Pecan Pond Evolution

[pecan]

Tonight we got our first rain in months. The yard came to life with color. As the sun began to set there was some amazing lighting and everything was still wet from the rain so I got some pictures.

Here are some of the plants.

Warning: I took a bunch of pictures LOL

Hens and Chicks

Sapphire Skies Yucca

My little cows tongue cactus has doubled in size in the last month

Vavoom Rose

Veterans Honor Rose

Echinicia (sp?)

Hardy Hibiscus

Daly Lily

Another Day Lily

Blue Agave

Small Japanese lace maple with a few hostas

Cool Japanese forest grass picture

And my conifer bed that is doing much better this year

Timber bamboo that is finally getting some height on it... I'd say a couple more years and it will hit 20'

 

[pecan]

Here are some of the pond

PONDS ROCK!!!

 

[pecan]

Here are some updated pictures of the pond August 2012.

 

[pecan]

And some up close lily shots...

 

[pecan]

And some updated photos of the flower beds...

North Bed

Flower pots

East Bed

Full yard shot

West bed

Bamboo bed

Conifer bed

Weeping Willow getting big

 

[pecan]

Well it has been a very successful summer! No work on my part but minor maintenance First year since we've lived here that has been the case.

Clear water, happy fish, happy plants, life is good.

Getting ready to muk her out for the fall and trim the lilies. Thought I would post the last of the summer pics of 2012.

And here are some I took a week ago of the bamboo... It has grown a ton this year and I expect will be a record year next year.

 

[pecan]

Winter in the high desert Can't wait till SRING!

We rarely get rain, but we get plenty of snow. Luckily we get enough snow to provide water through the summer months.

 

[pecan]

More winter...

 

[pecan]

Here are some pictures from our first big snow fall a few months ago (mid Nov).

 

[pecan]

And these I took just the other day. First warm sunny day since Dec Spring fever anyone?

 

[mygardenflower]

BRAVO. :heartpump:

 

[Dave 54]

Back yard !!!!!! god you could get a whole housing estate in there in the UK, its more like a huge field Pecan
The whole thread is lovely and your pond garden etc is well thought out and executed well done it was beautiful to look at .
We arte squeezing a pond into one little corner here and the inner city well you'll be lucky to see any gardens we live two miles out of Plymouth propper and though we have large gardens when yo have to share well need I say more :grumble:
rgrds
Dave

 

[pecan]

We hit record temps this week. 70 on Thursday, 75 on Friday and about 60 today. So I took Thursday and Friday off to do yard work. I spent about 10 hours a day out there for the last three days hauling rock, wood chips and steer manure. I put down 37 bags of wood chips (came up about 5 bags short ), 6 bags of manure and 6 bags of rocks. Last weekend I rebuilt the water fall adding two smaller falls on the sides of the big falls. My fish were fed for the first time of the year (they are happy about that) and I am exhausted. Along with hauling wood chips and rocks I have been running again and my entire body can feel it.

But, after the long snowy gloomy winter and a serious case of the blues I really needed to get out in the sun and do some work. I feel 100 times better There is something about manual labor on a sunny 70 degree day that just does wonders for the soul.

Anywho here are a couple pictures of everything up and running. I think I am all done with spring prep (minus 5 more bags of wood chips and getting the garden rows done and planted).

And some happy fishies

 

[pecan]

Easter Sunday (March 31, 2013).

Beautiful 70 degree day and things are sure turning green.

And the new deck I built last week.

And some fishies (the water was 64' today)

 

[pecan]

One week later and a ton of new growth. I like to take pictures in the spring when everything is just waking up and then compare it to summer pictures. It always amazes me how the beds look so sparse in the spring but by mid summer they are full of leaves and flowers.