Greetings

[MOPonder]

Hello all.

My wife and I recently purchased a home with an existing pond in the back.
I think the pond had been neglected for a couple of years. We moved in early Feb. and the pond was iced over. As the ice began to melt I was surprised to see a big bullfrog sunning himself in the thawed area.
Anyway, the pond bottom was covered in muck and if we turned on the pump, boy, what a smell. As soon as the weather was warm enough, I drained the pond, and pulled out buckets of the most foul smelling gunk you would ever want to stand ankle deep in.
I pulled out everything and power washed the liner. The we got a few pots and repotted some of the water lilleys and some of the other plants ( I don't even know what kind). I connected the filter (which the previous owner thankfully left) and we let it run for a couple of weeks. Then we added 4 goldfish. It's a work in progress and I will try to post more photos and will probably ask enough questions to drive everyone crazy.

 

[sissy]

hello moponder and welcome and hope you like being on the sight thats some pond and can tell you have like a dock look about your deck as I see the rope around your post on your deck or should I call it pier

 

[fishin4cars]

Welcome aboard, looks like the old owner left you a really nice little setup, I would say it was neglected, but still a very nice pond, Sounds like your on the right track.

 

[sissy]

sad when a pond is neglected and guess there were no fish or were those in there ,sorry see you said you added those was thinking maybe could have been fish in there

 

[blessedfamily]

Very nice and you didn't even have to dig the hole

 

[DrDave]

Welcome to the Forum!

 

[MOPonder]

Thanks, Sissy.

Here is a photo from just a bit further back showing the "Wharf" look.

 

[DrDave]

Very nice, however; I would plant some bamboo to hide the neighbors house in the background.

 

[MOPonder]

Would bamboo survive in Zone 6?

 

[sissy]

I love the no fishing .I had bamboo at my house in NJ it did fine

 

[addy1]

Get the clumping bamboo, ow it can be real invasive and a pain to control.

It looks like with care bamboo can handle cold weather. What kind did you have sissy?

I planted some emerald green cypress, they do a great screening job and grow pretty fast, they call it the living fence.

http://www.bambu-u.com/boo_care.html

http://www.bambootexas.com/Running&Clumping.htm
http://www.bamboogarden.com/care.htm

The pond, deck setting you bought into are very nice.

 

[DrCase]

Welcome to the Forum !

 

[marla]

Welcome to the forum...Nice pond now that you got it clean it will give you lots of pleasure...where about in MO are you? My son and his family live near Walnut Grove.

 

[MOPonder]

Maria,

Thanks. We live just south of Springfield

 

[sissy]

clumping bamboo grows slower but you don't have to worry about it's roots coming up every where like addy says .I just got some fresh cut bamboo a couple of weeks ago from an abandoned house near my house .Not sure how to dry it out .so I just put it out in the sun ,hope it works some of these bamboo poles are 6 inches around and 12 feet high .It's yellow bamboo the real estate agent told me and very aggressive grower .She told me you can watch it grow .Didn't know there was different colors ,looked on the internet there is red, green ,black, and yellow some are rare colors.great site addy thanks