Almost Done!!!

[j.w]

I know how nasty it gets my neighbors pond that's the top picture the liner slid down so we had to move all the rock and stretch the liner then put the rock back and it was gross on the bottom. But I thought it would b better to have the liner covered? Or no?

If you are worried about the sun harming the bottom of your liner................don't :lol:

 

[j.w]

Nice plants you bought and will look good near your pond :lol:
If that one green tree is a Dwarf Alberta Spruce...........I love those :lol:

 

[smcox1]

It is!! I bought it for only $10 I have 2 other ones in the front of my house that are 3 years old

 

[smcox1]

If you are worried about the sun harming the bottom of your liner................don't :lol:

I just wasn't sure if the sun would eat it. I was also looking in one of my pond books and every pond with fish has rock and gravel at the bottom the book is from 2002 so Idk if things have changed since then but they just look so natural with rock on the bottom

 

[j.w]

Sun won't eat it, water protects it. If you left it drained,dry and uncovered in the hot sun that might be a different story.
Rocks all look good in the bottom of the ponds when first put in when water is nice and clear and no gunk build up but you give it a bit of time and oh ma ma, sludge city and hold your nose w/ a clothespin

 

[smcox1]

And gravel would probably be even worse to clean then bigger rock

 

[j.w]

Yes I made the mistake of putting gravel in my bathtub pond and soon I was shoveling it out. It has a bare bottom now

 

[taherrmann4]

You have any pics of your bathtub pond.

 

[j.w]

Here's one from last year tmann. I'm waiting for Clematis to grow up that cyclone fence gate and this year it is just starting to do so.

 

[smcox1]

Yes I made the mistake of putting gravel in my bathtub pond and soon I was shoveling it out. It has a bare bottom now

^^^^ That's funny

 

[smcox1]

So I'm going to put stepping stones across the pond I need 3 more they r big flat rocks I found around my land I think its going to be cool they look like they float

 

[j.w]

That's really a neat idea. I guess having a shallow pond does have it's benefits

 

[smcox1]

Yes it does also if u have to get something that's way in the middle u can walk out there and it only gets up to your knees

 

[smcox1]

Got some better pics of the stepping stones I also put a big flat rock at the beginning to step on to the rocks in the water

Also got the red hot poker in

 

[j.w]

Plants looking good in their spots by the pond :lol:
I like that Red Hot Poker. Might have to find me some of that at Lowes or H-depot. Might get lucky and find it on the death row shelves, ya never know :lol: