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bughunter99 May 31, 2013 03:35 PM

The Edible Alternative for Ponds
 
Just sharing a picture of the spring pond. On the pond forums many are partial to using tropicals around their plants.

I'm into edible landscaping. The area around my pond includes a ton of edibles including:

Ginger
Watercress
Waterchestnut
Thyme
Red Mustard
Chamomile
Mint
Purple Peacock Broccoli
Eggplant
Strawberry
Blueberry
Basil-Lesbos
Rosemary
Taro
Brown Heirloom Rice
Purple Beans
Chard
Basil-Purple ruffles
Bee Balm
Allium
Fern<--Not that I would every eat these!
Kale
Zucchini

[IMG]http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p22/stacyp9/springpond1_zps81d747c9.jpg[/IMG]

Vespertino May 31, 2013 03:54 PM

Cattails are a wild edible!

Redbaron May 31, 2013 04:17 PM

:D That's awesome Bughunter!:yes:

sfmathews May 31, 2013 08:09 PM

Beautiful. Looks so relaxing!

imp June 9, 2013 12:02 PM

Lovely pond picture. Do you strictly raise Koi in it or edible fish?

LDx4 June 9, 2013 01:56 PM

Beautiful! What a wonderful transformation from the pond pictures that you showed last winter, when it was covered and there was snow on the ground.

Lyn

Labradors2 June 12, 2014 01:41 PM

Rhubarb looks really exotic when grown around a pond! Unfortunately, it doesn't work if your pond is subject to flooding - as mine was the year that I tried it :cry:.

Linda

Tracydr July 1, 2015 07:28 PM

Just noticed this thread. I need to renovate a koi pond when I'm off work in a month or so. Really like your waterfall and edible landscape. I'll have to keep it in mind.
I'm planning to put around it some blueberries,chard,kale, watercress, mint,lemon balm,Rosemary,lavender and ginger. I'm not sure what else. Maybe some potted citrus,to go into the greenhouse for winter. Some artichokes and maybe cardoons?
How about sweet potatoes, scarlet runner beans, and flamingo beans,season depending?
Elephant garlic,leeks,chives and other alliums,for sure.
I'm hoping to find some more pretty,perennial fruits and veggies for that area.


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