In the past year, we’ve managed to get rid of some of the annoying grass that doesn’t want to stay alive. we had our friend Anya come in and rip up a section of the grass. Last fall, we added a few plants put not to much. For whatever reason, I’ve been bored the last couple of months and decided to add a few things to make it more lively and interesting. Overall, I think it has turned out fairly nice. Some, rocks, some bark, and various annuals and perennials. The final stroke of boredom struck on Memorial Day. I was gazing at the last main empty spot and was trying to figure out what to do with it. I had a stroke of inspiration and decided I needed to put a pond in. A couple hours of digging, a few missteps, and a few days later – we now have a pond. It will be interesting to see how things grow in. Most likely, I’ve over planted and will have to figure out what to do with things come the fall or next spring. And always, I have to throw in the token shot of the rhodies and lilac. Granted they are on the down swing but they are still a reminder of what sold us on the house 6 years ago.
Your yard looks so lovely. Makes mine look like a rock-pit dirt hole. Granted, a nicely terraced rock-pit dirt hole, but a rock-pit dirt hole nonetheless. Any plans to add koi to the pond?
Fish are tricky. they invite the neighborhood racoons and then you need to place some kind of screen/grating over the pond to prevent the racoons from getting a free dinner. The screen sort of defeats the effect of the pond in my eyes.
Although, I do plan on adding some water plants in the near future. I also tiered the depths of the pond. A foot deep near the rockpile, 18 inches toward the front portion and 30 inches deep in the back left portion. I did a little reading and figured out that different plants like different depths. The 30 inch portion would be good if a decide to add fish later on.
yeah…
beef kicks ass. the back yard looks great. the baby’s room looks great.
I’m so proud of him.
Thanks
Why didn’t you make a rain garden instead?