So at my girlfriend's apartment there is a nice section that used to be a garden but was overgrown with weeds. We decided to rip up all the weeds and get a nice veggie garden going. I reserved the last section of fence, just the the left of the azalea bush for a bog garden, this area gets the most sunlight, around 6-7 hours of direct light a day.
I dug down around 2 feet, hammered in some stakes and put a raised 2x10 frame around the outside, making this a sort of hybrid in ground/raised bog. The total area is 3'x6' and around 2.5' deep.
Next went in a layer of sand and a 4mil plastic tarp
And over that the pond liner. This is I believe 14.5 mil thick. Not the thickest pond liner out there but it will do the job for the bog without a problem.
Then began the laborious task of mixing the sand and peat. I chose to do this in layers dumping a bale of peat at a time and a couple bags of sand, then I jumped right in and mixed away with my hands.
And finally it was full
I worked on filling the bog with water today, brought the collection of Sarrs over today, and planted a few in the bog. I'm going to try to get some more VFTs and some cold hardy dews and then plan out a better planting.
Here's some of the rest of the garden
I dug down around 2 feet, hammered in some stakes and put a raised 2x10 frame around the outside, making this a sort of hybrid in ground/raised bog. The total area is 3'x6' and around 2.5' deep.
Next went in a layer of sand and a 4mil plastic tarp
And over that the pond liner. This is I believe 14.5 mil thick. Not the thickest pond liner out there but it will do the job for the bog without a problem.
Then began the laborious task of mixing the sand and peat. I chose to do this in layers dumping a bale of peat at a time and a couple bags of sand, then I jumped right in and mixed away with my hands.
And finally it was full
I worked on filling the bog with water today, brought the collection of Sarrs over today, and planted a few in the bog. I'm going to try to get some more VFTs and some cold hardy dews and then plan out a better planting.
Here's some of the rest of the garden