What a day!

[Bluerooster]

Had coffee this morning, went to the airport to change oil, then to the bank, and back home. Mowed grass around the goldfish pond. got the leaves out of the swimming pond, Put the puppy in her play pen, (about a acre fenced) and found a wet spot by the bog at the fish pond. I'd hoped it would hold up until the weekend, when I'll be renovating the bog. So I'll be shutting it down this evening, and it will stay that way 'till Saturday. The main pond is big enough that the lack of water flow won't hurt it. And I have the skimmer/bubbler still going in the main pond.

 

[combatwombat]

went to the airport to change oil

...in your airplane...?

 

[TheFishGuy]

...in your airplane...?

If this mans has an airplane........ DANG

 

[Cichlidboy]

...in your airplane...?

That's what I was wondering as well

 

[Bluerooster]

Yes.

 

[addy1]

He will be our transportation! Fly to check out ponds lol

 

[TheFishGuy]

He will be our transportation! Fly to check out ponds lol

Absolutely, private jet to the gpf convention!

 

[j.w]

Wow neat we are gonna have a flight to the convention!
Where will we have it?

How's about Hawaii in the winter after a flyby of all our ponds?

 

[Bluerooster]

Absolutely, private jet to the gpf convention!

Hay! That's great!! (who's got the jet?) As for me, I can carry one other person with a very light bag, And where ever I go, I gotta drop the Boss Lady off in AR.

 

[Bluerooster]

Anyway; I got the new bog up and running. As expected water is cloudy with silt from the pea gravel. And ended up with what seems to be a bazillion Iris, and tricolored grassy stuff.
The old bog with the unused plants, Iris in the back.

Needs more gravel

More gravel in Still could use a bit more.

Up and running.

Still more work to be done with scaping and all. But that can wait for another day.

 

[addy1]

Very nice!

I would not add more gravel, let it settle run for awhile. I had to raise my edge by 3-4 inches after a year.

 

[Bluerooster]

Edge too low is why I hadda re do it. I'd already raised the edge twice, and this time, I decided to just make it bigger.

 

[TheFishGuy]

Bog looks great!

 

[GBBUDD]

YOUR BLACK FOAM WILL TURN RUSTY BROWN after the sun gets to it. NICE WORK if you have one those vibrating detailers work well to trim back the over expanded foam.

 

[bagsmom]

Thank you for sharing this picture! My bog excavation is almost the same shape and orientation with the main pond - it's really fun to see how it looks all completed!