New Beginnings!
The new plant species are coming together. Look for them soon. The new design of this blog is coming together and I hope will be up by the 20th of February. I spent about 9 days to visit with my parents, sister-in-law, niece and nephew and was without the internet for the last few [...]
Bird Lovers can’t be Koi Lovers…I explain
This post will definitely go under “off topic” though it dose pertain to water gardens. I would assume many gardeners are bird lovers and outdoor lovers as well. And if you are a brand new water gardener, then you may not know that the arch nemesis of a water garden with goldfish or koi, throughout most of [...]
Winter: early, cold, and nationwide
Last week we had ice storms in the north east, this week in Chicago and Indiana. Snow twice in two weeks in Seattle which is uncommon, and more uncommon they now refuse to salt the roads in the city (for a good laugh look up the news stories about police officers responding on foot in Seattle because the city refuses to salt the streets because the salt may go into Puget sound, a body of salt water?). New Orleans and Beaumont TX had snow last week as did Las Vegas in the city. Florida has remained same so far but winter just arrived officially 5 days ago. Having lived here in Ohio for 8 or 9 years it wouldn’t surprise me if most of January and February are in the 50s but there is no sigh of that just yet. Tomorrow I will return to plants as I am anxious to begin discussing water lilies and what will be available this spring.








