our family pond

[tbendl]

The pictures are great. Keep up the great work and before you know it you'll be relaxing in front of a beautiful pond for sure.

 

[LoganinMD]

Mr T and Papa Bear spent the morning pouring the footer. Thankfully it was overcast and the work progressed quickly.

 

[DrellDrell]

Wow. Looks like hard, but fun work. Gonna love what the family workedto achieve.

 

[addy1]

Nice job!

 

[michey1st]

Man, that looks impressive!!!! Where's all that rain you got?!?!

 

[LoganinMD]

Man, that looks impressive!!!! Where's all that rain you got?!?!

We dug a trench in the middle and put in a sump pump to keep it all dry!

 

[michey1st]

Ohhhh, sneaky!!!!!!

 

[CeeJayH]

Great work, and it's a wonderful experience working with children. I have very fond memories of digging my first pond with my sons.

 

[snoozer]

Wow, this looks awsome. This is a project that the kids will take great pride in for years to come.

 

[Dave 54]

I'm impressed , may I ask if your going to indstall a 4" bottom drain , it would save you lots of hassle later on and basically become a self cleaning pond .
However is that a boulder sticking out of your side wall , if it is will you be removing it ?

Dave

 

[LoganinMD]

Dave, yes, we'll have two bottom drains - gravity fed.
the 'boulder' was a surprise - turns out it's a lump of concrete - the kids carefully dug around it - but when I saw it we had to 'shorten' the pond on that side - cannot have a lump of concrete sticking out in the wall

 

[addy1]

Smash IT!

 

[DrCase]

You and the kids are doing a great job !'

 

[LoganinMD]

Mr T is trying to grow some lotus seeds - they have started germinating and we have the first leaf!

 

[addy1]

Get them in water, the first leafs float, can't tell if they are dry or in water