12-07-2016, 10:17 AM | #1 |
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Edibles that don't mind being wet?!
I have part of an enclosure which regularly floods. Despite lots of prep:digging down 8 inches and putting gravel. Sand.soil
Anyway it regularly floods. Then a friend suggested I make a water area in the middle. So I'm thinking of a shallow "water area" in. Middle but also want to plant up, prefwithedibles, any ideas please? |
12-07-2016, 12:23 PM | #2 |
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Can you not make it into a raised area and lift the whole thing up? Maybe use a sleeper around the edges infill with old rocks and gravel almost up to the top then maybe cover it with chicken mesh wire and then build your pen over the top of the whole thing. I know it's a lot of work and cost but it would then be done.
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ooh I don't know what plants like to have roots in water and can be eaten by torts, I will leave that to other experts. I had similar and raised slatted floors worked an absolute treat ! ie you can get them at the bottom of a guinea pig outdoor house. or make them with pieces of wood with a gap between the slats across two parallels. (make the parallels quite deep). The weeds grown up between the slats too and mine eat off them and sleep on them as it warms in the sunshine. looks good too like tortoises decking almost.
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And this sounds really bad but I'm shattered out. I have made 2 housing areas since Xmas, as well as having I'll parents several part time jobs and just a few torts !wink: Just at this moment I'm happy with as little effort as I can get away with! |
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Thanks for helping, both..much appreciated ☺ |
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Ha ! No I didn't have photographs and just gone out in the pouring rain. First picky to show how much rain !
second picky as the rainbow came out - this is a step using decking boards, can make as wide as you like with the supports underneath And this is what I mean by slats. I couldn't get to bottom of garden in time before downpour sorry as have some placed together ! My spur loves to hang over on these ones. So popular I put them inside too. and or decking.
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Hi Claire, thanks so much for braving the weather. Right Amazonian storm!!
I shall have to sit down and have a good think! Think this is a project for the six weeks hols!☺ |
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