So now comfortable with my new water feature design, I planted heavily all around it to soften the edges of the tank. I introduced aquatic plants and placed chunks of colored glass around the new “dry creek bed” for some elevated color. My back garden faces due West, so early evenings with a low setting sun produces a good light show- the glass chunks really glow.  My garden has a large number of ornamental grasses to take full advantage of this.

I buried the Cyprio UV filter in the ground and fed the water pipes through some painted PVC pipes to give it a finished look, and to hide the ugly pipes.

It was time to move on to the rest of the yard.

The pond is flanked by two Arizona ‘blue ice’ cypress trees that were about two foot tall about the time I was swinging my sledge hammer.

So it was time to move the shed and for some reason I was dreading it. In my mind I had built it up to the equivalent of moving a house – it was going to take ages, be expensive and logistically how is it done anyway?  We found a company in the Yellow Pages, they arrived, jacked up the shed, rolled it on PVC pipes to the back of the garden, and turned it around – they were done in 40 minutes, amazing!

This is where the shed was:

It basically blocked the view to a large section of the garden, it was a solid shed
though (albeit it beige) – it even had electricity – but it had to be relocated. As a
side note the entire back yard has been designed around the view from my
back deck, moving the shed was an easy decision. Painting it was even easier.

Here it is moved and painted.

Interesting things in my garden right now . . .

Perhaps someone can help me identify this – I think it is Frog something?


Amaranth plants are about five to                      New growth trumpet of a Canna Lily
seven feet tall when mature, and
are dicots (broad leaf) plants with
thick, tough stems similar to
sunflower. I have loads coming up
everywhere – one of my favorites!
great foliage – great seed-heads!

Guara / whirling butterflies, named
for the way the blooms move in the
wind.

H.R.Geiger would be proud                            Indian Blanket Flower

Taro Bloom                                     Butterfly Iris                            This anole needs a new tailor

Stay Tuned for:

“Never Sleep in a Cactus Bed!”

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