{"id":26291,"date":"2012-01-29T13:19:40","date_gmt":"2012-01-29T17:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=26291"},"modified":"2012-01-29T13:19:40","modified_gmt":"2012-01-29T17:19:40","slug":"more-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=26291","title":{"rendered":"more garden"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just couldn’t make the leap to water gardening last year and still don’t feel the undeniable urge this year to find the answers to all the questions I still have, so the intended water garden, a 3X2 foot steel tank found at a local flea market, has been planted.<\/p>\n

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The few small holes in the bottom that were plugged for the water garden were unplugged, some gravel added, then lots of compost and bagged potting soil.<\/p>\n

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Easy stuff like the dwarf Verbena bonariensis ‘Lollipop’ will be part of the experiment, plus a couple Eryngium tripartitum, which I’m not even sure will bloom their first year. Tough, slim, and diaphanous is the idea.<\/p>\n

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I just hate having a perfectly good container go unplanted.
\nBesides, that wonderful patina cries out for a mini-urban-prairie-in-a-boxcar experiment.
\nFunny how I thought there’d be room for lots more than just five plants, at least a couple grasses.
\nResearch on a 3X2 water garden continues…<\/p>\n

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