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  Saturday, April 22, 2006

The Big Puddle, Part I

How it started:


After the snow has thawed:


The hole, and the liner (upside-down):


Finally in and filled:


Another perspective:


This is just the first batch of photos. The pond has come a ways since being filled. There are now a dozen goldfish swimming around, and a couple water plants, and I've been working on the area around the pond. More to come...


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9 Comments:

At 4/23/2006 10:42 AM, Blogger Melissa said...

It looks great! I especially like the bridge. What will happen to the fish in the winter?

 
At 4/23/2006 10:45 AM, Blogger Chas Ravndal said...

it looks nice and what type of garden are you going to make. I really fancy japanese type gardens.

 
At 4/23/2006 11:14 AM, Blogger Lisa said...

Really nice!

Is there grass in Oregon? :)

 
At 4/23/2006 4:49 PM, Blogger Michelle said...

How beautiful :o)
You did a fab job Dave! Will that water ice over??

 
At 4/23/2006 6:40 PM, Blogger dkgoodman said...

The goldfish are 29 cent "feeder" fish, normally purchased as food for bigger pets. Supposedly, they can survive the winter by hibernating as long as you leave a hole in the ice for oxygen to get in. If that doesn't work, well, I gave them a longer life than if they'd been sold as dinner to someone else.

So far, the water hasn't frozen over at all, even though the birdbaths still freeze up some nights. We'll have to see how it does come winter.

Many homes around here don't have any landscaping at all. It's just trees, dirt and pine needles. Some have nice rock gardens or flowerbeds, and some have actual yards with lawns, or a small lawn next to the house, and the rest dirt and needles.

I plan to forego the watering, weeding and whacking of grass, and just have flowerbeds, rock gardens and needle-covered (or bark-covered) dirt.

I love Japanese gardens, but I don't know if I have the talent to design one. If anyone has any advice for me, I'm open to it. :)

I've planted four different types of ground cover by the pond, hardy types called "Steppables" by the place I got them because they tolerate being walked on. We'll see how they do. I also planted daffodils and other bulbs. My philosophy is: plant it and see what survives.

I'm also planting native local plants that I know survive winters, plus wildflowers for the birds and hummingbirds. (Haven't seen any hummers yet, but in addition to all the birds we've been getting, today we had a half dozen quail in the yard.)

Bulletins as they break. ;)

 
At 4/24/2006 4:44 AM, Blogger Chas Ravndal said...

yeah that it will be the problem with japanese gardens since people might step on it or something. I will try to ask my japanese classmate if she has ideas

 
At 4/24/2006 4:41 PM, Blogger Candace said...

Daffodils!

 
At 4/25/2006 11:58 AM, Blogger Candace said...

BTW, Dave, when I share this puddle post with Rusty, I know that he'll instantly warp into creative, pond-planning overdrive.

 
At 4/25/2006 11:48 PM, Blogger dkgoodman said...

Daffodils. They look good, they grow here, and deer don't dine on them much (a biggie here). ;)

 

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