Well that was handy... My nearby flooring store, who installed the new hardwood in my kitchen, still recognizes me. Walked in and was given free reign of their dumpster!
So, carpet was laid in the small pond today, got a nice heavy padding against the tree roots. Dropped the liner in the hole, and filled it up. Then I grabbed the filter barrel I've been running, and rolled it over onto the liner and got it fired up. I figure with all the waste that was in the bottom of the filter (and subsequently stirred up and blasted into the new pond), it shouldn't take much to actually seed this pond and have it ready to drop fish in.
I'm guessing this little pond is only about 75 gallon, but its big enough to server its purpose (letting babies grow bigger). I didn't get any pictures because it was still pretty murky, but should be fairly cleared up by tomorrow.
I've been digging trenches this week... First to provide a channel for filling the pond from the gutters, and second, laying in the electrical. As usual, I'm finding sprinkler lines right where I'm trying to dig (I literally put my line down right on top of where two sprinkler pipes are running), and I managed to cut half way through the control wires for the sprinklers. Ah how I love repairs. Guess I'll have to open up the water lines and make sure I didn't put any holes in the sprinkler pipes before I fill the trenches back in. There's gonna be a LOT of re-seeding the grass this year.
OK, so a couple pictures of my pipe from the gutters...
This one shows the funnel to capture the water. I will be cutting the top off at an angle and put a screen over it so that any leaves and larger stuff washed off the roof will be dropped into the yard, leaving me was fairly clear water coming into the pond.
