Planting A Carolina Jasmine, A Manzanillo Olive And A Dwarf Rosemary

The Evolution Of A Pond Patio Garden


This big beautiful flat rock has been laying around for years	Finally found a spot for it
The 7-day timer waters the plants with pond water twice a week for ten minutes	Eventually, all 3 of these died; the Eucalyptus broke in half,	the Bouganvilla died of frostbite and a packrat ate the Snapdargons
Choosing plants at Morning's Nursery in 29 Palms, CA
Digging a hole for the Carolina Jasmine	Adding lime to neutralize the caliche	A Manzanillo Olive tree
A Dwarf Rosemary	The outlet must be high enough to cancel syphoning started by the pump	A little WD-40 will help the hose slide into the PVC coupler's black plastic ring that will grip it	A shutoff valve at each outlet allows balancing of the overall flow
	Three new outlets for three new plants	Two shutoff valves barely fit into the small irrigation box, but I like the small footprint	Camouflaging the PVC water outlet with the bark from a lomg dead Joshua Tree
The 1/2" pond pump hose and the 1/2" irrigation hose are not the same size. This coupler joins them.	A shutoff valve at the Jasmine water outlet provides flow control.	Only a trickle for the Rosemary. It would prefer a light mist, but there is not enough water pressure for that.	The Olive Tree gets its first automated watering. The wire mesh should keep them from being eaten.
	The new patio and plants, along side an occasional stream, surround the small tranquil pond