Originally Posted by
Darcyshannon
Hmmm, we have a pond. I would like o try some water things in there. Right now there is a bit of algae it does a have a cycling water feature but I need to learn how to treat without chemicals because I have a dog that drinks out of it even though he has lots of water.
I have raspberries. I want to grow a thornless Blackberry but I am new to my garden so I want to catch up before I add anything so fall and spring are my planting times.
Your garden impresses me. Mine is mainly a perennial flower garden and then I have some herbs in pots. Then I have two raised beds for veggies 4 x 8 and 4 x 4. I love the look of the flower beds so I am keeping them.
I need to plant more greens but unless I get a few starters, I will need to wait until next year. Do you do fall and winter gardening? I want to experiment with some things that grow better in fall for late harvest.
Thanks.
Yes, we do fall and winter gardening, though in winter it’s usually only the collards and sometimes kale that can be harvested. You may be able to get some started greens later this summer or early fall from your local garden center depending on how far noth you are.
If you can get some underwater plants in your water garden and also some plants that cover a lot of the surface that will help get rid of the algae and will also make it so you don’t have to use chemicals —unless you use chlorinated water to top it up, then you will need to add something to the water to make the chlorine and chloramines dissipate if you have fish, otherwise it can injure their gills.
Rob