My pond is 13 years old this summer and i finally gave it a bit of an overhaul. I'll wait a week or so for the bog filter to clean the water a bit before adding a pic though.
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Well done. Bogs really are kinda magical how well they work.
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First waterlily bloom of '24 after our first HUGE thunderstorm. This is a 
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Lotus pads doing great. Iris blooming, feather growing, lilies almost budding
My irises are probably still a week away.
Irises maybe have the greatest disparity between beauty and bloom duration
Irises maybe have the greatest disparity between beauty and bloom duration
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Yep gone fast
My irises are probably still a week away.
Irises maybe have the greatest disparity between beauty and bloom duration
I've got 3 blooms that appeared on a Yellow Iris inside the pond, the other one in the pond has no blooms yet, and the Yellow flag in the bog no blooms but very vigorous growth. a bit ironic cause the bog gets 4 hrs of sun, and the one inside the pond gets dappled sun and maybe an hour of direct. but still time i guessMy irises are probably still a week away.
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My pond ones blooming, bog not yet.
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I took my Iris all out, they were being mean to my rocks and kicking them to the curb! Have some in a container outside of my pond now. Not blooming yet tho. Think they are a dark purple, very pretty!
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GorgeousFirst waterlily bloom of '24 after our first HUGE thunderstorm. This is a
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Well, I think all the work I've been doing on my pond has caused a leak, and I believe it's probably in the form of a puncture, but I'll have to determine that as the water level drops (I filled the pond back up today). It seems to be below where I was working on lowering the one edge, so I don't think the problem is there. I think it happened when I was pulling out pots on the other side of my pond. This is a new problem for me so I'm not sure what I need just yet. I see Chewy sells EPDM pond liner patches so I think I'll probably go that route if/when I'm able to find the leak.
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Darn leaks, I have one but it is because of sunken liner w/rocks on top. Yesterday I filled pond and kept filling till it overflowed in one spot. I know where it is anyways but fixing it is not a nice project.
Hope you have a nice easy fix!
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I know I said I didn't really want to tackle this leak thing w/the liner getting squished down in the dirt by rocks but I couldn't stop thinking about it on my bike ride. So came home and removed a bunch of rocks off the liner and boy was it sunk down! Good thing I didn't cut off excess liner when I installed it as I have more than enough now to fix the issue. Filling w/water now to see if this was the only area w/any issues. I sure hope so! I'll let it sit there full of water and wait and see if it lowers anymore. Then I'll put rocks under the liner edge to hold it up and then rocks on top again. Plants will all have to just fill themselves in again.
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Seems like my pond has stopped leaking around the 3" mark, so the puncture has to be somewhere on the wall. I looked around a bit for it last night but haven't found it yet.
