pond in progress started 4/21/10

[taherrmann4]

Addy yard looks great. In the last pic two posts up what is that in the lower left hand corner hanging off the metal support thingy?

 

[addy1]

Addy yard looks great. In the last pic two posts up what is that in the lower left hand corner hanging off the metal support thingy?

That is a an old cutting torch tank, about 4 feet tall, heavier than poop. A guy in arizona, sold them on the side of the road, he cut out the design, hung a gong, made a frame that supports it perfectly. He was almost a street person. My late hubby saw his road side display and bought it and other items.

It has the neatest gong sound. Just love it. One of those, why are you hauling this from arizona to maryland things.....................I will get off my butt and go get you a better picture, in a t storm.....................lmao

 

[addy1]

here ya go I have the cut out pieces as a decoration. It is made to be anchored, ie. bolts. In a strong wind it can blow over, so the rocks counter weight it.

He painted the inside of the tank, to correspond to the cut out.



he also took the tops of tanks, the covers and made wind chimes out of them. If interested I can get pictures of it tomorrow.

 

[j.w]

Addy that is such a nice piece of art! It's beautiful! Would love to see more :biggrin:

 

[tazcat70]

Addy your yard is just gorgeous! I love the art, that propane tank is beautiful.

As for the ungroomed look, that is what I will have, because I am just plopping things in the ground. The plants from my neighbors yard, there are close to 20 bulbs per clump of plant. The first clump I spread out...each bulb had about 2-4" of space around it. By the last clump, I dug a trench and just plopped them in. I have no idea what they are, or colors. I am leaving so many behind at her place, because I have no idea where to put them all!

 

[addy1]

lol when I moved the plants from the front to expand the drive, I used the bucket to make a trench type hole, went out front scooped up the dirt, plopped it in the ground. I have lilies, bulbs, plants coming up everywhere. (sort of forgot where I plopped everything)

 

[addy1]

Addy your yard is just gorgeous! I love the art, that propane tank is beautiful.

As for the ungroomed look, that is what I will have, because I am just plopping things in the ground. The plants from my neighbors yard, there are close to 20 bulbs per clump of plant. The first clump I spread out...each bulb had about 2-4" of space around it. By the last clump, I dug a trench and just plopped them in. I have no idea what they are, or colors. I am leaving so many behind at her place, because I have no idea where to put them all!

There is always room for plants, find a spot, stick them in!

 

[tazcat70]

I will get what I can. She has 2 patches of Iris that are each larger than my pond. And the Day Lilies are almost as big.

 

[addy1]

lol that is a lot............ you could make your yard all plants!

 

[taherrmann4]

Agree; I am in the process of killing off a 8x 60-70ft of grass on my hill now. Going to plant some perennials and make another another rock pathway.

 

[addy1]

Sounds like me, grass slowly...........well quickly getting deleted.

 

[addy1]

Well with the bad storm two days ago, horrendous rain, the dirt under the new water fall sank big time, even though it had been sitting all winter. With sinking comes a leak with a leak comes more sinking. Which, long story short, rebuild the waterfall.......... I was mumbling under my breath moving those huge darn heavy rocks again............

This time I used rock dust, the stuff we put around the propane tank. It does not shift, compacts like a rock. Redid the water fall and so much happier with it.

This is the upper falls that sank, lot better flow now.





The lower falls (made with rock dust to begin with due to the drop off, it didn't shift)



The fish love to hang out at the base of the falls. Looking for snacks to come down. They now have a choice of three different falls to enjoy.

 

[capewind]

Sorry about the settling but it looks great!

 

[addy1]

Sorry about the settling but it looks great!

It was of those worth it problems. I am much happier with the waterfall than I was before, better flow, more centered on the rocks. Sometimes things happen for a reason, besides driving me crazy.

My mower broke, honey had to tow me from the back 40 off the hill, I was sliding into poison ivy. It, luckily, turned out to be a little wire thing in the back, that got caught on a vine, locked the left side wheels completely. The lock part has been covered with a decal all these years, never even knew it was there.

But we saved around 1000 bucks, that is what we were told it would cost to fix the mower. Zero turn. So good and bad lol, know more about the mower, but still need to mow............tomorrow.

We have a freeze coming again, I was going to get the veg garden going, but not going to put out the tomatoes until tuesday, the freeze is mon and tue am.

 

[CountryEscape]

Yep, I truly believe everything happens for a reason, and your waterfall looks awesome now, Addy. I can sure see why you are happier with it.
Sad to hear about your mower, bet you were freaking out heading toward the poison ivy!!! I've had my gas lever pulled back by branches before, thought what the heck, who turned down the power? So, I understand what you mean, glad you were able to fix the problem, and not have to pay for someone to do it for you!
Supposed to get down to 40 tonight and then 39 tomorrow night, so pulled all plants up to house that are on the deck, brought a couple inside again. Have not put succulent planter back outside, looks like will be able to come Tues. Temps heading up to 80's next week, just got to get past this last cool spell ... at least I'm hoping it's the last!