Plants Prepare for Winter

Over the past week, we've spent time preparing the water plants for winter. Many were put in the new greenhouse I built this summer. Some came inside the house and some are in the old greenhouse. In the process we cleaned the 5 small water gardens on the front porch and I found one of them had 3 tadpoles. Those tadpoles were moved to the 20 gallon bucket by the pond. We also cleaned the rest of the 20 gallon buckets. In one we disturbed a hibernating bullfrog so we restored his environment and will leave that bucket out for him this winter. In another we found a bunch of tadpoles which we transferred to the new tadpole pond. This afternoon the temperature was close to 70 degrees so we put up the outside Christmas decorations. It is much nicer to put up the decorations before the temperature drops so I put them up on the first warm weekend after Thanksgiving.