On the last weekend of summer, the pond digger is busy again re-doing the lower pond. This seems like the 50th time we’ve redone this pond but I think this with be the 5th true variation on this spot. The new pond is deeper, sports a larger bottom drain and will be the winter home…
Category: Pond building
Back to landscaping
“I’ve lost my rock mojo,” said my husband the other day. We’ve had a lot of distractions from the salt mine….visiting kids, koi show, travel, etc. We are finally getting back on track this weekend. The koi all seem to be doing well. We gave a few koi to a friend so now we have…
Building a japanese garden in Zone 4 – difficult
So I have been looking at a lot of photos of famous japanese gardens and perusing through Pinterest photos. Living in zone 4 is a little challenging but I’ve been able to find some evergreens that will grow into the nice round shape, can take a fair amount of pruning (or are dwarfs) and are…
“Don’t let me build another pond next year…”
So my husband says this afternoon….The new pond work is going well.You can follow our progress under the 2014 koi pond tab.We have been renting some machinery which has really made the work easier. The pond has taken the shape of a peanut, with the far end to hold a four feet deep well. We…
Growing moss
Last year I started a Pinterest board with photos of lovely moss covered rocks. I have this hope that one day the rocks hugging our waterfall will be totally covered. Once again, patience is not really one of my strengths so I decided to nudge nature along. I have a ton of moss growing in…
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