Pond/Spring Rehabilitation

[NubsNob]

AIRIC: Make a bed of rocks ( bushel basket size) where you want the bolder to rest and using your skids position it resting on this bed. When making the bed, position the larger rocks away from your shore line.

 

[Airic]

Thanks NubsNob but, this rock is not moving anymore. It is sitting on a good clay shelf now and shouldn't be running away anytime soon. Still looking at pumps and have got it down to Seq. or an Artesian. There are a few out there that are better price but, these seem to be pretty efficient pumps. Thanks for your recommendations on this.

I did start the waterfall and it's a work in progress but, will post some photos soon anyway. In all, there will be a 50' creak that feeds to a 7' waterfall. Based upon my calculations of a 15' head, 100' of 3" pipe I will have a total head of 30'. This is a lot bigger than I expected but, still works out based upon my stream and waterfall dimension of 26"-28".

 

[Airic]

Attached is my waterfall build progress. This is the time I wish I had a thumb on my BH for setting rocks but, chains and straps work pretty well.

 

[Airic]

Thought I would give an update on my pond progress. Ended up diggin more out of the shallow side of the pond after seeing its low point in the summer. Didn't like seeing to bottom on the shallow side so I pulled the big rocks in the water out and dug it 3'-4' deeper which now make the entire pond around 7' deep and around 60,000 gallons. Had put about 20 feeder goldfish in this last spring and ended up pulling them all out due to their population explosion of about 300. The origonals grew to about 6"-8". All have been relocated to a new home. The four Koi I had put in around the same time are still in. They started at 4" and are all around 12" now and I'm about to add 20 more to the mix. Been collecting lots and lots of rock and setting them around the pond and hope to start the softscape next spring.

Attached are some progress photos. Still a ways to go but, its starting to come together.

 

[Airic]

36 koi added to the pond as of yesterday. These were purchased for cheap and are all 9"-12".

 

[FortClatsop]

I have pond envy. Thanks for the update.

 

[Airic]

Still a work in progress but, it is some progress. Hoping to get the waterfall and poor for the patio/fire pit.

 

[Timber]

Nice looking pond, I cant wait to see the waterfall completed

 

[Dog Lover]

Real Nice JOB. I really like the stone walkway on the one side. Should be great when you are all done!

 

[JohninCT]

Still a work in progress but, it is some progress. Hoping to get the waterfall and poor for the patio/fire pit.

Wow! You've come a long way since that first picture was taken. Great job. The pond and surronding area look beautiful.