Raised garden with water feature

Love it!!!!

-- Central northish Ontario

GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

this is lovely!!
Love the design, the use of the watering trough, and the view behind .. wow.
I want to see more.. and more.. and more..

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Everything the above ladies said, and more. That is just lovely.

-- the day you quit learning is the day you quit living.

Very very nice feature.

-- Xploreorganics, 5b Canada, LFD 06-20

How neat. One can see that you are a very ‘creative’ person. Sorry that you couldn’t get to the corn roast.

-- Dahlitsa

Very nice Jroot.That is one nice looking garden fountain.Can it be seen from the river?

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

NO, one cannot see the fountain from the river. In fact, I have a path that zig zags down to the river where there is a public path. From the path, it does not look inviting at all to climb the hill. However, if one knows the landmark, then the path opens right up to us. That makes our access to the river rather neat.

One negative though, because of that public path, and the fact that we did have some people make it up and wandering around our property, my wife insisted on a security system which takes a monthly toll from my pocketbook, which would have been spent otherwise.

The third photo above, I just took today. The raised garden has really grown in. The brugmansia are really getting tall, and have already had blooms. There are a lot more to come soon. The few extra dahlias that I had left over so stuck in there, have gone bananas. Some of them are way over 4 feet tall. Next year, I will have to rethink what I put into that bed.

My neighbour across the road, is getting some work done on her place, and she took it upon herself to give her contractor a tour of the lower garden. They were looking for ideas, and I take that as a compliment. It seems she has her eye on some of my miscanthus sinensis giganteum which is about 10 feet tall now, before the blooms. I told her I could spare a little, .... if she was nice ... and made me a nice pie… or something. LOL

-- jroot

Beautiful. What colour are your brugs. I had hoped to talk brugs with you on Saturday but perhaps at the fall gathering.
Did you ever think of a water heater for the cattle trough? I use one for my horses water. It is low cost, temp is just above freezing and with a glass window placed over top it might save you some energy: both kinds!! lol

-- horsetail, Fergus, Ontario

Just beautifull! All the hard work! When do you take the time to rest!
Or gardening = resting!:-)

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

Hmmm. an interesting idea, Horsetail. I will have to think about that.

-- jroot

Lovely! You have some very happy plants, there!

-- the day you quit learning is the day you quit living.

Horsetail, I forgot to mention the colour of brugs.

I have
- two variegated ones both of which have a soft peachy/whipped cream colour with intoxicating fragrance
- several different pink toned ones some more fragrant than others
- an orange coloured one with flowers that are quite large
- a large single white with a spicy fragrance
- Some of the brugs are singles and some are doubles.

I also have a single yellow one, but it does not look healthy, so it will be composted any day now. Just I made the decision to do so, it put out two flowers buds, but there aren’t many leaves to support it. It has to go. No cuttings from it. :(

-- jroot

The brugs are doing well, near the pond

Another shot this afternoon

-- jroot

I sure do like those brugs … when we finally get settled out West, I may have to try to grow them.

Your fountain area is gorgeous!!

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

My frogs have returned. There are two adult frogs, and a whole slew of babies hopping around. Here is one of the adults taken tonight.

-- jroot

hello froggy woggy :)
we usually have 4 frogs in the pond. There’s one little guy, 2 or 3 bigger ones and then a big-big fella that shows up once in a while.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)