remembering winter and are you prepared

[addy1]

Big beans are zoned 5 to 11. I don't have either the Bogbean or water clover, but my plant book says Bogbean slow to establish in the water garden, requiring even 2 to 3 years before lush growth is attained. it also says addition of acid to the soil, in the form of peat, enhances plant performance. Does not say how to winter, but if your in zone 6, you should be just fine leaving it in the pond to winter, seeing how it takes 2 to 3 years to establish, don't be moving it around.
The water clover is zoned 6 to 11, highly invasive, may need to be monitored as this plant can choke out other plants. Just leave some of the rhizomes in the pond, plant may need to be "thined out" weekly my book says.

The water clover I have is in its 2 summer, stays well controlled, 4 leaf. I have it in a pot crown about 6 inches down. The clover in the bog did not do well. I never had to thin it, just yank some at the end of summer for grooming for winter.

I just bought bog bean, this summer, growing well and lush, it is rated for our area 6b ish, I don't recall the lowest it can go.

 

[sissy]

Well it got down to 39 this morning but no frost but is sure is cold and supposed to get up to 80 .You home yet addy .

 

[callingcolleen1]

Any body seen jAcK FrOsT?

 

[j.w]

Ohhhhhhh, looks like you have Colleen! Not here yet. We are still in the sunshine although temps are dipping down at night in the 40's. Burn ban has been in effect here since Aug.6th and won't stop till we get steady rains which I don't think can be that far off.

 

[addy1]

Well it got down to 39 this morning but no frost but is sure is cold and supposed to get up to 80 .You home yet addy .

Finally sissy, now catching up, grass to mow, shopping for food. It took us 12 hours, we can drive there in 15 hours. But at least the plane broke before it was in the sky. Made one heck of a long travel day, we left for the airport at 7am, got home at 7pm. The flight is only 2 hours 20 minutes.

 

[sissy]

geeze sounds like a really long day of frustration .Glad you made it home safe and sound ,just a little rattled I'm sure .

 

[j.w]

I think I could walk home faster than that flight addy :razz:
Glad you made it back safely tho and didn't take off in that rickety plane!

 

[addy1]

We had drink coupons...................used them lol They did give everybody on the flight a $100.00 coupon towards another flight. We fly them all the time so it will be used, you have a year.

 

[sissy]

hmmm did they carry you and hubby onto the plane or use a wheel chair to role you guys on . :razz:

 

[addy1]

hmmm did they carry you and hubby onto the plane or use a wheel chair to role you guys on . :razz:

lol we were on the plane and had the drinks .............. had to be carried off!

 

[sissy]

Two happy drunks rolled off a plane and geeze it did not make the news :razz:

 

[addy1]

Two happy drunks rolled off a plane and geeze it did not make the news :razz:

We ended up in the back of the plane, everybody gone by the time we staggered off! (two drinks ...........not drunk geez!) but we were sure happy to be landing and almost home

 

[sissy]

I wonder if security cameras captured a kodak moment .Hope you don't end up on America's funnest home video's

 

[addy1]

lol sissy, two tired passengers dragging luggage out of the plane, no kodak moment

 

[sissy]

just had a bad storm roll through ,was on the phone with tech support from century link and the person or persons stealing internet servive can't do there illegal stuff any more using my puter .Not sure what he got but they may be in for a big shock soon