It was 10 years ago that my daughters (with their mom's help) bought me a pond liner for Father's Day and this is what it looked like once I installed it and then a few years later once the plants became established and filled in. Well, sometime over the winter the liner cracked and the water began to leak out and I had put off addressing it until today. I really didn't want to spend $150.00 on a new 55 gallon pond liner so instead I went out this morning to look for something smaller and less costly. I found just what I was looking for. One of the three 20 gallon sets on hand at Home Depot was without the pump and fountain (which I did not need) so I asked them how much they would sell the tub for. After paying them the $10.00 they agreed upon I was on my way home. A few hours later here is what I had accomplished.
Once I had the tub in place and back filled the soil, I began to place the rocks around the pond to conceal the top on the tub and make it look more natural. I hadn't used the bamboo spout in a few years so I retrieved it from the garage and hooked up the pump. I'm pleased with how it turned out and it is so nice to hear the relaxing sounds of running water in the garden again.
Once I get some plants moved in to fill in around it and I get a layer of mulch down, I will post some more pictures of it completely finished. This is the biggest (not that big though) project I have done in the garden in a few years...I really do enjoy doing this and creating inviting garden spaces.
5 comments:
Noice. Are there frogs in your pond (or were there?)
We have frogs around here that go "pobblebonk! pobblebonk!" Do you have those? :)
I used to have frogs but haven't had any in a few years.
I have no idea what "pobblebonk! pobblebonk!" is so I couldn't tell you if I ever had those. :)
Hehe :) They're an Australian Banjo Frog according to the internet. But when I listen to them, they don't sound like the ones I hear at the pond near my mum's place.
How cool is this internet thing that I can go off and listen to different frog sounds at the press of a button :)
I've been listening to lots of audio this weekend. Been listening to this guy, James Alison, whose talks about Christian vulnerability were really cool:
http://www.trinitywallstreet.org/education/?institute-victim-podcasts
The internet is pretty cool. I have listened to several James Alison lectures on the net....but no bullfrogs yet. The best one I have heard from Alison I think was with him explaining the Scapegoat Mechanism
Yeah, that's cool. This was pretty interesting, he was talking about the social Other in our lives that informs us so much, and then talking about God as being the Other Other.
I love that kinda stuff that messes with my mind :)
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