Best Mini-Pond Advice For You!

Growing water lilies is easy. Building a comprehensive patio mini-pond water gardening website is not. It's been a rough stretch creating and editing an aquatic plant How-To water garden website. I'm really striving to address every aspect of small pond container water gardening and make www.waterlilybear.com an informative, valuable online resource.

Early Start To The Patio Pond Growing Season

Water gardening season has started early and in earnest here in the Desert Southwest. Water temperatures in my container ponds reached 70F degrees. The hardy waterlily plants are coming back to life and sending up lilypads. The tropical waterlilies from last season are slowly coming out of dormancy. Lotus are sprouting new leaves.

Patio Water Gardening Video Series

I'll begin recording videos for posting to MacGizmoGuy's Social Media accounts this week. I'll be documenting every aspect of getting my lily tubs scrubbed and planting pots ready. There are marginal bog plants to divide, a lot of repotting to do, a lot of muddy, wet work to get the growing season started. Stay tuned, and keep your eye out for new vids on MacGizmoGuy's Clapper, TikTok and YouTube channels and beyond.