Hi all. Yesterday afternoon my husband, daughter, son and daughter-in-law all ganged up on me. They made me sit down and watch as they hauled over my whiskey barrel, placed it on blocks (to keep the bottom wood from contact with the ground),leveled it and proceeded to mix sand and peat and water and have a grand old time putting together my new bog. They even remembered the perferated pipe. It's sitting in a sunny location in the front garden right off the front porch so I can sit and watch it grow. Every once in while my son would go out and stir it to make sure there were no dry pockets. We had one small leak at the bottom but as the peat absorbed more water and the wood started to swell it stopped.

I had decided to use no liner and no drainage holes (Guess this one small leaky spot now counts as a drainage hole.)This morning I put a cover layer of dried sphagnum and wetted it down

Now for the planting, I can't wait. WooHoo.

Judy