Below are some photos of the construction of our garden pond that
we put in in August 2000
Our 1st preform pond wasn't deep enough to keep the fish in over winter,
so we decided to take up the old pond
and build a bigger, deeper pond.
Our new pond is
12 x 7 and holds 600 gallons.
We also have included 3 underwater lights.
The middle section of the pond is about 3' x 3' and about 3' deep
where the fish hibernate in winter.
The remaining sections of the pond range from 18" to 24"
Left to Right: Hubby dug the whole pond himself in a little over a day. Liner warming up in sun
Left to Right - Our dog Moses watching over the project; Me laying on underlayment of carpet pieces
Time for water!
Left to Right-Me trying to place a light on the bottom, luckily it was a hot day! Starting to landscape
Almost done!
Pond Photo taken July 2002
Rose breasted Grosbeaks
Hummingbird & Flowering crab tree in full bloom
In 2000, some of the pond residents included 3 KOI, 2 Shubunkins, fantails, some common goldfish and some frogs. As of mid-August, all these fish were gone (so I though). We were surprised by a great Blue Heron who visited our pond every day and took all the fish. The surprising part is that we live right in town. I've tried several methods found on newsgroups to help deter the heron but nothing has helped. As of Sept 3, we have a fruit tree netting over the pond and Harry the Heron has not gotten in there yet. Hopefully he'll get fed up and find another spot for lunch.
GREAT NEWS! One day as I was sitting by the pond feeding some of my new fish (only bought feeders cuz of Harry the Heron)-- up comes one of my pre-heron fish! Then another and another and another! We counted 10 of my old fish and they were huge! Evidentely they were hiding for THREE weeks! We hadn't seen them at all in all that time.
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Left to right: Harry the Heron (look straight back from the barrel of red flowers
Fish 9-00, Fish 6-01
Harry has not been seen at the pond since 2000
