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The Pond Plant Girl guarantees all of her aquatic plants from her store.  Laugh and Learn how to grow aquatic plants on a small budget. Grow a Vegetable Garden in Winter!  Build your own pond and container water garden with supplies from home. Learn where to find free and cheap garden supplies and watch Great HOW-TO Garden Videos! 

Coming in February 2010
I am starting a new series next month.  It will be about gardening in all 50 of the United States.  The first episode will be about Gardening in Alaska!  Watch for it! 

Gardening in Alaska! | The Attached Solar Greenhouse | My Greenhouse | Heating the Greenhouse

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Q:  I was just wondering if you can put pond plants in a fish aquarium???

Ms Mossy Pond, Myspace.com

A:  Yes you can put pond plants in an aquarium. The most common are anacharis and hornwort. This is a fresh underwater plant that clarifies and oxygenates the water. These and other types of aquarium grasses can be purchased at your local pet store. You can also start water lotus seeds in an aquarium as long as you have a nice sunny window. Floating plants such as frogsbit, water hyacinth, and water lettuce can be kept in an aquarium but grow much better outdoors.

Plants that grow well in low light will work just fine in a beta container; such as a large vase. Beta are easy to fry in a sunny window where pond plants grow the best. So, because most pond plants need sunshine and beta fish need low light, then pond plants will not work out in a beta aquarium. If you do a Google search for "low light aquarium plants" you should be able to find an attractive plant that will work out well for your beta fish.

Available SPRING 2010  I have selected the most hardy plants for this spring.  - CLICK HERE - To view a complete list of plants - Including more floating plants, grasses and reeds, and artichokes too!

Hardy Lilies

       Q:  Can I grow water hyacinth indoors?

A:  Yes you can.  Keep your hyacinth inside a glass aquarium and place in a sunny window. This is also possible with water lettuce!

Q:  Are pond plants eatable?

A:  There are some pond plants that are eatable; such as water lettuce, pennywort, wild rice, water chestnut, and cattail tubers.  Water hyacinth can be eatable, but it has a bitter taste.

Q:   How can I keep my water lily through the winter time?

A:  There are two kinds of water lily: tropical and hardy.  All produce beautiful flowers. If you are worried about plant survival in winter, you may also winter their root-like tuber indoors. This is necessary for tropicals if you live in an area with freezing temps. Hardy water lily can be kept in the pond year-round!
Ruby Red
Perry's Red		 Snowy White
Perry's Double White		 Light Yellow
Texas Dawn		 Soft Peach
Clyde Ikens

Tropical Lilies

      
Lavender and White
Islamorada		 Lavender Pink
Madame Ganna Walska 		Blue Purple
Tina		 Light Pink
Queen of Siam

☼ Fairy Lily
Spring 2010


☼ Floating Heart
Spring 2010
☼ Frog's Bit
Spring 2010


☼ Fairy Moss
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☼ Water Hyacinth
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☼ Pennywort 
 Available Now!
☼ Parrot Feather 
 Spring 2010


☼ Water Lily
Spring 2010
Got ants in the house?
Here are some herbal ideas to keep them away!

Ants are sensitive to bold odors and cannot stand the smell of herbs such as:
 
  • Cloves
  • Crushed mint leaves
  • Ground Cinnamon
  • Cayenne Pepper
  • Fresh Garlic
  • and Fresh Bay Leaves

If you really want to kill them off the "organic" way, then mix up a wicked batch of 1 part honey to 1 part boric acid. However, this mix is NOT good for pets or children. A safer way to kill these creepy crawlers is to mix up honey with baking yeast. The yeast will expand under the its exoskeleton and the ants will literally pop!

 

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Gail Gates a holds Water Hyacinth in one of her small greenhouses.
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Greenhouse Varieties

Keeping your plants healthy during the winter can be a challenge.  There are several different kinds of greenhouses that you can make.  However, your type of environment needs to be taken into consideration.

Mild Climates:  For mild climates that rarely receives any frost, simply covering your plants with a tarp or sheet, or using a soda bottle to cover small plants is all that you might need.

Near Freezing Climates:  This is the climate I live in.  The temps rarely dip below freezing, but young plants need extra shelter.  For this climate I use a simple hoop house.  This is the greenhouse that I have in many of my videos.

Severe Weather:  Severe Weather Climates experience sub freezing temperatures and a lot of winter snow.  Gardening in Alaska will help you not only design a sturdy greenhouse, but will also help you to build a vegetable waste oil heater to heat the greenhouse too.
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