Without a pond to play with, we have been able to pay attention to more farm tasks. The tree clean up of our forested areas is always there and every storm brings down branches and sometimes a tree. Growing flowers, fruits, and vegetables is a constant learning lesson. So how are my koi and what’s…
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Maybe the pond will be done by Halloween
Big disappointment with our last pond build. Our local contractor might be well versed in concrete, but he’s not so good at Octaform panels. We have been very unhappy with his efforts and after a joint zoom conference, Octaform sent out a consultant to work with our contractor for a day. The Octaform consultant spent…
4th of July – no pond
We were hoping to have the koi in their new pond this 4th of July. That timeline didn’t quite work out. Little things like work schedules, work travel and unforeseen difficulties getting the stuff together have delayed pond opening. Perhaps it will be ready when we host a local koi club meeting in early August….
Still learning after two years
Almost two years ago, we bought the farm. It seems like ages since we first arrived. The pond builder has done a lot of work clearing woods, weeds and building fun stuff. I have been playing with fruit and vegetable gardening with a mixture of success and failure. There’s always ‘next year.’ Just a few…
What could go wrong?
Pond building is never a smooth, straight road. We definitely hit a little speed bump thinking we were taking a shortcut. We let the concrete contractor pour the floor when we were not on-site. Looked good on the video cam recording but upon inspection when we returned to the farm, the pond builder was very…
New koi pond floor is poured!!!
It’s been 23 months since we closed on our farm…10 months that the koi have been living in a swimming pool in our garage…crossing our fingers that we are a few weeks away from a functioning outdoor pond. This morning our waterproofed cement pond floor was poured. The preparation for the pour was looking pretty…
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