The frogs are back, the koi are hungry and the cattails are sprouting. Must be spring in the water garden.
The long, warm days feel like a gift after another winter, but spring is also a time for garden chores and hard work. Every spring we tidy our ponds; pulling dead leaves from the water and trimming back the old growth on our cattails, iris and pickerel. We also add some barley straw and a few more bunches of submerged plants every spring — we want to stop algae and green water before it starts.
It’s hard and mucky work, but nothing feels better than a long day with our ponds and water gardens after a winter of grey days and freezing nights.
