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A Final
Visit to Our Old Pond
MB and I spend a day working on our
old pond after a long period of neglect. |
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In May of 2003 we
spent a day trying to revitalize our old pond. The new owners
had moved out of the country and were renting out the house.
The pond had fallen into disrepair and the property manager, who
had no pond experience,
called us to see if we could help. |
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We arrived to a rather dismal view of our old pond. There
was no water movement, no filtration, and all of the
landscaping had gone to weeds. |
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The waterfall had been knocked down and rebuilt,
but it leaked, so they no longer ran it. |
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After many long hours and several trips for plants, mulch, a
new pump, and
supplies, our old pond started to look a little better. |
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The waterfall was rebuilt from scratch with new liner
underneath and plants all around. We replaced most of the
water and dredged about 12" of muck from the bottom. |
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Until the water was clean we had no idea how many baby
goldfish there were.
They seemed to like the changes.
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A final goodbye to our old pond. We felt pretty
good with how it turned out and felt the effort was worth the
time and money we invested. This is how we will remember it. |
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