In article , Jane Ransom
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In article , Roz Cawley
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Yes - indeed I did - but even in a bog garden, I think plants appreciate
*some* decent quality soil. They have a little more of that now, with
six sacks of (my own) compost dug in to enrich it a little,

A mistake, Roz
Sorry to have to say this, but next year, with all those nutrients in
the water, I think you are going to have a helluva problem with blanket
weed (((

Ah, no, Jane - the bog garden is completely separate from the pond.
Separated by two recycled railway sleepers atop a bank - and very nice
they look too. The bog garden is lined (with blue plastic - cos it was
being buried) - and the new pond has a butyl liner. The soil in the pond
is definitely not full of nutrients - just full of clay!

Oh, it would be easier to show you a pic

http://www.delamici.demon.co.uk/pond1.jpg

bog garden on left of photo - pond on the right - about three days after
filling.

I don't mean to sound as if I am slagging off the landscaper - he did do
a very nice job - it was just the mixing of subsoil and topsoil that was
a pain - I have suffered from the results of the same thing that
happened a few years ago when we took over the garden next door and had
a whole garden of weeds to clear. We had them sprayed and then "buried"
- 300 years of topsoil were buried along with it and up came the
flipping yellow clay to reside on the surface!

Acky stuff, as my Welsh Mum would have said.



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Roz Cawley
Autumn Cottage Diary http://www.autumncottage.co.uk