We Survived!

We survived the wedding, but as the best man and general wedding planner, LOL, I didn't get any pictures and will have to rely on people to e-mail them to me. Most everything was cleaned up yesterday, and I believe that our focus for this weekend is preparing to reline the nusery pond (amongst a few other things we want to get done for the nursery and ourselves.

Preparing for a wedding.

Yet again Finch Family Water Garden will be hosting another wedding in September. We have been busy grooming the yard, and the display pond which will be the backdrop for the ceremony. The lawn is greening up nicely and the majority of the bark is in place in the yard.

Soon we hope to turn our focus to relining the pond in the nursery yard and be able to spend some time tidying it, we began weeding around it this weekend as after the rains the weeds ran amuck. We had almost finished the weeding before it rained, but I didn't get it sprayed.

I will try to get pictures this week and put them up this coming weekend, but if you are close enough you might drop in and see for yourself what is happening

Google Maps.

Durning the season I generally run an ad with a discount on Google Maps. If you haven't already found it, just search google maps for Finch Family Water Garden and check out the details on it.

Change of Hours.

In light of the tough Economic Climate we are all experiencing this year I am reducing the hours Finch Family Water Garden will be open. We will be open Friday and Saturdays 10 am-6 pm, and Sundays 10 am-5 pm August-October. For those of you those hours don't work for I will do my best to accomodate you with Special appointments on Wenesday and Thursday afternoons, Please call and leave a message at the nursery at 541-926-9737 to schedule an appointment.

I am sorry for any inconvience this may cause.

James

Wonderful Water Lilies

I came home yesterday to a number of blooms on the water lilies in the display pond. One of my favorites, Colorado, is shown here--it is a salmon color.

I went through and fertilized all of the plants in the pond this weekend. Some plants like Water lilies and Lotus want to be fertilized monthly during their growing season. The reason for this is they expend a great deal of energy opening and closing their flowers and putting up new leaves. Their flowers last about three days and leaves about three weeks, but they are constantly putting up more. When I fertilize I pinch off all the old growth so the debri isn't breaking down in the pond.

In addition to the Colorado we cary 23 other hardy Water Lilies at Finch Family Water Garden.

A GARDENERS LIFE

"The gardener is a solitary figure, who, like the book reader, withdraws from the real world into one of his own creation."
~Witold Rybczynski
Waiting For The Weekend

GreenClean by BioSafe Systems

GreenClean By BioSafe Systems, LLC is a Granular algaecide that works on contact to eliminate and control String Algae Cladophora in water gardens, ornamental ponds, fountains, waterfalls and rocks.

It immediately begins fighting algae blooms, releasing vital oxygen into the water body as it biodegrades. GreenClean is EPA registered and OMRI list. it begins working on contact and is approved for use in water containing live fish and plants.

How to use: You will see quicker results on a warm day. Turn your pump off (so the water flow doesn't push the product off the algae) and sprinkle the granular algaecide across the water, it will quickly sink, landing on the string algae. On a warm day the algae will float to the top as it dies. Be prepared to net the algae from the water as the decomposing algae will deplete oxygen from the water as will the heat. After about 45 minutes to an hour restart your pump and continue to monitor the algae rising to the pond surface. If you have an heavy bloom you may have to reapply the product because it can only kill the algae it touchs.