OK - here we go...
June 2012.This is a shot of the wall before the deconstruction started. Our yard was bordered on three sides by this timber retaining wall. Never liked it, but we lived with it for years. You can almost see the electrical box in the back left corner - keep an eye on that as a reference point. I'm going to change perspective here.
The day we started this was a happy day - less timber, more rock! This part my boys did with the help of a friend and his chainsaw. You can see we've already painted lines for the basic layout of the pond and water retention. Up at the back in front of the electric box the boys have already dug the bog.
Then the big boys showed up with the big toys. They did most of the heavy digging and dirt hauling for us - thank goodness, or we would still be digging today. They had never dug a pond before, so my husband stood by directing traffic. They did a great job working together!
I love the picture so much - you can see we are great with the measurements! We overbought the liner by juuuuuuuust a little bit. My job was trimming and edge treatment. My hands were sore for weeks afterwards and I ruined my good pinking shears, but it was worth it! (We did salvage a big piece on the left side there and gave it away to a lady we met at a pond event. She was thrilled that she could build herself a little pond!)
Here we are - filling it up for the very first time! We had our fingers crossed that the whole thing was level! Water tells the truth!
Fast forward to the first spring and here's our pond! We hadn't built the stream from the back yet - that's the plumbing line you see wrapping behind the bog.
And this one was taken on May 1 of this year. The pond is now almost six years old. I hadn't finished cleaning up from winter yet, but things were looking so pretty! That's a portion of my vegetable garden to the left.
And just for fun, this one is from today - 30 days after the first one. I took it late in the day, so it's a bit too shady for a good picture, but you get the idea. Look how much changes in just one month!
The blue pot on the patio has lotuses, just starting to come up. It's been too cool here for them to get started, but once they do, they are so pretty!
(Don't mind my bucket and tools - I spent the afternoon weeding out the sedum garden. Fun times!)
June 2012.This is a shot of the wall before the deconstruction started. Our yard was bordered on three sides by this timber retaining wall. Never liked it, but we lived with it for years. You can almost see the electrical box in the back left corner - keep an eye on that as a reference point. I'm going to change perspective here.
The day we started this was a happy day - less timber, more rock! This part my boys did with the help of a friend and his chainsaw. You can see we've already painted lines for the basic layout of the pond and water retention. Up at the back in front of the electric box the boys have already dug the bog.
Then the big boys showed up with the big toys. They did most of the heavy digging and dirt hauling for us - thank goodness, or we would still be digging today. They had never dug a pond before, so my husband stood by directing traffic. They did a great job working together!
I love the picture so much - you can see we are great with the measurements! We overbought the liner by juuuuuuuust a little bit. My job was trimming and edge treatment. My hands were sore for weeks afterwards and I ruined my good pinking shears, but it was worth it! (We did salvage a big piece on the left side there and gave it away to a lady we met at a pond event. She was thrilled that she could build herself a little pond!)
Here we are - filling it up for the very first time! We had our fingers crossed that the whole thing was level! Water tells the truth!
Fast forward to the first spring and here's our pond! We hadn't built the stream from the back yet - that's the plumbing line you see wrapping behind the bog.
And this one was taken on May 1 of this year. The pond is now almost six years old. I hadn't finished cleaning up from winter yet, but things were looking so pretty! That's a portion of my vegetable garden to the left.
And just for fun, this one is from today - 30 days after the first one. I took it late in the day, so it's a bit too shady for a good picture, but you get the idea. Look how much changes in just one month!
The blue pot on the patio has lotuses, just starting to come up. It's been too cool here for them to get started, but once they do, they are so pretty!
(Don't mind my bucket and tools - I spent the afternoon weeding out the sedum garden. Fun times!)
