Here's what I did:
1. Dug a hole about 15 inches deep
2. Added a layer of sand on the bottom (1 inch)`
3. Lined with plastic, the thickest mil you can find or use plastic made
for ponds
4. Cut a hole in the pastic about 5 inches below the surface so that when
it rains the pond won't fill with water to the top and drown your
plants.
5. Added my mix. Mine is a combination of sand and milled peat moss.
6. Filled it with tap water with the pH adjusted to between 6 and 7..
It's better to use rainwater but I didn't have any at the time. I still
occassionally use tap water when rainwater is not available, again always
adjusting the pH to the acid side.
7 I lined my bog with granite rock in a beautification effort.
Working with the plastic is rather cumbersome, plus it's easy to poke a hole
in the bottom when mixing the "soil." So the next one of do I plan to use a
deep plastic container and cut holes in the side about 5 inhces below the
surface before placing it in the ground.
This also works for the terrestial orchids that I grow, although I use
different mix.
David
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Hello to CP admirers everywhere. I've been subscribed for a long time, =
but have never sent in any questions or comments, so I have to make up =
for it now. Do any of you have experience creating a large outdoor bog? =
"Large" meaning ten square feet or more. I wonder if it's too =
difficult, and how one might attempt it. =20
Maria Minno
Gainesville, Florida
USA
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