First, we had to flood out the gooky bits. That's scientific language, my laypeople friends, for yukky stuff. Also take out the grapefruits and oranges that had the tough luck to fall into the rainwater. I've salvaged most of the other fruits from this yard, but even I have limits as to what I'll eat. Floating fruit is, in general, a no.
More gooky bits work:
Then came the organic compound to lull the mean bacteria to sleep and send them to the cesspool in the sky.
Sleeping potion close-up:
Then came the magic yukky-water-filtering plants! That's duckweed. What a great name. (Better than magic yukky-water-filtering plants anyway.)
Pretty duckweed unfurling in the light:
Canna plant likes water. See all those baby duckweed bits floating around? Fun!
Happy canna:
Artsy canna:
There were other plant pictures, but I don't have them here. But I do have pictures of my dirty gardening nails. This is the solution to carpal tunnel syndrome and mild depression: get your pinders in the dirt. Or in my case, in the duckweedy waters.
Dreamy.
