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» Joni Rose - Gardening on a budget

I thought I'd give you an update on my West Coast bargain garden...

I enriched the soil with manure and a bit of garden soil mixed, bought and planted the seeds and used 3 bags of gravel around the pond to make paths etc. with bricks I had on hand.

$18 for the 5 bags of soil enhancer + 3 bags of river rock at $3 a bag = $27

SEEDS

Around my pond...
Dwarf sun flowers
Forget-me-nots
Godetia
Dwarf Cherry Nasturtiums
Calendula
Scabiosa
Poppies (Shirley Double and Icelandic)
Chrysanthemums - painted daisy
Royal Carpet Alyssum
Knee high sweet peas

On a small bed by my steps...
Black-eyed Susan
Dwarf Jewel Mix nasurtiums

Seeds $20

I also had a friend help me reconcrete the trail from the upper pond to the lower pond, clean out the large fish pond (3ft deep, 3 ft wide and about 15 feet long) with about 100 gold fish that are very happy and keep breeding (I actually WANT a heron to come fishing now). I am SO pleased to have the ponds circulating again!

Reconcreting and cleaning supplies $20

I bought some assorted plants to fill other spots but kept it to cheap things like herbs and violas

Plants $15

So I am under $100 and mostly used my sweat labour to pretty things up.

Now it's up to the sun, rain, some watering and time. Wish me luck!!

Joni