Thanks for the compliments on the bog and log, nice to have 20 something and late-mid teenage boys for rock moving, so I don’t have to do it all myself. Although somehow that log was left for me to move, it’s not that heavy just big and awkward.
Redesign of bog/wetland filter
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Its amazing how they can disappear even with stay at home orders across the country when they are needed. i got my sons help ALL day sunday i was flabbergasted. riped out the liner from the upper pond but that had its own challenges as the water fall rock probably weighs 800 pounds and i wanted the line to get under it so if anything started to leak it fell into the pond. it was a challenge getting under it without equipment. it's not done by any means bu out with the old in with the new. and the pump and rain are doing there thing pond is flowing.
It didn’t take long just a day or two and the water was crystal clear. Usually once the fish are active I cant quite see the bottom in the deeper part of the pond which is around 4.5’ deep. Mainly because the larger fish kick the thin layer of silt up into the water column, never really cared before as this provided cover for the fish if a heron or other predator came. With a net over the pond to keep predatory birds out, now it’s nice that I can see the bottom of the deep end to the point where I can count 3/8” pea gravel on the bottom if I was so inclined.
just got a bunch of plants the other day as well to add to the bog, so will be interesting to see how the grow in.
Some shots of the pond now that all the mulm/silt that gets kicked up is sucked into the settling chamber under the bog...
First shot is gratuitous fern/plant growing out of driftwood in the pond.
Second pic is the deepest part of the pond about 4.5’ with a stump with a giant root system I put in the corner for cover.
First shot is gratuitous fern/plant growing out of driftwood in the pond.
Second pic is the deepest part of the pond about 4.5’ with a stump with a giant root system I put in the corner for cover.
Gratuitous pond and turtle pics from today. Added some more plants to the bog, got another violet hardy water lily just because, have to see what If it looks like the pic from the site I bought it from once it blooms.
WOW!!!!!! and o think i was buying pickrel rush damn man you have the market cornered and that iris is massive.
Things still going well with the bog . It sure looks it from the pics..
what kinda turtles are those.
Things still going well with the bog . It sure looks it from the pics..
what kinda turtles are those.
Yes, bog is doing well. water stays clear all the time,(it did pretty much before but couldn’t quite see the deep end down at 4.5’ like I can now)plants are starting to recover quickly from being ripped out of the old bog and transplanted in the new one. The plants in the pond really started to take off the last few days as daytime temps hit 80’s-90’s For the first time this spring. Have some elephant ears coming that I am going to plant in the bog, now that it is finally warm enough here.
This is the cut back version of the pickerel rush stand, it got weeded back last year it had grown from pond edge to pond edge about 16’ or so.
The turtles are Northern Diamondback terrapins. The big one is about 7 years old the other two are going on either 3 or 4 years.
This is the cut back version of the pickerel rush stand, it got weeded back last year it had grown from pond edge to pond edge about 16’ or so.
The turtles are Northern Diamondback terrapins. The big one is about 7 years old the other two are going on either 3 or 4 years.
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Very nice! You have some interesting inhabitants there!
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very nice