Undrtkr's garden pond

[undrtkr_00]

Well I added my first fish a few days back, so I guess it's time to get an update posted here. I'll start with the "before" shots from back in October when I first broke ground.

Shortly after I started digging, we decided to pull up all the grass on that part of the yard, so I rented a sod lifter. Nice machine - got the whole thing cut up in about an hour. Just wish I had spent a little more time around the edges and detail work with the machine. Would have saved me a lot of shovel work.

 

[undrtkr_00]

And a few more recent shots:

 

[undrtkr_00]

And the bog garden at the back end of the pond:

Picked up a few Sarassa's over the weekend:

Still have a bit more landscaping to do, and will add some surface plants like hyacinth in the next week or so. Have been circulating the water for a couple of months. No pea soup water and not too much string algae so far.

 

[undrtkr_00]

Oops! Found some more "middle of winter playing in the muck" progress shots:

 

[koikeepr]

wow, that's quite the wide waterfall! What a sweet stream!

I love the overalls and the beard--very ZZ Top! LOL!

 

[DrCase]

Looks great !!!!
You did a fine job...Be proud

 

[undrtkr_00]

Thanks, guys. Yeah, I'm happy with the stream. It's maybe 30" wide at the falls with about 4,000 gph running through it. Got a deal on a large, used pump. Hopefully it lasts for a while. I am losing a little water on the right hand side of the falls where it is trickling around the edge of the liner. I'll continue to monitor. I think I can fix it by playing around with the liner and rock work there, but am too lazy to pull it all apart right now. Losing less than 1" per day, but when summer hits it may be too much on top of evaporation. We'll see. :surfing:

 

[koikeepr]

play with the liner and use waterfall foam to guide it properly. you can buy it at home depot/lowes.

 

[stroppy]

lovely pond and the landscaping is going to look grand by summer :0)

 

[Carpe_Diem]

Great job on your pond Undrtkr, I really like the landscaping you did on either side
of the river. Well done!

 

[nigil]

Love the stream! Looks great!

 

[drew05]

looks like a lot of work paid off in the end.

 

[3qtkidz]

That is very impressive. You should be extremely proud of yourself. Beautiful work.

 

[DrDave]

Very nice transformation and a great addition to your yard! When the plants start maturing, it is really going to look fantastic.

 

[koiguy1969]

good job..nicely done!