Day off today so hope to get some yard work done but it is hot. Finished levelling a back filling around the third pond this morning but had to take a break. My neighbor helped get the retaining log is place as planned so the rest will be easy. The top pond of the five will be eight feet long, about 2 feet wide and 12 inches deep. I will build a box of 3/4 inch plywood and line it with plastic sheet. To camouflage the plastic along the edge I plan to stand up short lengths of large bamboo canes and then put Walking Iris against those.
Yesterday I scored 1/2 a van load of ti plants and bromeliads. I have a Ford E150 cargo van I drive instead of a car so you can imagine the capacity. I considered buying a pick up truck with a camper years ago but the van was $10,000 cheaper new and I can walk from the drivers seat to the back door inside without getting wet. A friend once said it made a lot of sense but its not "sexy". 140,000 miles later it still transports a lot of plant material. So now I have a heap of bromeliads and Ti on the edge of the driveway waiting to be sorted trimmed and put in the ground.
My neighbor is planning on buying a number of new bamboo plants from a nursery on the other side of the island so he may need me to assist with my van for that project. Probably another bamboo for me instead of compensation for gas!!
Cleaned the two Water Lily tubs on our front deck this morning and topped up the water. One blooms very well, the other not at all. I will thin out the non blooming tub as it seems have multiple plants and transfer some to the new ponds. Dead headed the Orchid Cactus plants this morning, now over 400 blooms this season. I've also "kicked over" over 200 unwanted Bamboo canes from the running bamboo that encircles part of our front yard.
Will skim pond weed off two of the larger fish ponds this afternoon. Probably a wheelbarrow full of weed to go to the ducks.
Also need to split up a pot of dark red Heliconia. Will move it to two pots as its supposed to be a special variety and needs careful attention. One pot will decorate the new ponds. The second one will be encouraged to grow big so that I can divide it again.
Getting my energy back now so its back to the yard (Luckily too hot to get up on the roof an sweep off bamboo leaves and clean gutters)
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