pond in progress started 4/21/10

[Alice_Bee]

I still feel right at home. My dad worked on cars. At one time I think we owned about 9, when he brought home the cadillac "hearst" actually an old ambulance, my mom almost left. He didn't want me to learn mechanical stuff but someone had to help him bleed brakes and rewire the 1969 Toronado with a 1967 harness after the original harness caught fire and every one in the junkyard had also burned up. so I learned a lot. Confidence is a big thing.

I moved to Texas at 17, bought this fixer upper in 2001, and I really enjoy it. I wanted a pier and beam. I wanted to move out of the city, husband didn't, I gave him the house in exchange for a divorce. I don't regret it. I still live in city limits, different city, but more land, less house, less neighbors. Youngest daughter moved back to his house in 2004 and that hurt, but we have a good relationship and she moved the mortgage and deed to her name this past year.

 

[Lin]

Using carpet pad for underlayment, the liner requires only raked dirt, but we have too many rocks. Best tool to have for this project a laser level.

The pond has water! of course we knocked over a bucket of rocks into the water, that were dirty, oh well.

HAHAHA! OH the trials and tribulations of your paradise Pond Journey! LOVE it. I lined my Pond with 4 inches of newspaper and was I ever surprised to find it to be a breeding ground for RED WORMS. They crawl out from under the liner,over the side into the waiting mouths of many a Koi. No wonder my Koi think I am a Goddess.

 

[addy1]

I ended up with this display, seen from the house. Just love the smell of all of those lilies, so sweet!

Love the lotus, but the flowers only last one day before they fall apart

This is the hummingbirds favorite plant, I have it wild growing everywhere. Spreads by seeds.

 

[j.w]

Just beautiful @addy1
So not all water lilies smell right?

 

[Alice_Bee]

That lotus is an eye popper!

 

[addy1]

Just beautiful @addy1
So not all water lilies smell right?

No not all have a smell, a lot of mine have a great scent. Smells like a perfume shop down there. So sweet!

 

[Kirk44]

I would love to see a hummingbird by our pond. I'm in jersey and have never seen one here. What is the plant called that your hummingbirds like?

 

[addy1]

Let me find the name, it starts with a C I think.

Crocosmia aurea

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[BKHpondcritters]

I would love to see a hummingbird by our pond. I'm in jersey and have never seen one here. What is the plant called that your hummingbirds like?

Yup - Crocosmia. And if you ever want any, I will more than happily send you some. OR... you can take a field trip down to us here in northwestern NC & dig up as much of the stuff as you want to haul away! OMG! This is one plant I have a serious love-hate relationship with.

 

[j.w]

Ah yes Crocosmia, I remember it well! I had it in a flower bed and it went too nuts taking over for me! The hummers did love it.

 

[Lin]

I ended up with this display, seen from the house. Just love the smell of all of those lilies, so sweet!
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Love the lotus, but the flowers only last one day before they fall apart
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This is the hummingbirds favorite plant, I have it wild growing everywhere. Spreads by seeds.

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I just LOVE your Pond. I can't understand why your Lotus Bloom doesn't last longer than a day. Mine take 2 weeks to form the flower and the flower last a month

 

[addy1]

Mine take 2 weeks to form the flower and the flower last a month

Mine have never lasted more than a few days, one day open, next day wide open, third day petals falling off. The one to the left will lose all the petals today, it opened two days ago.
The new opened one is my pink edged lotus.

 

[Lin]

It' a Mystery! There has to be a reason. Your Lotus look just like mine and there is only one strain of Sacred Lotus and they are very revered throughout the Orient. They smell just like baby powder to me.

 

[addy1]

What zone are you in? Mine are all hardies.

 

[Lin]

What zone are you in? Mine are all hardies.

I think I'm in zone 5. It seems to me your plants would do better than mine, especially the Blooms because you are South of me in MD.