Our master gardener association is building demonstration gardens at one of the county courthouses. Here is the hole for the bog garden.
Today we had trustees from the county come help us lay some flagstone and return some of the dirt to the bog. We were about half way through laying the flagstone when a secretary came out of the building yelling that we need to evacuate. There had been a bomb threat. We didn't take it too seriously, but we did take a short lunch break. When we returned the bomb squad had showed up with bomb sniffing German shepherds and everything. The courthouse staff was still unable to return to the building. So our work day was cut short. I never considered gardening a life threatening activity until today. Probably just a prank, but still.
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ReplyDeleteHey, if you need excitement, you know there's most always something going afoul at our house! (By the way, I see you ran afoul of some spam by the deleted comment above mine. Is this why Blogger bloggers always talk about this problem? I never get this crap...)
ReplyDeleteBrenda
What a great title! That got my attention. You just have to turn your moderate comments on and this will prevent those spammers.
ReplyDeleteHi brenda and pg, I just delete them as soon as the show up. If I start getting too many, I will turn the moderate comments back on and put in the identifier word. So for I have not had too much trouble.
ReplyDeleteThe thing about the bomb threat is none of us really took it seriously, at least not until the cavalry arrived.
Now there's the most exciting garden project I've ever heard of! Looks like great things are happening there - can't wait to see the finished product.
ReplyDeleteThanks amy, hopefully there will be no more drama just good old gardening fun.
ReplyDeleteThat is such an awesome project. So inspiring.
ReplyDeleteThanks James. We are all very excited about it.
ReplyDeleteDebbie ... never in a million years would I have thought you would have a problem like that .. better to be safe than sorry (that is a stupid saying but I couldn't help myself .. I'm having a Super Stupid Day ! haha) .. Take pictures when it is finished and running too please ? .. I have always fancied a bog garden but we can't have one here .. West Nile virus threat and all of that stuff .. but so far ... no bomb problems .. hehehehe
ReplyDeleteJoy
Hey joy, I like the better safe saying. Our bog will not have any standing water, just damp soil. Therefore no mosquitos. There will be drain holes in the top section of the liner to allow water to return to the ground.
ReplyDeleteI need one of those tanks in my yard for my garden.
ReplyDeleteme too tina, me too.
ReplyDeleteHoly cow, what a mess. I like what you're doing there, can't wait to see what it looks like when it's done. Here's hoping there are no more of these "wonderful" surprises in your future!
ReplyDeleteThanks cinj.
ReplyDeleteLove the tank--so classy!--and the bog garden, Debbi! Please show us update photos when it's in and growing. As for the bomb squad, anything to get off work early, eh? And by the way, I see the gorgeous quilt is back. What happened to the pizza?!!
ReplyDeleteThanks ofb. I will definitely keep posting on the bog garden. We are really excited about it. The quilt block shows up in blogger comments the pizza is on blotanical.
ReplyDeleteThis project looks really cool! I'm planning a bog garden for fall...I'm gonna put in the liner, fill it, and get a sense of the drainage (or lack thereof) before I plant stuff in the spring...trying to do ONE project "right" from the start! :)
ReplyDeleteOh! Not insinuating you guys are doing it wrong or anything! I just meant that without bog experience, I want to see how mine looks before I jump in and spend for the plants, only to watch them die. (Like I usually do. ;-)
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