Mossy Frog build

[NatureLady]

as promised. this is what i use Heather. it is chock full of all the good stuff plants love, coco fiber, peat moss, perlite, pumice, compost, mulch, worm castings, bat guano, kelp meal, fish bone meal, soybean meal, feather meal, greensand, leonardite and alfalfa meal.

So this soilless growing medium has compost and mulch....would an organic mushroom compost work? I checked with the local company that sales the said product and the ingredients would not be harmful...just a bit different composition then your mix Bill. It would be easier to find a needle in a haystack in my area then a hydro store.

[deranged chipmunk]

So this soilless growing medium has compost and mulch....would an organic mushroom compost work? I checked with the local company that sales the said product and the ingredients would not be harmful...just a bit different composition then your mix Bill. It would be easier to find a needle in a haystack in my area then a hydro store.

Sorry, got tied up at work. And not in that fun, every other saturday night way.....lol i looked into a local supply company (ss pa is famous for 'shroom farms), and yes, 'shroom compost would be excellent. High in nitrogen, definitely good. Go spelunking and get yourself some bat gjano and you're set......lol

[deranged chipmunk]

That's supposed to be southeast pa.....stupid smart phone

[Heatheranne]

Thank you .

[Heatheranne]

Amanda, any photo updates?

[NatureLady]

Amanda, any photo updates?

I will post some tonight. The moutain waterfall is in the works.

[Heatheranne]

Lol!!! You guys crack me up!

I can't see it either though .

[NatureLady]

I tried to send it from my snail computer at work, now I'm working on high speed interwebs at home.

[Heatheranne]

Very cool!

[NatureLady]

Thanks. You should see how it looks in my mind

[deranged chipmunk]

That looks like it's gonna be sweet Amanda!! Multi leveled, nice storied water feature, very impressive is the lower level on the right going to be partially submerged?

[NatureLady]

The main land portion has pvc spacers that are 4 inches tall, the shallow end (on the right) has spacers that are 2.5 inches, the cave is set to only have 0.5-1 inch of standing water in it when complete. The cave will hold the water, but will be easy enough to just splash the water out to clean it.

The water feature up top is still causing me mental stress, kinda like your (BILL) build where the contractor and the engineer argue. I had cut these plastic bottles in half and had planned to connect the two pools with those, but they just aren't working with me. At this time my thoughts are that I will just GS the stream bed and epoxy river rocks to make a riffle to the lower pool. The epoxy will seal the GS and hold the rocks...correct? The whole idea is to keep the water circulating for proper filtration flow, but slow it down enough not to disturb the frog who likes slow moving water. Hence the cascading pools, a stream that riffles, the shallow end, and cave that holds water, but provides moist escape.

[deranged chipmunk]

yes, you can gs the stream and then seal it. if you want to try one more thing that is man made, habit trails tubes. you know those silly corrugated tubes for hamsters? they split in half, so you have 2 pieces to play with. and just like pvc, can be heated and bent to your heart's desire

isn't building a water feature the most frustrating thing in the world?? my bed bully thinks i'm nuts because i will literally start arguing with myself while building them. but it helps my process. between talking to myself (the only way i get an intelligent conversation at home) and whiteboards, it works for me. you just need to find what works for you so your mind's eye can see it better.

[Heatheranne]

Awesome! I love it! Me too....it's going to be fabulous!

[deranged chipmunk]

look what i found at the plant shop today Amanda, a mini plumosa fern

[NatureLady]

I'm just happy that I found an excuse to use my low temp hot glue gun in this build. (That is how the trays are staying put on the incline.) LOL

[NatureLady]

That is awesome BILL!!!!

[NatureLady]

[mtndendros]

So adorable! I had to quote the picture just so everyone could see it again!

[mtndendros]

Except it didn't work lol