The fairies and the fishes

 I have been busy planning for my trip overseas, making the garden as maintenance free as possible.  At first I thought I would take the fish and plants out of the pond, but in actual fact it seems more work.  The main things that takes up my time, is removing leaves that have fallen in the pond, and dealing with too much rain which causes a lot of slime to grow.  I have rigged the umbrella  to be a little higher and hopefully it stays in place all the time.    I took out most of the fish to give to my stepson, but then noticed lots of little ones growing, so I obviously didn't remove them all!  lol!


We had a huge amount of rain and  wind lately, and my arch came crashing down, so that area has had to be re-configured. I have moved most of my orchids there, and they get a  little more filtered light than they did on the fence..  A facebook group called orchid growing for dummies has been very helpful, so hopefully I get a few more flowers.  

One of the orchids  I have found hard to manage is the ladyslipper orchid vine, and I have been continually digging it up and removing it.  I realized that I would need to be quite vigilant and the garden where the vine had been was too deep and inaccessible, so I cleared out an area to provide access. Before I knew it, I had created a fairy glen!


I will get some solar operated fairy lights to hang around the candelabra, and either fill the area around the birdbath with stones or mulch.  I am thinking mulch, because I do have  a lot of stones in my garden.  I am hoping the orchids will be happy hanging here on the fences.

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  1. KathyFri Mar 25, 06:56:00 AM

    Sounds like you've got everything organized.

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    1. africanaussieMon Apr 25, 08:43:00 AM

      My garden is pretty much maintenance free now!

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  2. Tropical ThreadsSat Mar 26, 04:30:00 PM

    Lol I just got some more fish from someone here. Definitely hard to remove them all. I figure they have a lot of evolutionary pressure to be REALLY QUICK!!! and hard to find.

    I love the fairy glen! And the fishpond area is gorgeous too.

    I definitely need to find this orchids for dummies fb site! I have orchids that don't flower. When I move them they don't like it. I have no idea.

    I hope the garden does well while you're away :-)

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    1. africanaussieMon Apr 25, 08:43:00 AM

      Yes, this pond thing is a whole learning experience. now i have a worm farm as well! I find the fairy glen has opened things up a bit which is nice. thanks for keeping up and commenting on my sporadic posts!

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  3. StellamarinaWed Apr 06, 03:45:00 PM

    What a lovely corner of the garden....and how nice of the neighbors to have some nice palms to help frame it.

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    1. africanaussieMon Apr 25, 08:44:00 AM

      Yes, I love the way my garden blends into theirs!

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  4. Joan ElizabethSun Apr 24, 04:53:00 PM

    There has been plenty of rain around here too but hasn't created a jungle quite like yours.

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  5. africanaussieMon Apr 25, 08:44:00 AM

    Haha! Mine is always a jungle, rain or no rain!

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