This is the large pond that
I have been digging on this winter. Little by little I finally got it completely
dug! Took just about all winter to dig through all the rock and sand (well, I did
work on it as I wanted, when I wasn't playing golf). It has a 15 foot diameter, and
it an average of 18 inches deep. Follow the story and pictures below for The Times
And Trials Of The Big Pond. Now thumbnailed for quicker loading time. To view
the "big picture" just click on the numbnail.
For
a pond size of fifteen hundred to eighteen hundred gallons, you could stock with two
hundred and fifty inches of fish, five water lilies, twenty-one bog plants, and
twenty-four submerged plants.
Winter 2001... The
Beginning
The liner is installed and
filled with water.
04-01-2002
Colorado Peach Lily's are
placed in the pond. Starting to get some algae already.
(Have been combating it ever since).
Finally get to enjoy the
pond on 04-21-2002
Pictures from the end of
April through the beginning of June. 2002. My Perry's Pink lily decided to
bloom!
DISASTER on 06-08-2002!!!
We came home and found a dog
in the middle of the pond. Needless to say, after a few hours we discovered that the
dog had put a hole in the liner and all the water leaked UNDER the pond. We spent
that lovely evening in a search and rescue mission for Goldfish and Koi.
Start of Rebuilding...
06-21-2002
Epi took vacation and
started rebuilding the pond. We had planned on using the liner for 2-3 years and
THEN build a cement pond, but sometimes plans change. This is the start of the new
cement pond.
First the plant shelf is
built at 16" below supposed water level. This shelf will be used to place 5
gallon buckets on with plants around the pond.
Next we added the walls and
then poured the floor. Since we live in Arizona, we also added pipe cemented into
blocks to put up some shade with.
Epi put on the final
flagstone as she watched her wheelbarrow float away! Next you'll see the pond in
it's first filling. This is for the cement to cure, and the some of the cement
chemicals to escape into the water. Two weeks later, we scrubbed the cement with
Vinegar then painted the pond black. After waiting 3 days, we'll be able to fill it
again.
The pond is filled for hopefully
the last time, and all plants and fish are happy in their new home!
The finished pond.
