It's been about a year now since I put in my first pond. My
mother's neighbor had bought a preform pond and small
waterfall, a liner, a filter and a pump; but got a transfer
to OH before installing it. I had just bought my first
house, so he gave it all to me. The hardform ended up
covering my riding lawn mower for almost two years, because
with a newly built home I needed alot of things more than I
needed a pond; a shed for instance. We finally installed it
early last summer. It's small. I'm guessing 200-250
gallons. I originally planned to have only plants because I
didn't relish caring for fish, but then I realized
mosquitoes are bad enough in my area. I live on Mobile Bay
in Alabama. I got two shubunkin and liked them so much I
got four more several weeks later. The first summer, green
water was horrible. There were weeks at a time when I could
not see my fish at all, but I never resorted to chemicals,
and did not want to invest in UV for such a small pond.
This year we are already up to 90 degree days here, and I
still do not have a sign of green water. I put watercress
in my waterfall form, and I run my pump hose that goes from
the box filter, into my waterfall form; through a homemade
filter. I take knee high stockings and stuff them with
batting and just stick the hose end in there. When all the
batting gets greenish, I just throw it away (but not without
squeezing the pond water onto nearby plants first) and make
a new one. My pond has been crystal clear to the bottom for
months now. Admittedly that is only two feet; but
considering there were months last year when I couldn't seen
in more than two inches, I'm quite pleased. The fish are
great. They come rushing when you even come near the pond.
They even beg my dog when she stoops over for a drink. It's
hilarious.

Just thought I'd share. I love my pond. We put a comfy
little swing beside it, where we spend hours in the
evenings. We plan all of our plantings, by how it will look
from the swing, LOL.

See pics in the album labeled "Our yard."

Robin
http://community.webshots.com/user/robinandtami

"Robin" wrote in message
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It's been about a year now since I put in my first pond. My
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Just thought I'd share. I love my pond. We put a comfy little swing
beside it, where we spend hours in the evenings. We plan all of our
plantings, by how it will look from the swing, LOL.


Awesome! I put in a pond at my old house about 2-3 years ago, all based on
info I gleaned from this group. It was wonderful - and it looked (at times)
like something from a magazine. I had to move though..I miss it terribly.

I haven't put one in here because I just don't know how long I will be here.
But I do miss it, as do my Goldfish, no doubt.

A

Robin wrote:
It's been about a year now since I put in my first pond. My
mother's neighbor had bought a preform pond and small
waterfall, a liner, a filter and a pump; but got a transfer
to OH before installing it. I had just bought my first
house, so he gave it all to me. The hardform ended up
covering my riding lawn mower for almost two years, because
with a newly built home I needed alot of things more than I
needed a pond; a shed for instance. We finally installed it
early last summer. It's small. I'm guessing 200-250
gallons.

Robin we really don't care. Do you have any good porn links,
a pornlink a day keep the Jabriol away!!



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"Robin" wrote in message
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Just thought I'd share. I love my pond. We put a comfy
little swing beside it, where we spend hours in the
evenings. We plan all of our plantings, by how it will look
from the swing, LOL.
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That's how we get addicted. :-))) We just learned yesterday that the
people across the road from us are also putting in a pond, a larger one of
perhaps 4 to 5,000 gallons. This morning he brought his wife over to see
our ponds. They left with a large tub of pond plants. The people on the
other side of us just bought a preform a few months ago (not installed yet).
They don't plan to have fish, just plants and a waterfall.
--
McKoi.... the frugal ponder...
EVERYONE: "Please check people's headers for forgeries
before flushing." NAMES ARE BEING FORGED.
Do not feed the trolls.
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Koi4Me wrote:
"Robin" wrote in message
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Just thought I'd share. I love my pond. We put a comfy
little swing beside it, where we spend hours in the
evenings. We plan all of our plantings, by how it will look
from the swing, LOL.


And rememebr I am your moderator. If you put on kill file I will post
porn here again

McKoi.... the frugal ponder...
EVERYONE: "Please check people's headers for forgeries
before flushing." NAMES ARE BEING FORGED.
Do not feed the trolls.
~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o

Hi Robin!!

Dollar for dollar I bet ponds are the
best gardening investment we've
ever made!

kathy :-)www.blogfromthebog.com
this week ~ the damselfly

Pond 101 page for new pond keepers ~
http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

Love it!! Very peaceful and pretty. Thanks for sharing.