Swim Pond Adventure!

[btoby203]

Getting near the end of pond construction, and the beginning of establishing plants and enjoying the water gardening aspect of the project. We worked hard to make the edging as naturalistic as possible, and soon will have plants in the ground and in the water. My goal was to get plants in before winter hits - looks like we'll make it with room to spare. One of our local fire crews brought 13 trucks of water for a total of 39,000 gallons to get up to full - an inch below the overflow drain. Turned on the bubble pumps this past weekend, and added the first gallon of beneficial bacteria. Excited!

 

[j.w]

Getting near the end of pond construction, and the beginning of establishing plants and enjoying the water gardening aspect of the project. We worked hard to make the edging as naturalistic as possible, and soon will have plants in the ground and in the water. My goal was to get plants in before winter hits - looks like we'll make it with room to spare. One of our local fire crews brought 13 trucks of water for a total of 39,000 gallons to get up to full - an inch below the overflow drain. Turned on the bubble pumps this past weekend, and added the first gallon of beneficial bacteria. Excited!

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Great, now you just need Summer!

 

[addy1]

Looking good!

 

[GBBUDD]

You have all that rock with zero plumbing under it. No baffles at all to get water down there and lift up through the rock?

I'd love to read the specs you are following. No offense but if there's no baffles no.pipes under all that stone it's a huge opportunity lost

 

[GaryMoz]

Looking great, I wish we had the space (and summers) to do something like that.

Do you have a network of pipes distributing the water under the rocks?

 

[btoby203]

You have all that rock with zero plumbing under it. No baffles at all to get water down there and lift up through the rock?

I'd love to read the specs you are following. No offense but if there's no baffles no.pipes under all that stone it's a huge opportunity lost

300 feet of perforated flexible piping attached to the PVC stand pipes. All of that is beneath expanded shale and above that gravel, and above that decorative river rock.

 

[btoby203]

 

[GBBUDD]

It will be interesting to see what the results are expandable shale is not a typical rock we see in bogs . But your bog is massive so time will tell

 

[GaryMoz]

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It will be interesting to see what the results are expandable shale is not a typical rock we see in bogs . But your bog is massive so time will tell

I bet it's a lot cheaper than pebbles and with that much I can understand why

 

[btoby203]

A few last pictures before tucking in for the winter. I'll be seeding meadow grass and eco lawn this weekend. Can't wait for spring to see the greenery start to emerge. This was a great project which was very bonding for my son, son-in-law, and me. Really excited to take a dip, but not until it warms up next year! Happy Holidays all

 

[GBBUDD]

Congrats looks good

 

[hammer]

Fellow CT person as well, some nice ponds here. Hell of a build.