Keith's Pond - "one of the wonders" of the Backyard
Saturday, August 8, 2009 at 2:50PM | in Blog
The Pond's dimensions are 11' x 20' with a depth of 8 inches in the shallow end and 30 inches in the deep end. Water is piped from pond up to basinand returned via 20 foot babbling stream.
It took 5 weeks to remove the old pond and create the new pond. Thisconstant pounding of 35 tons of rockand gravel being dumped in front ofthe house and subsequent transportation of this rock via Dingo fromfront to back drove the neighbours nuts.
There are about 30 fish in the Pond. Of course, the fish populate, soeach spring I have to give away about 30 fish to other pond enthusiasts (and before you ask, no I don't BBQ them).
The Koi (about 20 inches long each) and goldfish stay in the pond allwinter and will not be fed from November though April. I asked my wife toknit them little sweaters but she thought I was nuts. I actually givethen a little food on Christmas day.
Note: a de-icer keeps the deep end from freezing over and an aeratorsupplies oxygen and removes the methane gasses).
There's a 10 year age difference between my wife and I and like I keep tellingpeople, "we are now virtually the same age. That's because I will havereduced my age by 5 years by relaxing by the pond with my glass of wineor cup of tea and my wife will have aged 5 years because we spent somuch money on the creation of the Pond".It's all good, hope you enjoy the pictures. Of course, the picturesdon't give the Pond it's fair justice.
Reader Comments (5)
That pond almos made me forget about hot chicks! That's a huge compliment by the way ;) and keith age is only physical. Mentally your my age! Muahahahahahahahahahshsh
Absolutely amazing! I envy you! How long did it take you to build?
It took 2-3 people, 5 weeks to do the preparations and build the pond.
We originally asked for an upgrade of the existing pond and were expecting this work to take 2-3 days but things got out of hand quite fast and after 5 weeks, we had a new and much improved pond. We love the end result.
That's a mighty fine deck you got there above that tranquil piece of heaven you call a pond Keith.
Thanks Goober; It should be nice, you designed the foundation 10 years ago and it hasn't shifted since; I believe your surveying equipment was older that the hills.
thanks good buddy,
Keith