Thursday, July 3, 2014

Natural swimming

Work continues on the swimming lake, Al has been all over collecting plants to transplant into the planting areas ; lily pads, yellow iris, bull rushes and water mint mostly but he is looking for more.   

All these are good for oxygenating and purifying the water to reduce the growth of algae and they were freebies from neighboring wetland and ponds.  


We also built a pontoon near the garden gate so it it easier to jump in and out without slithering around in the muddy banks.  


Despite the temperature not getting above 23 degrees, Al has been swimming regularly when it is really hot but not all the family are yet convinced!

1 comment:

  1. Dear Al and Bee,
    For an article in a Dutch magazine that I'm currently writing, I'd like to know what happened to Moulin de Faget, as it used to be a camping, owned by someone from the Netherlands. Could I reach you, either by e-mail or by telephone, or could you please contact me through redactie@nfn.nl? I'm looking forward to hearing from you!

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