What does your pond look like ... Today?

[sissy]

my pond and love my crabapple trees

 

[Big Lou]

JB, if you are like me you wish you could snap your fingers and everything is done. Since that doesn't work consider all the fun you are going to have completing your pond.

 

[Aaron S]

This was about 5 minutes ago. This was taken through a window because we were getting golf ball size hail at the time. That is all of the blurry stuff and white stuff that you see.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

This was about 5 minutes ago. This was taken through a window because we were getting golf ball size hail at the time. That is all of the blurry stuff and white stuff that you see.

We had a terrible hail storm last night, 3am. Not golf ball size though. There was so much of it when it was done the grass looked like it was covered with snow. I could hear the sound of hail a couple minutes before it actually got here. It was so loud. The lightning and thunder were intense too. It didn't last long, but it was one heck of a storm.

 

[Big Lou]

This was about 5 minutes ago. This was taken through a window because we were getting golf ball size hail at the time. That is all of the blurry stuff and white stuff that you see.

You've got one hail of a place!

 

[JBtheExplorer]

 

[morewater]

It was about +18C here yesterday......cleaned a couple of ponds in the past few days........tonight we're supposed to get 5cm snow (that's 2" for those that haven't gone metric), with a windchill tomorrow somewhere around -11C.

Puttin' the varmint heads on the crossbow bolts, gonna go get me a groundhog..........

 

[sissy]

I did that 1 low spot in my pond and regretted it from the beginning ,it is really hard to net out the gunk in that low area with out scraping the sides of it with the pool net .Plus the liner looked bad all crinkled up in there .You may want to rethink that after you try to get the liner in .When I rebuilt my pond the whole thing is 1 level bottom with straight sides .I just wanted to give you heads up on it .Not being critical about it just letting you know what I dealt with .

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[JBtheExplorer]

I did that 1 low spot in my pond and regretted it from the beginning...You may want to rethink that after you try to get the liner in .

It's only going to be 6"-8" deeper than my old pond, but more wide open than my last one was, and I had no problem with that one, so I'm not worried about it. I've also got a rounded net that extends to 5' that has nice fabric around the edges so I can go right along the walls without worry. I'm glad you share your thoughts because it can help people from making mistakes. Thats what these forums are for

also, it may be hard to tell but just over half of the bottom is only 2', and the far half will be about 3.5

 

[RobAmy]

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Wow, what a difference. I think you are going to be very happy for your efforts.

 

[sissy]

sorry but it sure looks deeper jb you sure you did not dig deeper .rain storm last night really filled my pond

 

[JBtheExplorer]

sorry but it sure looks deeper jb you sure you did not dig deeper

positive I've had the tape measure with me measuring every half hour to check my progress
The top shelf might be throwing you off, its not at a full foot yet.

 

[sissy]

I used a water level it is easier and I just marked the tube in 12 inch increments .Just thought you may have tried to sneak in a little more depth on us .

 

[JBtheExplorer]

After a long day in cold temps, snow, and slop, the pond digging is done! Hopefully this coming weekend I can get the liner in. of course, rain is in the forecast all weekend.

 

[addy1]

Very nice.