What does your pond look like ... Today?

[addy1]

Our bees are suffering, they have very limited nectar flow here, the rain is keeping them in the hives. We will need to buy a whole lot of sugar to keep them alive. We used 600 lbs last year and it was a good nectar year.

 

[KC Crook]

Hot pink rhododendron in bloom today.View attachment 90968View attachment 90969

I said if I got pics of my inlaws Rhodes, id show them. Only some are blooming. In another month, they will be better. They are about month behind us in blooming due to a higher elevation.

 

[KC Crook]

Our bees are suffering, they have very limited nectar flow here, the rain is keeping them in the hives. We will need to buy a whole lot of sugar to keep them alive. We used 600 lbs last year and it was a good nectar year.

Ouch, I asked where the neighbors bees were because I havent seen them in our garden, and apparently they are gorging on pine pollen here atm. We have had clouds here recently that gum up filters and make a mess of everything.

 

[tallyjakepack1]

New Koi pond just about finished. I'm a mud-pond owner and this new pond will be a new experience for me. I'll add a video once I figure out how to. Lol

 

[sissy]

upload it to youtube then transfer it to here .

 

[KC Crook]

Yah, dont directly try to upload here, it will clog you up like a bad filter! Lol. Ive tried.

 

[peter hillman]

Our bees are suffering, they have very limited nectar flow here, the rain is keeping them in the hives. We will need to buy a whole lot of sugar to keep them alive. We used 600 lbs last year and it was a good nectar year.

Noticed the neighbors yard up the street was 90% clover, in full bloom! My neighbor next door told me he keeps bees and runs a honey shop. Now we're all letting the clover grow.

 

[Troutredds]

Blooming Scotch moss and the bunny who eats the wee blooms today...

 

[addy1]

I have planted lbs of clover. It has not taken off

 

[sissy]

They say red clover grows better

 

[Troutredds]

I have planted lbs of clover. It has not taken off

Clover is growing like crazy here. I wish we could send you a quarter acre to transplant, Addy.

 

[Koi3]

Wow. Looking at all these gorgeous ponds. Mine is so.... nothing!

 

[teeemkay]

Found this guy sunning himself by the pond on Sunday. My little nephew was over, watering the garden around the pond--he couldn't have cared less that there was a snake 3 feet away from him.

 

[addy1]

Wow. Looking at all these gorgeous ponds. Mine is so.... nothing!

Hey even if small, etc it is still a pond. We like all ponds.

These iris are opening more and more, they are right next to a stream pond, the ones on the top of the slope are at the next bend in the stream.

These are right next to the deck pond and the variegated iris are in the deck pond.

The pond is disappearing

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Came back from my 3 day camping trip and was amazed at the pond area and garden. Everything has completely changed in just three short days. Some of the plants have grown at least six inches. Blue-eyed Grass is blooming, Sensitive ferns opened up, and Blue Flag Iris and Lanceleaf Tickseed is about to bloom.