My Pond

The lotus had one gorgeous blossom in the summer of 2013.  Well worth the wait.  Hopefully the plant will winter over as it is a cold hard...

A huge downpour had far reaching consequences for our neighborhood with basements and garages flooding all through the area.  The rainfall...

Water hyacinth leaves damaged by the hail storm

The violent hail storm shredded all of the water lettuce and water hyacinth leaves.  Had to throw most of them out after this photo was ta...

this cold hardy lily was divided in 2013 (rather poorly due to my laziness and the wrong sized container) but still managed to provide som...

My friend Cindy gave me some water poppy plants and they have thrived over the summer.  The fish don't seem interested in eating them....

In 2012 I could barely get the floating plants to thrive, but in 2013 when we came back after being gone for a month, this is what greeted...