We dug my pond today!!! hooray..... been taking some pictures to share (all the details, ideas and advice i have had are in this topic "New Pond")

Day One 12th March

Breaking Ground




The Dogs want to Help


Coming along...






Pretty Much Finished!

It's fascinating to make a pond, we did that last summer! You will post more pictures, I hope?

Congratulations Loz You're so lucky to be able to build a pond.Looking forward to more pics

Wow, it looks like you moved tons of dirt! It's looking good, your fortunate to have such a large yard.

Thanks guys, we have about an acre of garden/yard so plenty of pond building pace.

Pond is 5.5 meters in length, 3.5 meters in width, 1 meter deep.....

Day Two 13th March

Underlay! Underlay! (we used carpet..!)


And in goes the liner (firestone 1mm thick.)






more to come later, we are putting in pump & filter soon....

two more from today... pump is in and slowly filling......

That looks so exciting Can't wait to see more

cheers hun, tomorrow I is off to quarry.....

Oh this is brilliant!
It's so great to be able to see your pond taking shape like this I must show this to Tom tomorrow. He will be ....
Thanks so much for sharing .... you will keep posting pics I hope

Day Three 14th March

adding stones....

That is so awesome! I am in awe!

I love it! Show us more, please!

Anita

That makes me want to start on mine! My husband got me a pond kit for my birthday. I am waiting to put it in. We will get his orders at the end of this month, and I will know if we have to move. I would hate to put it in and then have to leave it . So I will wait and see.

Oh WOW! That looks HUGE!
I didn't realise from the earlier pics just how huge it would be!!
This is amazing! To be able to watch it take shape like this ................ more pics pliz!

(ok, this is really thick of me, but I have to ask .... do you need to de chlorinate the water still)

It really is huge Your fish will be soooo happy in there Are you planning to get some kois or goldfish to house in your pond

thanks, thank, and thanks..... i wont be adding fish for a while yet... so the water will have plenty of time to mature & establish (it will dechlorinate naturally as it is left standing)

i plan on maybe couple of koi & GF.. see what takes my fancy. been at quarry again today for the gravel & more stones... off the garden shop in a min to get first of plants... more picts later on today

Day Four 15th March

not much actual pond work done today, been to the quarry twice for chippings and stone to creat a mini wall on the side we had to raise (due to slopping lawn). Managed to find an hour to get to garden shop and get started on the plants... i purchased...

2 x Carex Pendula (grassy type)
1 x Nasturtium Aquaticum (Watercress)
1 x Dwarf Spearwort (pretty yellow flowers!)
1 x Marsh Marigold (more pretty yellow flowers)
1 x Equisetum Japonicum (meant to look like horsetails?!?)
1 x Nymphaea Sunrise (hardy water lilly)

No more pond work until Saturday now... it's raining today and im back at work Thursday & Friday.

Plan for the weekend is... get filter/pump cabling finished and waterfall going. Make start on wall, cut excess liner, shift spare soil further back so can start work on rockery & decking in a few weeks. More plants?

Today is rest....

Thanks for the nice chat! Got an answer from Koko last night. It's good to be back.
I tried to post a picture of our snowy pond but it didn't work. You can see it in my thread "Anette" in members info!

Loz,the pond is looking wonderful!!!!! Although my very first thought was,"Look at all the extra material....she could have gone a little bit bigger".!!! I'm terrible,I know..I just know that most people that have done ponds always say that they should have made it bigger. haahahaha...It seems to be a wonderful size.I wish I had the room-I'm so jeaous!!!! You'll just have to share with me from "across the pond"!!!! Super job Hun!!!!

Good to chat to you too anette, will go find the picture soon.

Devs, you can share my pond from across the pond It's 3x bigger than the original plan, i was on the 500Gal to 1000Gal aim, now it is more like 4000Gal... and the guy measured the liner wrong... thats why there is so much excess, maybe enough for a mini pond??

More work tomorrow... more piccys too

Thanks Hun! And hey,mini ponds are nice!!!! hahahaha---If I could,I think the whole yard would be ponds! That must be what Ranchugirl's yard is like!!!!! hahahaha! Andrea has a few ponds!

lovely pond, it looks like you guys are having loads and loads
of fun building it. I Can't wait to make my own this summer!

Hey Lozzy, you make it look so easy! I know there is a lot of hard work involved and you should be proud. An excellent job, congratulations. (now I must beg, borrow or steal a camera to post some pics too)

Cheers guys & gals, it is so much fun to do...

Day Five 19th March

Waterfall













It was so sunny today! i got a bit burned on my shoulders

Oh, your pictures are so good! I'm so jealous because all I see is lots of snow...
I want to see the green grass too... we have a little waterfall too, but only when it rains!
I agree it looks so easy, as I remember it was sweat and hard work. My husband dug our pond with a shovel. It's not quite finished yet, he always has ideas how to make it better. This summer it will be some plants around the wall, I think.
It will be exciting to put out the "new" fish, little Maxi, our fry! I think he will like it!

the waterfall looks great

sure maxi will love your pond!! we are very lucky with sunsine today.. lets hope it satys for tomorrow.

Cheers B.O. was so exciting to see it running today!

I cant believe how much difference each day makes, this is so exciting to watch taking shape .... I'm so glad your posting pics!

The waterfall really makes it start to come alive dont you think!

Thanks Kim, it does make a big difference.! off to garden center first thing few more cobbled stones needed.

My dad id going to quarry for me again next week as we havent got enough to buld the wall yet, so easter weekend will be busy!

some more piccys tomorrow, promise

Your making so much progress. It's really awesome! It's really exciting to see your pictures. I want a big pond like that (stomping feet and jumping up and down). Your really finding some beautiful stones too Lucky fish.
Great job Lozbug!

wow! your pond is looking good with the plants and waterfalls Good job,Loz...looking forward to more pics

This is giving me ideas for my pond, do you know how many gallons it is yet?

Looks very nice Lozbug! All your hard work and dedication is going to pay off ten-fold! I can't wait to see the whole thing once it has had a good season of growth going!


One day, I swear it, I will have myself a pond.........

Paul

aw, your all so kind,

Queenie, been really luck at the quarry & lfs with stones, they quarry let us go round and pick our own!

B.O. i *think* it is about 3500 to 3800 gals (UK) allowing for plant shelfs ect..?!

coyote ugly, cheers hun.. watching the waterfall go for the first time was a *moment*

Paul, thanks, i am looking forward to seeing it age too... am so excited about seeing plants grow

Day Six 20th March

bit more on waterfall, stones, bench, etc etc..

Wow, it's really coming along great! I can't wait to see more pictures. You have given me some good ideas for the pond I'm going to build this summer. I want to start on mine now!

I've only just seen this, lovely looking pond you are going to have some very happy fish in there when its ready.

Oh, and i think digging it out with a mini digger looked like so much fun! Now theres an idea for convincing hubby we need a pond - i'll let him have a go on the digger lol, he'd love that!

Hope the weather stays nice for you this weekend so you can get on with it.

Rachel

It looks great once again. Are you buying all these rocks (gravel)
or are you getting them at the mountain ect ect ?

Not many mountains round these parts good question tho, it must be quite expensive if you have to pay for all of those. Look good tho

Wow, that looks really pretty, Loz! And the whole process has been so fast! Its so exciting to look at projects like this, and with the coming growing season your pond plants are gonna grow so wonderfully!
Our first inground pond has yet to come, but its still a long time off.

Andrea,I thought you started one when you moved in??My Bad.....Here I am thinking about all these ponds! Loz,I'm still impressed more & more with each pic!!! You're kicking butt on getting this done!!!! I have simply enjoyed watching it grow from an idea to a reality.You're yard looks beautiful!!!

Oh, but Sharon, I have plenty of above ground ponds... Just not an inground one.
We still haven't start building the house yet, and we wonna wait for the pond until see the exact proportions. Don't wonna dig up a 20.000 gl pond, and then figure out at the end that it looks odd compared to the house or something like that....

Wow, Thank you all!!

Rachel, thats how i got my dad to help "you can drive the digger!" it worked


Ranchugirl, thanks i am looking forward to seeing the plants spread



Stones,
The large rock and flat edging stones i am getting at the quarry. we have one about 10 mins away, and he knows of our family, so he lets us have our trailer 1/2 full for £5.00, as long as we pick our own (3 loads) and the gravel i got there also, took some empty coal bags and filled the ourselves and ther were £2 a bag - i had 10 bags. The only stones i have paid a alot for were they cobbles, had to get them at lfs they are about £6 a bag - i have had 3.

more work and piccys tomorrow.

Day Seven 25th March

build wall, gravel edge and begin planting.

That looks Great! I hope we can do something with our walls this summer, it is not quite ready yet!
Excuse me if I'm curious, what is that behind the bench? I've been wondering all the time, I've never seen anything like it!

Your pond is looling so awesome. Love the sitee. Your really moving fast, that looks like a lot of work.

Thanks!!

Day Eight 26th March

dig out area for swing bench, plant bed and rockery,

lurv-erly

ta

Day Nine 27th March

Pretty much finished now, just leaving everything to mature.
Put swing bench in place, and now it is only addin new plants (rockery & aquatic) then few weeks fishes...







View from sitting on swing bench..

Large overall view...

around the swing bench i have got Clematis, to grow up sides and over, along back i have got Virginia Creeper to cover hut. lots of alipne & bedding plants in rockery... some bamboo and a mini willow. some ivy to grow over top of waterfall & Hosta either side of waterfall.

OOOOOOOOOOh! Beautiful! I love it!