Almost Done!!!

[smcox1]

Slowly but surely.... I almost had it all cleaned then the other day it snowed and filled it up with water. Lol!! Although I have been planting trees and cutting back all the dead foliage from last year. So this year it should look really nice with all the plants I planted last year.

 

[smcox1]

I finished cleaning the pond today I had to remove the last 30 gallons of water with a McDonald's cup. Lol!! So tomorrow I will have pictures of it up and running.

 

[addy1]

lol smcox! great job. A shop vac works great for sucking out that last bit of water.

 

[smcox1]

Yeah I know that but there was no way I was going to have my $300 shop vac suck up thatgoop. Lol!

 

[sissy]

I like those round rocks they look like those cement balls you always see .I have been looking for rounder ones here for my landscaping and seems they are really hard to find .Mostly flat ones at the rock yard .The search goes on ,will find one eventually .Checked auction zip and going to be a great house auction here nearby on the 28th and there are a lot of the old wagon wheels going to be sold ,over 80 of them ,can't wait .

 

[smcox1]

And all of that rock other than the big flat ones came off my property that's all you can find here is river rock.

 

[sissy]

Gosh here all we get is granite and quartz . I found some many rocks on my property I am beginning to think they grow here .I surrounded 2 gardens in the quartz rock I pick up here .River rock here by the pallet is 140 dollars and up ,not cheap on retirement budget .Maybe you should go into the rock selling business .Those are a lot of pretty rock .I will pull over on the side of the road and pick up rocks that have nice shapes .

 

[smcox1]

And here you can probably buy 3-5 tons for $150. And quartz and granite is really expensive here.

 

[sissy]

lol well you get what you get where you live is true .Here I got several truckloads of stone and each was 17 to 19 ton and it cost over 400 dollars and most of that was for delivery since fuel prices and highway use costs are high here .Since they do so much forresting here mulch is cheap if you go straight to the lumber yard .Shame when rocks are free if you can find them ,so I just settle for free .But can I can still envy others pretty rocks .

 

[smcox1]

I think its crazy to have to pay for rock that's why I go and pick it out of the fields. The good thing is there is a gravel pit about 1 mile away from my house so I haul the rock myself and don't have to pay for it to be delivered. I bought 13 tons of 3/4" gravel and it was $115

 

[sissy]

gravel here 2 tons if you pick it up is 40 dollars ,but my small truck would not be able to handle that weight .ford explorer sport track .

 

[smcox1]

I have a f150 Supercrew and can bring about 4 tons on a 16' flatbed trailer. But I took about 10 tons of granite boulders to my sisters house with the f250 powerstroke up 7-8 percent grade hills and it pulled like a champ. It was up the 3rd worse pass in the country.

 

[sissy]

mine son has the f350 diesel dully but he moved back to NJ and lost the use of it .But they can haul great .My little truck is good for some stuff I do, but rocks i would not try ,my luck something would happen .The place i can get rock is only about 2 miles from my house ,still would not chance it .I am trying to find an independent trucker around here with good rates .I have add out and put one up at the rock yard and hoping a trucker will see it and give me a call .Just want a small truckload .

 

[smcox1]

Here it is.

 

[sissy]

looks good and clear .Have you ever seen those fake floating fish online .A fake frog or two would be cute too ,those rubber ones like at the dollar store .A bunch of fake baby ducks .I saw those at big als online and thinking of getting the baby ducks for my pond.Just noticed is that another pond behind your pond .Never really noticed it before