August
2002
Check here for news & information generated during the pond's first month
of construction.
August
15, 2002
It
Begins
After some time spent tinkering around with various designs & possible
locations for a pond we finally broke ground & started construction. You
can view illustrations & photographs of the work in progress in the
Concept & Construction sections
of this site.
August
16, 2002
Rocks
We ordered three tons of rock for the pond today. We're expecting delivery
on Tuesday. Hopefully that should be enough to line the edge & to cover
the upper pond's wall. If not we kinda have permission to collect some rocks
from a local construction site.
August
19, 2002
Plants
& Fishies
OK so we got a little ahead of ourselves & began adding some plants &
a few fish to the pond even though its far from complete. Hopefully they will
survive the trauma of the rest of the construction process but if not, we
can always replace them.
August
20, 2002
The
Rock is Here!
With a house shaking thud, three tons of Desert Creek stone was delivered
today. You can check it out here.
August
23, 2002
The
Upper Pond is Done
After reworking the upper pond's size & design we were able to get it
up & running over the last couple of days. We connected up all the plumbing
& now have a dual pond system complete with waterfall.
Bad
Kitty!
The neighbor's cat Tabby pays the pond a visit. Check that out in the fish
section.
A
Few More Plants
Today we received some plants in the mail.
Parts,
Parts & More Parts
I added a parts list section to this site to help
document the project's cost & to help anyone who is looking to do something
similar.
August
28, 2002
New
Waterfall
We redesigned our waterfall & after some tinkering we cemented its stones
into semi-permanant position with black expanding foam. You can check that
out here.
Plants
are Doing Well
We re-potted & divided up many of our plants recently. They all seem to
be doing well. Our Water Lilly bulb even sprouted some leaves.
Better
Site Navigation
The construction section of this site is getting fairly large so I added a
table of contents to help people revisiting this site skip ahead to the new
stuff.
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