Chris, both I'm afraid. It's taken years of really keeping that soil covered with organic matter to get it to perform at all well. At first I thought it should be left uncovered so that it wouldn't be so wet and sticky, wrong! Then it just made clay bricks! Now it is rich with earthworms and they provide the necessary drainage holes and food for the plants. Stuff just grows like wild as long as I keep it covered.
I won a CP for the bog garden last night!
Now I'll have the most necessary plant for the contest.
It is here
S x Catesbaei
Here is a pix of what started blooming in the bog area yesterday.
Caesar's Brother.
