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Post by originalbunnymom on Oct 22, 2013 14:46:28 GMT -8
I still can't get over that this amazing project is being completed by you, yourself and YOU!
I hope you will have an opportunity to enjoy the fruits of your labor before the weather gets too inclement.
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Post by reindeermoss on Oct 23, 2013 11:12:32 GMT -8
This shows both fascia boards in place. There is more fascia to put on, but that goes in at the right side of this picture. Installation will not require standing in the pond.
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Post by blondie on Oct 23, 2013 13:39:02 GMT -8
It is just beautiful!
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Post by originalbunnymom on Oct 23, 2013 16:11:13 GMT -8
Stunning. Way to go, Sistah!
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Post by reindeermoss on Nov 4, 2013 7:26:11 GMT -8
I have filled the pond with water now (four months since I began emptying it). The photos of the waterfall really don't look like much. Eventually I will figure out how to post a video clip, but that might be in the spring when I can take the netting off. (Netting to keep blowing leaves from falling in.) I put a double layer of padding down on the rubber liner before adding a layer of pebbles. This shows the more sparkly orange-toned pebbles that I decided I did not like. They got covered with something more subtle. This shows the pebbles that I thought were more harmonious with the rest of the stone. It was salvage from the roof of the Lockheed-Martin office building and the stone yard had it "priced to move." The only downside was it took a lot of time getting it clean. This is the waterfall that faces the house (I can see it from my computer desk). The picture does not communicate the power of the water flowing – a spiritual experience for me. I am including it even though it fails to really convey the beauty of the water. This is probably the end of the pond pictures until warm season returns.
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Post by originalbunnymom on Nov 4, 2013 12:22:38 GMT -8
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!! (If I have the math right, it is exactly 4 months since you began this marathon.)
What an incredible outcome - I wish I could hear it as well as see it in action.
I can only imagine the spiritual enhancement your creation has added to this beautiful area.
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Post by reindeermoss on Nov 4, 2013 12:53:47 GMT -8
Yeah, four months. Going into it I did not comprehend how it would take on a self-ordained path; I ended up doing a lot more steps than I had originally imagined, but ended up with results superior to my original plan.
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Post by Fia on Nov 5, 2013 10:44:12 GMT -8
I love it when that happens!!!
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Post by nancymom4 on Nov 11, 2013 3:04:27 GMT -8
So nice to see. Thanks for posting. wow much work has been done there to make it look so beautiful!
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Post by reindeermoss on Nov 23, 2013 14:15:58 GMT -8
Last pieces are now in place on the deck. I still need to make a little trap door for the utility area at the far end, but that can happen mostly indoors. It will be a bit more appealing when we see plants sprouting, but this is November, so I'm just glad the ground was still dig-able. The coir door mat is to protect the edge of the deck from my dogs' toenails when they launch themselves down the hill. (Lesson learned the hard way.)
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Post by reindeermoss on Apr 2, 2014 10:42:24 GMT -8
Okay, here we are at the beginning of the season. The waterfalls will get powered up this weekend I hope, but today I pulled the netting off, pulled out as many leaves and sticks as I could, and checked the temperature. (It is 57, not bad.) This pond never had any fish put into put last fall because I ran out of warm days before it was ready. Now the water is "aged" properly and although it is green with algae as it always is in the spring, I think I might try putting a fish in and see how it does. The "before" with nothing growing and extremely green water. The frogs have been visible to the owl apparently, but not to me while the netting was still in place. This guy was very nonchalant as I dipped out leaves close to him – he pretty much ignored me. I made the mistake of going outside to "take stock of the situation" and ended up staying out there to work on this for about two hours. Gotta get the indoor projects finished before I lose my momentum on them.
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Post by Fia on Apr 2, 2014 11:11:22 GMT -8
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE IT !!!
Can I come by and dangle my toes in it?
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Post by reindeermoss on Apr 2, 2014 11:29:52 GMT -8
Toe danglers welcome.
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Post by reindeermoss on Apr 22, 2014 15:23:20 GMT -8
This is a series of pictures I took today after planting some sprouting hosta from a different garden. Hoping they will get big and beautiful as the season progresses. This shows four little clumps of hosta and a huchera (coral bells) with almost chartreuse leaves. This one shows the muscari that I planted several years ago filling in nicely. The plant a the bottom of the picture is sedum ( Autumn Joy, I think). Some of the moss I planted around the edge of the pond is doing well, some has gotten destroyed by too much sun. A different angle. The plant near the bottom is, I think, called bugleweed or ajuga. It is a shade-loving groundcover. My dogs watching me from the bottom of the hill. The pond filter has been running about nine or ten days now and the water is getting clearer every day. You can see it is still a bit green.
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Post by reindeermoss on Apr 22, 2014 15:28:06 GMT -8
The other two photos from today: The ferns I dragged out of the woods late last summer are sending up fronds now. Very happy to see they survived my rough handling and a harsh winter. That is a crape myrtle tree's trunk at right. One of my frogs, happy sitting in the moss at the edge of the shallow part of the pond. There is an ornamental cherry tree over this pond which is dropping petals everywhere. Beautiful pink snowflakes, but a mess to dip off the surface of the pond.
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Post by originalbunnymom on Apr 22, 2014 17:23:14 GMT -8
So lovely!
And two questions were answered. The petals and the trunks. Crepe Myrtal! Gorgeous unto themselves...
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Post by Fia on Apr 24, 2014 10:18:43 GMT -8
I always wanted a crape Myrtle in my yard, but ended up with palms instead. The frog looks exactly like the fake one I have sitting on top of my spa. The little blue flowers look like the grape hyacinth that my neighbor gave me several years ago. Alas, I no longer have it.
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Post by reindeermoss on Apr 24, 2014 11:56:54 GMT -8
Fia, the grape hyacinth (or muscari) are very inexpensive little bulbs and the times I have bought them they came in packs of 50 or 100. You should be able to have them easily if you want them in your garden.
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Post by reindeermoss on May 5, 2014 4:27:21 GMT -8
I know this looks kind of boring, but the beauty of this is that the trap door is (finally) done and it is nearly invisible. And having it in place greatly reduces the chance of accidentally falling into that "utility cellar" where the plumbing and electrical stuff is hidden. (See the photo at the top of this page.) Now I need to learn how to make a video of the waterfalls and figure out how to upload. Still pictures don't do that justice.
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Post by reindeermoss on May 12, 2014 15:12:50 GMT -8
Some update photos of the pond. The first of the waterlilies now have pads beginning to rise to the surface. It is important to the health of the pond to have a large percentage of the surface covered with plants to retard algae growth and to keep the water cooler on the hottest days. Not to mention how beautiful the flowers are. You can see those little sprouts of hosta that I planted a couple weeks ago are filling in nicely. Water is flowing. I had a lot of leaks and it appears we got all of that repaired over the weekend. This shows it from a different perspective. Close to the camera, those are irises I planted late last fall.
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