Our Pond #2: Refurbished Pond

That looks just great Deb.
I would hold off on the fish for a few days… <vbg>
Actually if you dig it deep enough you can leave the in.

bob

-- I am a strong believer in luck and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. Alberta Canada Zone 3A or maybe 3B

WOW does that look GREAT!!!!!! Really beautiful and what a nice spot right off your deck. How excited are you!!!! Nice job Deb (and Rick too) ...

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

Looks good Debbie. Nice job.

-- Karson retired in DE e-mail karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Wow! Can’t wait to see it.

-- Former plant killer. Current plant damager.

Well.. Good job on the pond.. Been waiting for you to start digging up that puddle and put something else in.. Nice work.. :)

-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b

This looks fantastic!
Have you decided what other plants you will have?

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

Outstanding work! Congratulations on your digging…the results are fantastic!

-- Living on the square...Metro Detroit

thanks everyone (and Karla – I can’t wait til you see it as well… I’m almost on the countdown.. ok. I just the jittery excitement feeling.. come on June!!!)

Bob.. the main hole is about 4’ deep so the fish “should” survive the winter… so, they will be going to their new home sometime this week (probably this afternoon.. I’m not big on waiting)

Plants: if I knew the names.. haha.
we have a spiky plant that has stripes up the shafts .. zebra something perhaps? .. and a Blue Flag (I think). It never flowered last year but it survived the winter…. and we have a hmmm.. no idea but something is growing.

In the waterfall bucket we have some tall grasses of some sort, they already had some tiny little flowers and we have a big purple leafed something .. and some long annoying strands stuff but it should work well for the “filtering” goal in the waterfall bucket.

We will then have some floating plants to help with the water filtration.

Around the outside I want to get some groundcover evergreen bushes and then put in more rhubarb as my “exotic aquatic” plant haha.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Love your descriptions!! hahaha
Guess will have to wait for some pictures!
As long as you are having fun with it!!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

oh and we have a corkscrew something or other as well :)

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Nice pond MsD.It looks like such a relaxing spot.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

I see your pond is really coming along I guess you will be happy to get your fish in. Are you going to put in water plants? I generally keep one waterlily and a lot of oxygenating plants in mine, it also helps to keep my water clear when the plants cover the pond the blue herring don’t see the fish.

-- Louise Edgwood,Md.

Oh Debbie! Your pond looks delightful. Lots of hard work and it shows. Great job indeed – congrats!

Gabby is a lovely pup btw.

-- blooz 5b - You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. ~author unkown

isn’t Gabby beautiful? I’m not a dog lover but she has my heart. I’m glad she comes to visit so often – of course I might not say that when she decides to use the pond as her way to cool off in the summer.

Fish are in and they are loving it.

There is a gold fish and another fish twice its size that looks like a koi but isn’t. For the past year the goldfish has followed the “koi” wherever it has went. It’s like ”hey Spike, what are we going to do today Spike, huh, huh?”

After the transition time into the pond I opened up the bucket and the goldfish was half way around the pond and back again before the koi was out of the bucket!!! Since then the koi has followed the goldfish everywhere… now it’s the koi saying ”so what are we going to do today, Spike? Huh? Huh?” Total behaviour change. Fascinating!!

Oh and they love their deep hole… if a shadow goes onto the water they dive for cover. They are so much fun to watch.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Bet this pool is going to provide hours and hours of entertainment (and relaxation). Yah, I see that smile from ear to ear …!!! :-)

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

oh yes GramT… big smile.

Most mornings, Rick and I get up sitting “pond side” by 5:30 am.. and sit there, off and on, until Rick leaves for work at 7:30.
We then sit there again in the evening.. and I take my breaks there throughout the day.

When we get a chilly morning or sometimes “just because” Rick will light a fire in the firepit and we huddle by the fire and listen to our “waterfall”.
This is our “camping” routine right in our own backyard!

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

it really turned out well Deb.
I’m sure you will have many fond memories from that little oasis.

Watch for cats! Luv em hate em.

Bob

-- I am a strong believer in luck and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. Alberta Canada Zone 3A or maybe 3B

the cats spend a lot of time trying to find the best rock to stand on while getting a drink.
Our two have ended up standing on the wood and drinking out of the top little fountain pond..

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

an update to the pond

I worked on this last week, adding more rocks around the outside as well as some iris’, bleeding hearts, and rhubarb.
I also have some snippets of ground cover (can’t remember the name) that will hopefully find its away amongst the rocks.
Oh and the little white fence is protecting my Quinoa seeds. I planted them and then Gabby, the neighbour’s dog, decided that that particular spot was the best place in town to lay! The goal for these grains is for it to look like grasses beside the pond.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Looking really good MsD.I love rock borders also.Bet it’s nice and relaxing sitting on the deck listening to the pond.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

oh yes. very!
I can’t wait to get some floating plants and I hope the rhubarb fills out soon so it doesn’t look so bare.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

MsDeb … where did the photo go???

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

no pictures???

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

No Picture! Your update must not have happened. :)

-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b

how’s this?

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Nice!!!
VERY NICE!!!
Must be really relaxing to sit on your deck!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

Purty, MsD. Lovely litttle “beauty spot” off your deck!

-- the day you quit learning is the day you quit living.

What a gorgeous pond and area!!! Bet all you want to do now is sit on your deck and enjoy “the water”!!! :-)

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

and make it better :)

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)