Summer 2003

bmor

i just found this pic from last summer and it reminded me to clean up the pond pump and filter. a good spring time task for all northern pond keepers to get going on. warmer weather will be here soon.

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John Dixon

Very nice pond. It has a very peaceful "air" about it. I'm sure you find it very enjoyable and relaxing.

John

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Si vis pacem parabellum

Stay off the trails of others, that's where the booby-traps are.

bmor

thank you john, and yes it's quite relaxing now that it 's mostly complete. oddly enough i also came accross the pictures (not digital) of digging it two winters ago. i started digging it in late january as the ground was wet not frozen. i had to dig when the ground was moist as we have the type of clay that will dent your shovel blade when dry. it was a milder winter that year, so i said what the heck and had it finished (including the rocks)by end of february. the neighbours thought it odd to say the least but it's a good story. regards

bmor

early summer....?
just took this pic last weekend.
usually not so many lilly blooms for late may but i won't complain.
no sign of my lotus though. it might not have made it through the winter.

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heymikey(deceased)

hey bmor; Your pond is utterly awesome. I really like the choice of rocks combined with the plantings and their placement--it could be on the cover of a magazine. Can you let us viewers know what specie of plants are shown in the photo? Regards, heyMikey!!

bmor

thanx heymikey. your comment is so nice to hear. it's really been great to have it and i think it looks pretty good ( i'm jaded cause i built it) .
following a clockwise pattern around the pond at 6 o'clock in the front of the pond is juniper proc. ; then lemon thyme, another procumb. ;out of view but continuing around the pond are-a threadleaf falsecypress -weeping birch-arctic willow- various perenials (echinecia rubinstern, bellflower, larkspur, lupin, jacobs ladder, siberian and japanese iris, and a bamboo), as you re-enter the picture, at the immediate back of the pond is a nest hemlock, another false cyrpress, a jedaloah pine, red dogwood (variagated), diablo ninebark, now at 12pm at the back of the stream is a plantain hosta, a couple more procumbens, another dogwood, can't see the miscanthus grassess yet, and coreopsis moonbeam (not yet flowering), and blue pacific juniper, now going out of the picture but continuing around the pond there's a -green threadleaf japanese maple - a couple mugo pines and a dry pea gravel stream leading to the ponds edge. in the pond are raspberry lily, a yellow and white hardy water lilly, taro, umbrella palm, hyacinths', floating hearts, parrot feather, and cabomba.
hopefully, i haven't recalled some species incorrectly but that's it.
thanx for inquiring.
bill