One part of the garden was permanently squelchy as the drainage is terrible and it gets very little sun. So, rather than take the hard option and sort out the drainage, I decided to put another bog garden there, but much bigger this time. So a large hole was dug by himself and immediately filled with water which obligingly fell from the sky.
So, after baling it out, the pond liner was put down, and the compost was added. Lots of bags, it took. Many trips to Woodie's were made. Then, I planted Royal ferns, gunnera, bog rosemary, dogwood and some snake grass I nicked from the first bog garden.
I sank a smallish plastic bucket-type thing into the middle and added water lilies and oxygenating stuff. Then lots of water. Now it has really taken off and it's more a matter of keeping it a bit in check at times.
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