The Dregs of August

We didn't plant many August blooming flowers.  Thus our garden is a bit boring during this month.
But there is still a bit of action.



There is also some inaction as Scarface enjoys some sunshine.

And I entertain myself feeding the koi:



That's about it.  Hope your garden is more exciting.  Or at least your summer is.

Feeding the Piggies

I'm so often glad we included a pond in our landscape. A couple of years ago we enlarged it a bit with a short stream/waterfall.







Kim and I keep both koi and goldfish in the pond.
I won't get into the do's and don'ts of keeping both together. Suffice it to say that one "shouldn't."

The pond seems to add quite a cool feeling to the garden, temperature-wise that is. And there is so much activity which revolves around it; birds which come for drinks and baths, frogs, dragonflies, and the daily koi feeding.





























Here is a short video of the koi/goldfish being fed. You can see how the koi (with little whiskers) push at the lily pads to get at the food.