pond in progress started 4/21/10

[Mmathis]

Addy -- Started looking at your "build" thread, but finally had to fast-forward to the present All I can say is, "WOW!" I'm just getting started in ponding (true newbie) -- your work is truly an inspiration!

So far, in all the work I've done on and perfecting my box turtle habitat, I have to say that the planning & actual construction have been the most fun parts. Well, like you, except for the heat & humidity! And now I have to impatiently wait out winter. If I had enough room & resources, it would always be a work in progress ! At least adding a pond will give me MORE WORK TO DO!!!

I smiled at the Kubota present! My hubby knows me well enough to know that HOME DEPOT (etc) is one of my fav stores -- I think I have more tools than he does! LOL!!

Sorry if I got a little off-topic! But I just love this forum!

 

[sissy]

I was looking on you tube and there are turtle habitats people have built on there that might give you some ideas mmathis .If you google turtle ponds there is more info and pics there too

 

[addy1]

Addy -- Started looking at your "build" thread, but finally had to fast-forward to the present All I can say is, "WOW!" I'm just getting started in ponding (true newbie) -- your work is truly an inspiration! So far, in all the work I've done on and perfecting my box turtle habitat, I have to say that the planning & actual construction have been the most fun parts. Well, like you, except for the heat & humidity! And now I have to impatiently wait out winter. If I had enough room & resources, it would always be a work in progress ! At least adding a pond will give me MORE WORK TO DO!!! I smiled at the Kubota present! My hubby knows me well enough to know that HOME DEPOT (etc) is one of my fav stores -- I think I have more tools than he does! LOL!! Sorry if I got a little off-topic! But I just love this forum!

Thanks mmathis! it was a project, still have some stuff to do. Enjoyed planning, digging, building (well to a point lol) The slope we gave was a killer to work with, but I think it turned out nice.

In my move across country, moved more tools than anything else, home depot, lowes, harbor freight, tractor supply, they are like candy stores to me lol

Honey keeps saying build another, I keep saying no ................. but you never know we do have a lot of land, and I have 4 great pond pumps 3 not in use........hummmmmmmmm lol

Keep your planning going, you will end up with a great finished project.

 

[pondlover]

WOW WOW WOW.... I just finished looking at your build. What a fabulous job you have done. Truly inspirational and makes me want to get out and work on mine. :goldfish: I can't wait till I will be able to see some results.

 

[crsublette]

Good idea about building that bog rock wall thingy with waterfall foam glue to prevent stuff get'n into the rocks.

I have started to rebuilding my rock walls in my pond with the waterfall foam glue stuff and I already went through a few tubes. Ugh, gonna have to buy quite a few more.

 

[addy1]

My whole build was based on ease of care, plants and fish. One thing I made sure we had was the skimmer and boy is it a blessing right now, apple flowers are falling like snow and the maple is sending out those helicopter seeds, the skimmer nicely draws in most of them.

I have almost finished rebuilding the top pond in the stream, made it deeper and wider, since my honey suggested and we built the deck pond. Need the splash area for the 4 foot water fall off the deck. No fish in this pond, just a few plants, frogs and some tads. I added some more rocks to the first stream leg to help make it deeper, used a can of foam to make the water go over those rocks. It does seep out, the top pond water depth drops by about 2 inches when the stream is not running. But it does seep down the stream not out of the pond.

 

[addy1]

The bog is growing like crazy, love the blue forgetmenots. They bloom all summer. Next to open will be the marsh betony and obedience plants, purple flowers on spikes all summer. Then the lilies, bright double orange and some constant rebloomers, yellow. The water willow is beginning to grow, it will have white flowers on it for the summer. Mixed in is some spider wort, brilliant purple flower, blooms all summer.

 

[sissy]

addy i got what was called forget me nots and they are pink or were they not that plant, my neighbor had them and told me I could take some and hers were blue and brought mine home and a month later I have pink flowers .The leaves look like hers .

 

[j.w]

Lovely addy! Those forget me knots are so nice. Mine aren't blooming yet but they will soon. Mr gator is giving me the red eye warning,lol!

 

[addy1]

addy i got what was called forget me nots and they are pink or were they not that plant, my neighbor had them and told me I could take some and hers were blue and brought mine home and a month later I have pink flowers .The leaves look like hers .

Some of my flowers have a pink tinge to them, maybe it is the soil ph, type of soil etc. There are plants that have different colors of flowers based on soil ph.

 

[sissy]

I was thinking that since i have hydranga's and i change the ph of the soil so one year i have blue the next year pink .I figure i will stay with pink for now so i don't kill them .Wanted blue because it has all silver and white plants with the blue festuca

 

[taherrmann4]

Your bog looks great.

 

[addy1]

Your bog looks great.

Thanks tmann, it is really doing well this year, more fish poop and warm winter. All the plants in it survive solid frozen pea gravel.

The yard is really starting to color up, love the view down to the pond

While putting in some path plants, found these two............left their homes alone
I can't recall where, but in some thread there was talk of wolf spiders carrying their egg sacs, here are two of them doing that. The one I could not catch except the front legs. After they hatch, the spider will carry the young on its back.
The white is the egg sac.

This is from last year, you can see the babies on the back

 

[pondlover]

Looks wonderful Addy. Your bog was one of the reasons I put a bog in and am so glad that I did.

 

[addy1]

Thanks Lena, love the bog, makes my pond care so simple.