Whiskey Barrel or Small Patio Water Garden package

Here's a great idea for a simple and inexpensive water garden: Visit your local hardware store (Home Depot, Lowe's, Target or even Michael's Arts/Crafts store), and buy one of those attractive foam pots. You know, the ones that look like they weigh a ton, but actually only weigh a couple pounds. They usually cost about $20 or so. Make sure you buy one that does NOT have the bottom drilled out for draining. You will simply add the plants from this package to your new container and add water. The snails don't reproduce and won't eat your plants, they will only keep the container 'algae-free'. There is no need for a pump to oxygenate the water because the 'hornwort' and 'parrot's feather' will do that naturally. (You could always add a small inexpensive pump if you wanted to have a trickling noise.) In addition, you could add some small guppies or feeder goldfish if you want them to eat any larvae that might be laid by flying bugs. This is a self-contained system that you would only need to 'top-off' with water on occasion due to evaporation. The fish will feed off of the plants and bugs, the plants will produce oxygen, and you will have a beautiful little water garden that you just built in less than an hour to look at for years to come! Good Luck.

(The picture of our small water garden is an example only. The actual package you get includes several beautiful upright marginals which will add taller plants to your garden, creating a nicer contrast)

Package includes:

1 Dwarf Lily
1 Dwarf Papyrus
1 Panda Leaf Bamboo
1 Flowering Iris
3 Hornwort
2 Parrot's Feather
5 Olive Algae Eating Nerite Snails
fertilizer

Your cost: $35.00

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