Saturday, October 03, 2009
Stop press
Nasty green scum on pond number 3. That is to say, the lilly pond. Lilly now more or less died down, which seems a little previous to me. But I suppose it is still a juvenile. Hopefully it will reappear next year. Big decision: given that we put it on two bricks this summer so that it was a bit nearer the light and to get it going, would it be right to drop down to one brick now? Should we wait until it is a bit stronger? Meanwhile, what it causing the green scum? What is rotting down there?
The other two ponds don't have green scum but do have Canadian pond weed, silk weed, duckweed and so on. In addition that is to the plants that are supposed to be there. One in each pond.
Compost bin still less than half full. It did not get much grass this year but it did get a lot more water. Been making sure that the kitchen waste came with plenty. Water from the potatoes, water from the cabbage. Top up from tap if necessary. I imagine that this will have increased the rot rate, which may explain the failure to fill the bin. Upside is that we have plenty of room for the leaf fall. Downside is that the reclaimed land around the three ponds has sunk two or three inches this year and we need something to top it up. Provide a bit more cover over the pale brown clay.
# posted by Jim @ 2:10 AM 
