A canoe pond!

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  1. Ronni

    Ronni Hardy Maple

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    Now I've seen everything! What a novel idea. :D

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    Kiasmum In Flower

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    What a great idea! :D
     
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    Netty Chaotic Gardener Plants Contributor

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    That looks lovely! It reminds me of a garden I saw at Canada Blooms last year that was made with a canoe
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    From the other side ... it had a waterfall!
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    Jerry Sullivan Garden Experimenter Plants Contributor

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    Someone was thinking outside the box(canoe) on this one. Great idea and picture

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    If your boat don't float, that's a good use for it! Very pretty, and very inventive.
     
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    I love the canoe theme. Makes me want to do something like that. Netty, What a lot of flowers. That is cool.
     
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    What a great idea for a garden pond. :D
     
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    fatbaldguy In Flower

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    That idea is SO stolen! :twisted:
     
  10. Cayuga Morning

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    It does look very intriguing. It looks like they have cut the decking around to accommodate the canoe. I wonder what they do with it in winter. The canoe must still have been useable because it clearly holds water.

    Here is a link of something I intend to do this year: http://awaytogarden.com/instant-water-g ... l-troughs/ It comes from Margaret 'A Way to Garden'. She has a radio show & blog that I find interesting. I thought I would do the pot filled with duck weed. She says it does not attract mosquitos....not sure why. Check it out. Tell me what you think. I love the bright limey green of the duck weed. I have a bright blue pot I could put it in.

    BTW, also check out that frog!!! I want one in my pot!
     
  11. Ronni

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    Not necessarily, maybe? :-D

    The friend I lived with before I moved here had a pond, and it had a very heavy duty liner in it to make it watertight. I would have to assume the canoe was re-purposed after some damage to it, so putting that same kind of pond liner in it would make it watertight.

    That's very cool! Though I can't imagine why it wouldn't attract mosquitoes. I'm not sure I'd be able to keep up with it not overflowing though, which she says is a real concern. In areas where there's not much rain, it would't be a problem. But Nashville gets a LOT of rain, and I sure wouldn't want to have to remember to cover it up every time so that those thousands of little green plants didn't go floating away when it overflowed!
     
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    Since Dh got new John boat. Wonder if he would miss the old one :D In my mind thinking how much dirt-has built in drain
     
  13. Cayuga Morning

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    Good point Ronni about the liner.

    Nashville gets a lot of rain?? I did not know, but then again I do think of Tennessee as being very verdant, so it makes sense.

    Are you considering a canoe garden?
     
  14. Ronni

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    No, not really. Well, I wasn't when I found this picture, but now.......well, it IS really darling!

    There's a river behind our house, and a canoe launch place a couple of blocks away. I've been considering doing some canoeing, and was searching online to see how much a used canoe would cost.

    That lovely canoe garden turned up while I was searching, and I just had to share with you all. :)
     
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    So a canoe themed garden would not be out of place....!
     

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