Hi Everyone, Extended my pond.

Wow Carol, you have been busy - just think what you've saved on gym fees and you must now be as fit as a flea!
Now I can't wait to see the photos.
By the way, you have been missed! :-)

To be honest every day i was shattered, i was only digging a few buckets aday, but even that took alday to do, and every day when it got to about 3-30pm i was packing in having a shower going on my home medics to massage my back and by about 7-8pm i was falling asleep but at same time i'm pleased with it, infact i'm glad its rained all yesterday and today as i can rest as not sure what ache the most my back or my knees, plus the rain is watering the plants i dug out and kept in a bucket of water, as they look like i feel :))

Wondered where you were Carol ... I thought you might have been decorating again! It IS hard work ... but I think you've done the right thing by doing a little at a time ... your fishes will think they're in an Olympic sized pool now ... lol! How's the pussycats these days? Up to any more mischie f . . . .

Hi Shirley, tell me about being hard work, i was thinking about getting another couple of fish as there's plenty of room for them but thought i'd let these enjoy the space for awhile, when it stops raining it should take me about a week to finish the bits of but its all easy things to do now, Tilly and Jack are fine Tilly still getting into mischief :))

That's fantastic - I'm so impressed. I would love a pond, I'm looking forward to your photos

That sounds great I will look forward to see it.

Since posting my comment Carol, Megan has flashed past the window with a bird in her mouth! I know it's Nature but still heartbreaking when she does it. Glad to know Tilly & Jack are fine ... : o ((

Nice one Clarice - sounds great - can really become hard work yes - I get rather uptight myself too :D Look very much forward to the pics :)))))))))

Like you say its nature, but it does not make it feel any better does it, while i was sorting the ponds out there was a frog in the one with the fish in it, then Friday Tilly caught a frog dont know if it was the same one but it was really crying out loud, i managed to get it of her and chased it into the pond :(

You have worked hard but i bet you feel better now its almost done,well done for tackling it yourself..:o)

That conjures up all sorts of images ... well done for rescuing the frog ... : o ))

Thanks Joanella it saved having to pay someone else to do it, Thanks Shirley..

Well Done Carol!you must be aching all over, think you deserve a nice drink and Cream Cake sat by the side of your newly extendded pond, thats if this dam rain ever stops!!

Wow Clarice, well done you, a girl after my own heart, you sure got stuck in and it sounds smashing, even if it was hard you have the satisfaction of knowing its all your own work and now you get the best bit, replanting and admiring. I regularly have to chase my frogs back to safety, its all good fun..
Looking forward to seeing Photo`s of your pond, hope the aches have eased off now....

well done clarice..... its hard work isnt it... i know how hard it was when i made my wildlife pond, and its only small.......glad your fish are enjoing there new extension...... look forward to your pics of it....

Hi girls, thanks i am so pleased with myself even though my back and knees are killing me, next door to me was going to take the soil i dug out this weekend but its rained that hard its still here,i put all the soil i dug out into one of the ponds i took out, but its sat on my lawn, so got a feeling that when they take the soil, i'll be having to sort the grass out as i can imagine it being yellow. think the fish think its there birthday and xmas all come together :o))

You've sure done a back-breaking job and are to be commended for your stick-to-it-attitude :) Sorry you are all achy now...maybe having all this rain arrive is just what you needed to rest your weary bones.

I'll look forward to seeing photos of your pond when you've finished sorting it....it's a nice large pond for your fish to practice lengths! lol

Don't fret over the yellow grass Carol ... it'll soon green up ... we had a skip on a lawn for a fortnight once ... grass recovered quickly though. : o ))

No Carol I think it would take a bloke longer with his brakes of cuppa s lol not joking either seems you ve done well I am looking forward to seeing the end result don't over do it and make your self ill as that is easy to do with heavy work.

I'm a 'fellow' but I would take ages to dig out a pond lol actually I don't think I'd manage it at all these days. I'm glad you got it done eventually. Nice to hear your fishes are enjoying it :o)

So nice to hear from you again, Clarice, I wondered what you were up to! Now I know - good for you getting stuck in and doing a hard job yourself. I bet you feel very satisfied now, I know I would. Your fish must think they're in training for the olympics next year in a pond that size :)

wow carol it sounds huge, hard work isnt it digging it out and laying the liner, no pics :o( can we see how its coming along, cant wait ;o))

Sounds Grt Clarice :) Were hopeing to Build A Raised Pond sometime this yr which will be joined to the Decking & have Seating along its side so we can sit & feed&enjoy watching the Fish :)

Hi Jacque nice to hear from you hope your keeping well, Sandra if it was'nt for the rain it perhaps would have been done, on second thoughts may not, think the rain came in time for me this time as its given me time to rest my weary bones, Sandra its not alot different from before, except now the fish can swim right under the railway sleepers, hoping this rain pecks the plants up i put back in, as they look a bit sorry for themselves, if not i'll have to go get some more. Gee i feel so proud i managed to do it myself, but my bones think different, 6d it did take me nearly 3wks to dig it out and still not finished. :o))

go for it girl & well done i bet you feel proud as punch ,isnt it wonderfull to see the wildlife & to think you have helped to sustain the creatures all credit to you clarice now sit back & enjoy cheers pete

Thanks Pete, i've got some photos on here now of the finished pond.

Hi Clarice, just caught up with your Blog...and have seen the finished pics, which are a real credit to your obvious hard work, well done you....
Have made a few alterations to one side of ours so far, to at least give some planting room...plans to extend the pond next year possibly...:o))

Great bet your looking forward to it, the way this year is going so quick, you'll be extending before you know :))

Well it's funny...OH and I were discussing this and that, and I said, soon be September...might be a good idea to do a bit then wait...as you say this year is going so quick...

:o))), Feel i've only just taken xmas dec's down and this afternoon went in a shop today they had exchanged all the garden things for xmas things.

Blimey they're not wasting any time...!!

Your not kidding..