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Azura Skye

Joined: 14 Jun 2005
Posts: 2199
Location: Carmarthenshire

Posted: Sun Sep 09, 07 7:47 pm Post subject: new pond and garden pics

Almost finished digging the pond, we've put carpet over it - but I'm going to create more levels and ledges. Back isn't feeling so sore anymore : )

Here's a few pics of the pond so far

The pond shape - like a big pear drop sweet - but gonna alter it a bit

mike being handy with the old old digger- really helped running that over the ground so it wasn't too hard to shovel the loose soil out after - I wont touch that digger though, it's got a mind of its own!

Me having a sit down after lotsa digging and laying carpet

Here's a link to more pics from my garden if anyone wants to see

https://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=4697&l=90f5b&id=515582319

Cathryn

Joined: 16 Jul 2005
Posts: 19856
Location: Ceredigion

Posted: Sun Sep 09, 07 8:32 pm Post subject:
ok so where do you get your energy from? It looks great.

hedgewitch

Joined: 26 Nov 2005
Posts: 5834
Location: Daft wench GHQ

Posted: Sun Sep 09, 07 8:41 pm Post subject:
It looks fab! As does the rest of your garden.

Tensing

Joined: 12 Jun 2006
Posts: 121
Location: West Yorkshire/ South Yorkshire Border.

Posted: Sun Sep 09, 07 10:39 pm Post subject:
Wow, must show my son he spent the day building our new pond, tiny in comparrison.

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Sun Sep 09, 07 10:49 pm Post subject:
No, the reality is that AS is only 4 inches high. Very sad story about being bitten by a radioactive midget when she was a baby. Or something. Seriously, that's almost a lake. Very, very impressive.

Azura Skye

Joined: 14 Jun 2005
Posts: 2199
Location: Carmarthenshire

Posted: Mon Sep 10, 07 10:59 am Post subject:
thank you guys : )) big smiles here ! Can't wait to get the plants for it... On the edges I will have grass and wildflowers - and wildflowers for the pond too - all native british species - I just met a friends husband, who happens to run a wetland centre nearby, so I will get lots of free plants yay!!

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 23956
Location: under some rain.

Posted: Mon Sep 10, 07 11:03 am Post subject:
Blimey, that's a big pond!

dougal

Joined: 15 Jan 2005
Posts: 7184
Location: South Kent

Posted: Mon Sep 10, 07 11:13 am Post subject:
Big? Its massive! And deep... I know that its an excellent thing that there should be deep parts to the pond (not least for temperature, and hence oxygen, stability. But don't most plants want to grow in relatively shallow water - 2 ft deep or so - or is the conventional use of a wide shallow terrace merely a Health & Safety thing? Never mind just the energy - where'd you get all the carpet!

Azura Skye

Joined: 14 Jun 2005
Posts: 2199
Location: Carmarthenshire

Posted: Mon Sep 10, 07 12:11 pm Post subject:

dougal wrote:

Big? Its massive! And deep...
I know that its an excellent thing that there should be deep parts to the pond (not least for temperature, and hence oxygen, stability.
But don't most plants want to grow in relatively shallow water - 2 ft deep or so - or is the conventional use of a wide shallow terrace merely a Health & Safety thing?

Never mind just the energy - where'd you get all the carpet!

Yeah - that's what I realised - it was too steep - so today I'm going to take off the carpet and make some more ledges so there's variation in depth. And I learnt that dragonflies are very terratorial, and if you just have one big circular , ond dragonfly will guard that, but if you have a lot of little zones around the pond more dragonflies will come and each will guard each little zone - so more dragonflies.
And more zones = more ledges and shelves around the edges. I'm not sure how I'm going to do it, but I'll find away!

hedgewitch

Joined: 26 Nov 2005
Posts: 5834
Location: Daft wench GHQ

Posted: Mon Sep 10, 07 12:20 pm Post subject:

dougal wrote:

Never mind just the energy - where'd you get all the carpet!

Has your Mum noticed anything missing yet, AS?

Azura Skye

Joined: 14 Jun 2005
Posts: 2199
Location: Carmarthenshire

Posted: Mon Sep 10, 07 12:56 pm Post subject:

hedgewitch wrote:

dougal wrote:

Never mind just the energy - where'd you get all the carpet!

Has your Mum noticed anything missing yet, AS? :shock: :wink: :lol:

lol - yeah it's quite strange sitting in a giant carpeted hole in the ground.

being a hoarder has paid off! Took the carpet out of the lounge earlier this year, and my boyfriend also took the carpet out of a room in his house so we had two room's worth of carpet. plus there was liner on our carpet so that was double the amount which was handy!

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