iris ensata hybrid
    2. upright water milfoil
    7. slender club rush

    Deeper water
    3. water starwort
    -hornwort
    4. water lily nymphaea rossana supreme

    apologies for that chaotic numbering!



    I also have a fern that planted itself in a pot with my butterwort that has only ever know being constantly wet so I’ve planted that a little higher behind the flat rock, to hopefully keep the crown dry and the roots nice and wet!
  • LatimerLatimer Posts: 1,068
    Really like that pond, looks great! I'm going to start digging out my own son, how deep did you make it in the middle? And how wide are your shelves?
    I’ve no idea what I’m doing. 
  • zugeniezugenie Posts: 831
    Latimer said:
    Really like that pond, looks great! I'm going to start digging out my own son, how deep did you make it in the middle? And how wide are your shelves?
    It’s 50-60cm in the middle (deepest point) one shelf was about 30cm wide and the other was closer to 20cm - sorry I didn’t measure them I eyeballed it!
  • LatimerLatimer Posts: 1,068
    Thanks!
    I’ve no idea what I’m doing. 
  • zugeniezugenie Posts: 831
    @Latimer if you have a rough idea of what plants you want and how you want to do it (like square or curved baskets or a particular stone) then measure those bits so you know how big you nee
  • zugeniezugenie Posts: 831
    Upgraded the compost area yesterday! 

    Replaced the waterbutts with slim ones and assembled the second compost bin! Really pleased with how it’s looking now, just need some rain to fill up the butts! I’ve moved the old ones round the side so I’m not losing any rainwater storage!

    Attempted to put the post for a rotary washing line in the ground (as per instructions, with a hammer!) and of course found with our rubbish dump of a garden we couldn’t get it in, so hole is being dug to concrete it in, found some treasure :D

  • LatimerLatimer Posts: 1,068
    Replaced the waterbutts with slim ones and assembled the second compost bin! Really pleased with how it’s looking now, just need some rain to fill up the butts! I’ve moved the old ones round the side so I’m not losing any rainwater storage!
    I've got a BBQ planned for this afternoon so I suspect your water butts will be full by this evening! 😊
    I’ve no idea what I’m doing. 
  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    Looking lovely 😍
  • zugeniezugenie Posts: 831
    @TheGreenMan thank you!! Your new bed is looking lovely too!
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