The anemone and ranunculus are not hardy to your area (or mine for that matter), and will not survive the freezing temps. I would bring them in and store in the coolest darkest place you have available. The others will probably be fine, as those bulbs freeze in the ground here each winter, and live through it. My concern might be though that depending on the size pot, they may break with the freezes and thaws and precipitation. If they are pretty big, they may be all right. Welcome to the wonderful world of 'bulbs'. Sue

The filter for this can be done easily and cheap. I have read on filters made for going around a pump such as two colanders with quilting batting or nylon scrubbie inside. These will filter and add area for beneficial bacteria to grow. I have one that came with my set up and have altered it to my own needs. It's a 300 gallon setup that I put a bigger pump into since I went to a 1000 gallon pond. I also have made a skippy filter that is the waterfall. This is a rubbermaid storage tote that has a pipe put in the side for an outflow. I placed rocks around and over it to hide it although many people actual use the bin to grow plants in that will give you more room for growing. The pipe that comes out of mine is just pvc but since it extends out and over the pond I have cut up bamboo pieces only a quarter inch wide by 7-10inches long and glued them to the pipe to give it a better look. In doing this I made the bottom pieces in and extended and uneven manner to get the water broken up more and give a better sound to the waterfall rather than the faucet sound that I first had with all at the same length. You can find a info on the skippy filter hopefully attached, but if not a search on it will direct you to it. I follow the basic design but scaled it down from the directions. I ended up using the clear totes you can get for storage and a shower drain connection for the out flow connection then the pvc as said before. I will warn you that trying to make a clean and precise cut was much harder than thought. The container started to cut then ran a crack out about an inch some aquarium silicone and the fact that the drain kind of pulls it back together have kept it from leaking. If you do a search in this forum for colander filter you can also find the type of filter for building around the pump. As for the bridge I have looked at a few online and it seems that they are for decorative use only due to wood type or sizes. If possible you could cut some pieces and attach to the underside so they are hidden but are still reinforcing the actual structure. If this is not an option you could cut pieces to attach to the bottom but set back from the side and use it to contain soil under the bridge which should give you the support needed, but give the illusion of a void under the bridge. As my last suggest on the bridge you can fill the area under the bridge and use creeping jenny or some other very low growing plant to hide the dirt. One last thing I will mention is to test the amount of water you can push through any waterfall you might come up with. The higher the water has to go (head heigth) the less water flow you will get, and you want the entire pond to travel through the pump at least once and hour but twice an hour is best. You may want to do a test of this before getting everything setup. You can do this just by setting up a simulated heigth and timing it while it fills an old milk jug and doing the math that follows. Keep on reading on this forum and you will find a wealth of knowledge as I have, not to say that I am a pro at all but I'm much better off now than I used to be. Here is a link that might be useful: skippy filter

Wendy and KQ: Here comes the sun, and I say, it's all right. I have some seedlings that haven't budged from the Y stage too! We put in 4 store-bought'n tomatoes too. Two of them got put into those hanging upside down contraptions. We're experimenting with that to see if we can get heirloom tomatoes going that way in the future without V-wilt. We also tried the HOS technique tonight to see what will happen. SQUIRRELS! They keep digging up the cardboard boxes I am using to start gardens in weed patches. Did you know they can live to be 25 years old! The squirrels--not the boxes! The reason I am thinking of getting a small greenhouse--my plants are miniscule, and people are carting boxes full of blooming flowers home from the department stores. It isn't fair. I just have to get an earlier start--say maybe August!

At least ... they appear to carry no bombs/rockets! The company is looking for partners ... apply in either English or German. (Ask about "streak-free"??) One to wash ... one to wipe, maybe? Hi grandmamaryga ... Before I noted that perhaps your grandson would do it, I was going to ask whether you had any neighbours with whom you are half-way friendly who have teenagers who might be interested ... for a reasonable fee/donation. ole joyfuelled ... who's so unimpressed by streaky windows ... that he seldom cleans his (three red underlines: "grandmamaryga", "neighbours" and "joyfuelled" [8 lines of text])