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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

The bog blog

morning sunshine
I've been posting the progress on this garden project on my blog and thought I would give an update here on Gardens of Etsy. Here is my blog with some before pix.
http://willowtreepotteryandgallery.blogspot.com/2011/01/bog-blog.html
http://willowtreepotteryandgallery.blogspot.com/2011/03/bog-garden-continued.html


I did some research on bogs and learned that many bog plants, pitcher plants for example, evolved the way they did because bogs can be naturally low in nutrients.  So I filled my bog with a mixture of peat, sand and a little bit of garden soil for the plants that aren't true bog plants.

wind chime for the deer
I came home from the nursery Friday with 2 big pots of pitcher plants to add to the little ones I put in earlier.  The pickeral weed already put in may not be allowed to grow.  The deer really like it.  I hung a wind chime over the bog in hopes that would bother the deer. I also put in some sedges(grassy looking plants).


The ironweed, turtle head, amsonia and irises are all starting to grow and will look like something in a few more weeks. So I'll keep posting as things keep growing.



pitcher plants and sedge
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2 comments:

  1. Wear Your WildApril 14, 2011 at 4:29 AM

    Very cool!
    We have a natural bog at our other place. It dries out in the summer, but so does everything else in TN.

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  2. Julie DeGrootApril 14, 2011 at 6:02 AM

    Great article! Thanks for sharing this with us. Never thought to create a bog, sounds like a very fun project. Would love to see how it evolves!

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