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Bog gardens
On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 17:11:44 -0600, "FrankS"
wrote: I'm thinking of creating a bog garden this year but haven't been able to find much info on how to do it. Basically, I'm thinking of digging a shallow depression about 10 ft in diameter and 10 to 12 inches deep and refilling with about 6 inches of topsoil. I have a natural slope to my yard so keeping it wet shouldn't be a major problem for me. I would like to create as much a natural environment as possible with cattail, bulrushes, horsetails and any other bog type plant I can find. I have about 4 to 6 inches of topsoil over a thick bed of clay. I live in the extreme north of zone 4 so winters are long and brutal while the summers can be hot as hell. I want this to be a low maintenance area and I'm not interested in attracting any wildlife although, if it works, I imagine frogs and garter snakes may show up. Does anyone have any experience or info to share with me? thanks frank I have a pond, about 7,000 gallons or so. It took me 3 weeks to dig it out. Frogs were watching me dig it out and immediately took it over. The pond is fed by an underground natural spring. I installed a standpipe that takes the overflow to a nearby stream. Later, I surrounded the pond with flagstone. The water was muddy for about a month, then cleared up. I planted a few aquatic plants. The elodea, parrot feather, cattail, miniature horsetail, and lilies grew quickly. Currently I have azola invasive problems and use it to feed the compost. One year I had to evict a muskrat. Water snakes and herons can be a problem at times for the larger fish. There's a pond newsgroup you should check out. I'm in zone 7 with very little pond freezing. |
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