Garden Projects 2009 - Part 5 - Water garden, More Digging And The Best ...

Gosh, you've put so much hard work into this and it's looking great already. Don't we all change our minds when it comes to setting plants out? - women's prerogative. Anyway, well done you!

Angie ~ Well done !
Great choices with your plants.
But you were supposed to empty the whisky out of the barrel.
Lol.

thank you both, i am very please with how it's coming along...i am not finished yet though, the right hand back corner (in front of the greenhouse) is next on the hit list, and TT, i am not a fan of whisky, if it was a wine or larger barrel there could have been problems lol

Hi Angie,another one to cross off your list and very good it looks already, going to be grand when all your plants start to fill out,lets hope we get lots of sunshine this year then you can relax in your garden with your wine and admire everything you,ve done.Hows the willow te-pe doing?.

I hope the whiskey isn't too strong or you could have some disorientated frogs trying to climb out of the water!! I love the grasses in the baskets!! Nice blog.

well done you. its hard work but so worth it. the mushrooms are great. you can buy so many different sorts cant you. i like frogs too. ;-))

Paul ~
Look out for those tipsy frogs hopping around Essex. :o)

Its looking good.I like the shape and the trellis work. It gives it that 'whats round the corner ?' feel.Well done

It really has changed such a lot with all your hard work, Angie! Keep going... :-)

Your garden is looking really good..... love the new barrel.........you have been working hard.........

Should be alright for a water lilie, they very in depth depending on type. If you want a smaller leaved on then raise it up on a house brick.

Looking good.

Wow, Angie. It looks fantastic....what a lot of work you have done. I love your water barrel. It looks perfect there. I've been thinking of a solar powered pump too....do they work well? I don't know much about them.

Angie it looks really well, even as its been hard work but worth it, like your water barrel

Thanks for all your nice comments, Lincslass, - yes wine will be most essential in this garden lol, Paul the grasses were an experiement really pleased with how they have come out, - still daffs to come in them yet, - running a bit late i think, Sandra, - yes they were a bargain, they did have red tops that made them chime in the wind, but the tops had been broken so i got them a at a really silly price, and to be honest i like them better like this they i think they look a bit like distroying angels, TT don't worry i can always post you some tipsy frogs if you like lol, - would hate for you to miss out on all the fun ;-) Hameryllis - do you think so, well chuffed with that comment, i want it to be a bit of mistery so my plan must be working then. thanks for the encoragement Spritz, - nothing like a few frustrations to get me digging lol. Trees, Clarice, & Holly, i am also loving the barrel as a water garden, thing is, i am a little concerned about the safety issues with it as it is. it is much deeper than i thought, and Brooke is showing lots of interest in it, - it is waist height for her, if she was to lean over it just for a look she could go in head first and not able to get out. i may have to rethink how we use it. i have two ideas, one is to raise the level of the water with beach pepples so that the water is only 6" deep from the top, then use just marginal plants and the solar water feature as mentioned (don't know as yet how effective Gilli - not used them before either - will get back to you on that) - or go back to the other idea of a bog garden, and fill it with mud and plant up with bog plants, what do you think guys, i can always empty it and go back to water garden with water lillies (would love some of though Dan) once Brooke is past the danger age, but just not worth the risk, at this depth i think, too dangerous.

I love your wide borders and your choice of plants.....it's looking good.

Looking Good, in fact looking Great Angie, you work so hard in your garden and it shows.. About your Barrel, It looks great by the way, but if your worried about Brooke falling in you have to empty it or you will be forever worrying, maybe put it off for a year and just plant it up for now, A gunnera looks great in Barrels and wont grow as Big.. Good luck with whatever you decide and keep the blogs going... Dee..

thanks, it is coming along nicely now DD2 - have been out there this afternoon with a few gap fillers, until things fill out a bit. and thank YDD, Gunnera would actually be great there, but i have already been out this afternoon and solved the problem - i think! i bought to big bags of beach pepples and half filled the barrel with old bricks i found then covered them with the pepples which are quite large, so they don't sink or move too much if you press down on them, i have ofcourse tested this lol so now the water is only about 8" deep, at the top of the barrel, so even if she did fall in she could quite easy push herself back out, ofcourse i am always in the garden with Brooke anyway, but like you say Dee, once you know of a danger, you do nothing but worry, i feel much more comfortable now. i have also bought some nice water plants that are sitting quite nicely in it, all i need now is a small solar pump to complete the look.

Brilliant Idea Angie, You have Piece of mind now :)) OK some pics will be nice :)).. Dee..