Our new pond is finished and clearly is our Premier League contender.
But what of our former effort, well that one has been relegated to the Championship League.
Naturally we couldn’t allow it to go to waste and so I emptied it before removing the old 200mm deep tray and giving it a clean.
I then levelled the ground to make a stable base for the pond. Not easy on a compound sloping site.
Once satisfied that it was as level as it was going to be, I slowly filled it with water, again keeping a watchful eye on the level’s bubble.
All good. Phew!
Meanwhile Mrs S re-potted the old plants together with the ones she had recently ordered.
I placed them in the pond.
The water is murky due to aquatic soil leaking from the plant baskets, but that will soon clear.
I will need to fill in some crevices with soil because I had disturbed some of the rocks, then I’ll add plants where necessary.
Job done. What shall I do now?🤔
💡Maybe a blog.….‘Third a pond in time’?
No just kidding, I’m not that cruel.😈
I have the tee shirt, badge and hat, so what should my job title be?
Pond builder
Pond manager
Pond technician
Aqua landscape manager
Or
Aquanut (sic)🥥
How about a series of ponds, each emptying into the one below?
ReplyDeleteOr Russian ponds, one inside each other
ReplyDeleteTwo ponds! That's just not fair. Now, where can I put another pond in our garden?
ReplyDeleteI'm sure both your ponds will be a delight to lots of different wildlife.
Oh I do hope you find room for another. I was sceptical once when I heard that even a sunken washing up bowl would do, but have found that they indeed would work. Happy space hunting.
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