This past summer, Mr. Fleuron and I put in a new pond. I sited it, did the sketches. He completely built the pond. I did the landscaping work around it. The landscaping is barely started. This summer my whole garden budget is going into perennials for this border, the front yard, and the hill.
And here we go...
Before we started digging everything up, in late June.
First we sited it out, then put a soaker hose around it so Mr. Fleuron could dig. The ground was pretty hard and dry in July. That is Hanna the Fabulous Rottweiler checking it out.
And the digging commences...
1st layer completed
Penny the Wonder Dog Supervising
Laying in the liner. Luey helping Dad. Once again, Penny the Wonder Dog making sure things get done just right.
Cut the liner, put in the final blocks, fill and switch fish to new pond. A little bit of landscaping started.
At the end of the summer you have...
Happy Fishies
And Happy Wildlife!
I can hardly wait until what it looks like by next August! Even through the winter, it has been lovely. A little bit of icing over, some snow on that. Fishes are hibernating at the bottom of the pond. The winter birdies have been sipping from it, and one even took a very brisk bath!
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