At last!! I have a pond!
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At last!! I have a pond!
by Linda P » Jun 17, 2007 11:14 am
Years and years of planning, preparing, gathering supplies. I bought the liner/pump/filter kit two years ago. I've been hoarding rocks for half a decade.
Saturday, June 9, my son in law and grandsons came out to look the situation over and make the plans for where the pond would go. By the end of the afternoon, the pond and pool were both dug, underlined, lined and filled. This week I've been moving rocks, setting up the pump and filter, creating the waterfall. Fridaymorning I got a few pond plants, and Friday afternoon the 'construction crew' returned to help place the big cedar snag that I got from my dad years ago, and place the larger rocks that I can't carry.
Saturday DD came with a bag of small goldfish from the pet store. The only things left to do are to install a separate GFCI outlet for the cord (it's now running off the one in the bathroom, not real convenient!) and add a few rocks here and there.
Without further ado, here are some pics!
Linda P
Saturday, June 9, my son in law and grandsons came out to look the situation over and make the plans for where the pond would go. By the end of the afternoon, the pond and pool were both dug, underlined, lined and filled. This week I've been moving rocks, setting up the pump and filter, creating the waterfall. Fridaymorning I got a few pond plants, and Friday afternoon the 'construction crew' returned to help place the big cedar snag that I got from my dad years ago, and place the larger rocks that I can't carry.
Saturday DD came with a bag of small goldfish from the pet store. The only things left to do are to install a separate GFCI outlet for the cord (it's now running off the one in the bathroom, not real convenient!) and add a few rocks here and there.
Without further ado, here are some pics!
Linda P
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by wishiwere » Jun 17, 2007 2:33 pm
I'm green with envy!
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by Linda P » Jun 17, 2007 4:10 pm
Thanks, everyone!! It was a lot of work, a lot of dreaming, but it's so worth every minute of it.
Renaldo, you AREN'T insinuating that I talk too much, are you?
I didn't think so. And I can't wait for you to see it in person!
Josh, I love the log, too. It's doubly cool because it comes from the place I grew up. I may have even played under that tree when it was alive, or cut branches from it to make Christmas wreaths. It took one man and two boys to move it. DH and I picked it up out at Dad's farm and shoved it up into his pickup truck. It rode around with him for a while until we had the energy to get it hauled over to the spot where the pond was going. I've had the log for a couple of years now, too, just marking the spot! It's cedar, so it's really heavy, and I think it will hold up for quite a few years to come. I have it propped up on rocks so it isn't touching the ground, so I'm hoping that it won't rot anytime soon.
Mary Ann, the pond is the deep part, with the fish and the pump. I decided to make a shallower section separate from the pond, and call it a pool. The waterfall drips into it, and then the water goes over a few rocks down into the larger, deeper end. So, it's just a way for me to describe the two different spaces.
Jane...Start collecting junk that no one wants, and before you know it, you'll have the supplies you need for a pond, too! I'm pretty sure that DH thought I had finally flipped my lid when I asked him to load up a pile of rocks from his friend's barn, and then one day I took off with his truck while he was milking, and came back with another load of rocks from a house foundation that was being replaced.
He really did look at me like I had a screw loose when I said I needed the log, but I THINK he likes it now. He doesn't spend too much time in the yard, but I did see him out there yesterday afternoon gazing into the pond, looking at the fish.
One of my good friends said that in the years to come, I can sit up on my deck and yell at my great-grandchildren to stop climbing on the log before they fall into the water. There's a word picture!
Linda P
Renaldo, you AREN'T insinuating that I talk too much, are you?
I didn't think so. And I can't wait for you to see it in person!
Josh, I love the log, too. It's doubly cool because it comes from the place I grew up. I may have even played under that tree when it was alive, or cut branches from it to make Christmas wreaths. It took one man and two boys to move it. DH and I picked it up out at Dad's farm and shoved it up into his pickup truck. It rode around with him for a while until we had the energy to get it hauled over to the spot where the pond was going. I've had the log for a couple of years now, too, just marking the spot! It's cedar, so it's really heavy, and I think it will hold up for quite a few years to come. I have it propped up on rocks so it isn't touching the ground, so I'm hoping that it won't rot anytime soon.
Mary Ann, the pond is the deep part, with the fish and the pump. I decided to make a shallower section separate from the pond, and call it a pool. The waterfall drips into it, and then the water goes over a few rocks down into the larger, deeper end. So, it's just a way for me to describe the two different spaces.
Jane...Start collecting junk that no one wants, and before you know it, you'll have the supplies you need for a pond, too! I'm pretty sure that DH thought I had finally flipped my lid when I asked him to load up a pile of rocks from his friend's barn, and then one day I took off with his truck while he was milking, and came back with another load of rocks from a house foundation that was being replaced.
He really did look at me like I had a screw loose when I said I needed the log, but I THINK he likes it now. He doesn't spend too much time in the yard, but I did see him out there yesterday afternoon gazing into the pond, looking at the fish.
One of my good friends said that in the years to come, I can sit up on my deck and yell at my great-grandchildren to stop climbing on the log before they fall into the water. There's a word picture!
Linda P
And time remembered is grief forgotten,
And frosts are slain and flowers begotten.....
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Latitude: 41° 51' 12.1572"
My Hosta List
And frosts are slain and flowers begotten.....
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Latitude: 41° 51' 12.1572"
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by Linda P » Jun 17, 2007 4:19 pm
Oops, sorry, Mary Ann.
The monsters in the back are Unchained Melody on the right ( it lost a few leaves in the pond construction) and Zippity Do Dah on the left.
Linda P
The monsters in the back are Unchained Melody on the right ( it lost a few leaves in the pond construction) and Zippity Do Dah on the left.
Linda P
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And frosts are slain and flowers begotten.....
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Latitude: 41° 51' 12.1572"
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by eastwood2007 » Jun 17, 2007 11:00 pm
OHHHH, Linda!!!!!!!!!!!! Great job!!!!!!!!! 
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by Linda P » Jun 19, 2007 7:22 am
Thank you, Charla, Debbie, Paul and David. It has been so much fun getting it done at last. I'm off to sit on the deck, sip my coffee, and listen to the waterfall!
Linda P
Linda P
And time remembered is grief forgotten,
And frosts are slain and flowers begotten.....
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Latitude: 41° 51' 12.1572"
My Hosta List
And frosts are slain and flowers begotten.....
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Latitude: 41° 51' 12.1572"
My Hosta List
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by Annie » Jun 19, 2007 7:22 am
WOW very nice!!!
I too love that log
Looks/sounds like you have put a lot of work into it. And it is perfect!
I too love that log
Looks/sounds like you have put a lot of work into it. And it is perfect!
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