New here from mid-Atlantic USA

[chibae]

Hi all. I'm new here. I live on the USA mid-Atlantic coast, zone 7A. I currently have a 30 gallon half barrel pond (I have had it for five years now) and hope to put in a much larger one for next spring. I will be seeking help with my current pond and gathering ideas for the second one.

 

[j.w]

@chibae

 

[GBBUDD]

Hi all. I'm new here. I live on the USA mid-Atlantic coast, zone 7A. I currently have a 30 gallon half barrel pond (I have had it for five years now) and hope to put in a much larger one for next spring. I will be seeking help with my current pond and gathering ideas for the second one.

Well if your looking for enough information to make your head spin when it comes to building a pond heres some easy reading https://www.gardenpondforum.com/sho...r-2023-12-000-gallon-koi-pond-full-build.141/

 

[JRS]

Welcome to the forum.

 

[Mmathis]

Hello and welcome!

 

[sissy]

Welcome but I can say now after 20 years of my pond build I woud do a pondless . As I got older it seems to be more work than I can handle anymore . i have been looking at getting rid of fish and pond and doing a nice pondless with plants . I am 71 now and 3 plus acres and the pond are getting to be too much for me

 

[chibae]

Welcome but I can say now after 20 years of my pond build I woud do a pondless . As I got older it seems to be more work than I can handle anymore . i have been looking at getting rid of fish and pond and doing a nice pondless with plants . I am 71 now and 3 plus acres and the pond are getting to be too much for me

I know what you mean. I retired to only one acre five years ago. I have two pond liners that are planted as bogs growing native carnivorious plants and bog orchids. My half barrel pond is buried in one of them. I also have a large garden area surronded by a deer fence. Home grapes, blueberries, strawberries, asparagus, and raised veggie beds. Plus an herb garden and a pollinator garden.

 

[addy1]

Lol I added 9 pups, live on 4 acres, 11 ponds, wouldn't have it any other way. Multiple gardens.

Can't even imagine living in a condo, Apt, small house surrounded by people.

If stuff gets behind, no biggy.

 

[sissy]

I have been a vegetaran my whole life veggies and canning most of my life also . My parents owned a farm and my mom taught us how to can at a young age . My oldest son lives in NJ and he gardens and cans and he is 50 now , I am starting to get tired of all the work . It may keep you young but it sure tires you out . My promise was to retire at 50 and I retired at 49 . Moved from the garden state where everything grows to Virginia where you get red clay . Free manure from the cow farm does help across the road from me . But not sure about who is noiser the cow farm in front or the horse farm behind me or the Martinsville speedway with the goodyear blimp going over my house . I use lots of rain barrels and make manure tea for my gardens also . My father was fussy about organic gardening in 1958 when he bought the11 acre city farm .

 

[sissy]

oh Addy know what you mean when I got married hubby and I lived in an apartment for 3 years , but the apartment complex was good because it was small and most were young mothers like me, so that was great . The house I owned I rented out and it covered more than my rent at the time . Then it was time to move in and remodel it .

 

[GBBUDD]

I know what you mean. I retired to only one acre five years ago. I have two pond liners that are planted as bogs growing native carnivorious plants and bog orchids. My half barrel pond is buried in one of them. I also have a large garden area surronded by a deer fence. Home grapes, blueberries, strawberries, asparagus, and raised veggie beds. Plus an herb garden and a pollinator garden.

Sounds fantastic! ( where's the pictures) expecialy the the carries and orchids

My pitchers aren't doing well this year. It's still early but very little growth yet