New Water Garden

Stock Tank Heaven

I finally bit the bullet and went to TSC

for a 6' round stock tank for our new water garden

side with Japanese & Louisiana Iris

we are rooting some of Grandma Belcher's

hydrangeas which will go on the other side

more rocks are on my list for Lowe's to

finish this flower bed

elephant ears I was excited to find 1/2 price

at a nursery we went to last weekend

then went to Home Depot and darned if they

hadn't gotten in a new shipment of black

elephant ears for the same price and much bigger plants

also have plenty of water iris blooming and

3 bags of hornwort sunk on the bottom

metal crane and porcelain fish I

caught on sale at Hobby Lobby

orange cord hanging in the back is for

the bug zapper which has sure made

it more pleasurable to sit outside

impatiens doing very well

they get late morning and early afternoon sun

seem to like the water staying in the bottom

of the pot all the time

caught the pots on clearance at Target

looking from the back of the tank

towards our swing we are enjoying once again

I built a ledge of concrete blocks so the fish could swim through and put a stepping stone on top for the flower pots with impatiens to sit on. I did the same for the elephant ears, fish and crane around the edges of the tank. I wanted plenty of places for the goldfish to hide since we have cats roaming around. I also put 2 water wigglers on the ledge to help control any mosquito problem we might have with this much water. It only took 2 days before we had tadpoles swimming around although there are not that many anymore since I put in 4 goldfish Saturday.

The bug has bit, where or where can I put another one and how many can I fit in our gardens. Won't Mom be thrilled!