A planted bowl

[talldutchie]

Did very little this year, some pruning, threw a bag of compost around and pretty much left it. But yeah, it looks good. Just wait until the mustard starts flowering!

[mommy1]

Lovely garden. I love honeysuckle, we used to have it all along the fence line but sadly it was taken down this year.

[talldutchie]

Only one solution to that, replant!

[mommy1]

Eventually we will, it's one of the few plants my husband and I agree on.

[talldutchie]

Well, this bowl got way out of hand with 2 ft of mint sticking out of it and the forget-me-not tkaing over. So, a couple of weeks ago when it all had a good run my wife caught the shrimps and took the bowl apart to rescape it to something she liked.





Basically still a walstad bowl, unheated, unfiltered and 4 shrimp being quite content with their restyled home.

[Amelia]

This is such an amazing idea Dutchie! I would love to try this. Although we can't get shrimp in NZ I think a few Ramshorn snails would be happy there.

[Knightia]

What kind of shrimp? Is it not too cold for neocaradina? Bowl looks very nice!

[talldutchie]

Room temp hasn't dropped below 18 yet and that seems fine with the shrimp.

[Knightia]

Ah right, ok. Will you heat it in winter? A lamp alone might do the job.

[talldutchie]

Haven't decided yet. We may move it to a location closer to the central heating.