My stumpery (My what???)

     OK, what is a stumpery?  It is a collection of stumps, logs, and other dead wood material that looks neat piled together--possibly having interesting live plants scattered amongst it.  I first saw one in an article in a gardening magazine three years ago.  Then I saw one in Invercargill, New Zealand last year (which I made a post about earlier).  So, I finally began mine this summer, but I expect it will take me years to finish, having fun collecting dead stuff along the way.
     The first photos are from the garden in New Zealand.  The live green plants in mine are earlier plantings of Japanese sedge.

A diversion...into a bog

     Note: I will be traveling for the next three weeks, so my next post will not appear until late in October.

     Just about 30 feet behind the new back lawn and gardens, I built a bog garden this summer.  It used to be a small reflecting pool, only about five feet by 12 feet and a foot deep.  I filled most of it with ground, leaving only a small pool for holding about four inches of water.  I have lots of Equisetum (Horsetail) and a lot of other water-loving plants.