Night 50 of pond construction

The spot light and timer is the finishing touch!

I nice night-time look and sound.

Day 49 of pond construction

Complete with plants, new border and mulch for a complete make-over.

Day 48 of pond construction

View from our deck.

Day 47 of pond construction

View from the west side.

Day 46 of pond construction

Some of the plants put in place.

Day 45 of pond construction

Looks like a pond to me!

Day 44 of pond construction

Our first bird taking a bath in the water.

Day 43 of pond construction

Day 41 of pond construction

Day 40 of pond construction

Plugged in... and it even works!!!
I am amazed.

Day 39 of pond construction

Trying to get more rocks in all of the right places.

Day 38 of pond construction

Ready for testing the system and the plumbing.

Day 37 of pond construction

More re-bar (inside PVC) on the other edges for more support.

Day 35 of pond construction

It is starting to look like a waterfall and pond already.

Day 34 of pond construction

Now some re-bar and screen to support the rocks on.

Day 33 of pond construction

There! It is deep enough even with sand on the bottom and the liner under the concrete blocks.

Day 31 of pond construction

Day 30 of pond construction

Not quiet deep enough for two stacks of three concrete blocks yet.

Day 28 of pond construction

Building up the back and trying to creat a natural looking water fall area.

Day 27 of pond construction

Trying to lay out the rocks to see if we have enough to start with.

Day 26 of pond construction

Still needed to get some rocks and the hole had to go a little deeper too.

Day 25 of pond construction

Had to drill a hole in the rock for the water to come through.

Day 24 of pond construction

Getting closer to having the hole done.

Day 22 of pond construction

Watch that flag... it is the sprinkler system for the yard.

I am the one who found that one and it's not a utiity company. Luck that I didn't cut through it, but I did have to move the hole a couple of inches because of it.

Day 21 of pond construction

The place has been flagged with orange flags where we can't dig and we are good to go with all of the utility companies.

Day 20 of pond construction

Decided to work on new borders for the garden too.

Day 16 of pond construction

Picked up some plants to that area while waiting for digging approvals.

Day 13 of pond construction

Have to wait on the power, gas and the other utilities to ensure that it is OK to dig here.

Day 10 of pond construction

Have to get all the grass out of there.

Day 0 of pond construction

Made an outline with bricks of where we think we want the new garden to go.

Happy Birthday 2010 Derek

Happy Birthday 2010 Derek