new pond part one

I can understand your excitement San, I would be just the same, very impatient. But it will be worth it in the end. Looking forward to seeing the progress.

I would love a pond, but my Barry and I just don't agree on the subject Sandra.
Glad to see Joe home for the holidays. :o))

thanx cinders, your right and better to do it all right, going to take a water sample tomoz to get tested to , Baz has cleaned the pump/filter out so thats all ready to put back :o)))
thanx Linda, sorry Barry doesnt agree, my Baz didnt either but i just went and got everything lol.
its great having joe here even if not for long, poor lad hasnt stopped, been working at nursery in village, doing this for me and also he going to take a greenhouse down for his dad tuesday and wed, wish i had room for it here but sadly not, better get dinner sorted now :o))

remember doing ours - nice when it's all in - coming onnicely for you.

thanx paul, cant wait to redo my plants and get them put in on ledges, i must try and find some way of shading the pond to, to stop blanket weed forming , so much to think about with it at the moment :o))

All looking good Sandra, just as well you haven't got a hose pipe ban like us, as you would have had to put it on back burner for a while, send some pic's when it's finished ....

thanx Les.. your right with that, though my neighbour read if you have fish you can use hosepipe for pond to protect the fish , so apparently people are going out to buy fish for their ponds lol, what people will do haha, will post pics as i continue the project :o))))

It's gonna look great San. Don't forget to post some pics.

looks like you have some good options for shading - nice shrubs around it - :))))))))))))))))))))

I think that your pond will be lovely San, the baby frogs are so cute.....:0)

We read up on the internet but I think it was a week or two before the fish could go in, I think the water had to stand with the pump running to allow the chlorine to go, can,t remember the details I,m afraid

thanx sheila :o)))
yes paul i may move something and also was thinking of one of them small bridges across, another option ;o)))
Hi Pam at least a week, some say a couple of days but im leaving the fish out at least a week, will double check :o))

It looks as if its all going well this time Sanbaz, look forward to more pics as you progress.

stroller i think it is going better, probably know more this time out lol
im looking forward to posting the finished results to, thankyou :o))

It will be great,San..and none of the hassle you had with your last pond ! ..that was hard work,wasn't it ? You are now an experienced pond lady ..:o))

Looking good San, I dont know if you can better the last pond and planting around it as it was gorgeous, i loved it but im sure you will :) keeping my fingers crossed that everything go's to plan..

thanx sandra i have to say it went easier and i could only watch with this back pain, but at least i can do the planting up and get the pond settled in with my fish and plants, not sure about experienced pond lady haha :o))
thanx Dee i think it will be nice to be able to get plants closer to the pond this time as wont be as many pebbles wide if you know what i mean, but lower growing plants i think as dont want to hide what i have already :o))

Looking good San, we left our fish in the temporary pond a full week when we did ours and a couple of years back when it had a complete cleanout, the plants were halved so some went in as soon as we refilled and the rest stayed in temp accomodation with the fish, ours are huge and we never lost any so yours should be ok, you do realise the frogs will still come back home, lol..
Well done Baz and Joe, when its in you can leave the rest to Sandra, she`ll like that bit, exciting isn`t it, enjoy your planting San and looking forward to seeing the next stage, I have to say the robin is looking very stern in the pic, are you sure the workers were doing it right..

its coming on a treat Sandra. Hope your back recovers very quickly. Take care and I am looking forward to the finished pond.

thanx sue lol them frogs have a long walk haha, seemed happy with the huge pond at baz`s work, 10 min drive from here.
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thanx Sea..., i should have been more carefull bending and rushing, not good, got my heatbag on now and take my time doing tomorrow :o))

how exciting Sandra...make use of Joe while u have him to help Baz...:-)

Looking good...hope your back will ease soon. It will all look lovely when it's finished :)

oo looking good already Sandra:)))

I like the shape of your new pond Sandra. It all seems a lot of work, but it's going to look lovely when completed. I'm glad you found a new home for the frogs :o) And little robin keeping you company lol ...

Everything seems to be coming along great Sandra, pleased you managed to rescue the Frogs ! remember mine last year well sadly my pond is so small it froze up completely, when I came to clean it last week I found my Froggy stiff as a board clung to the side, he must have been trying to climb out awww! so only one little newt left;0{

thanx sandra, its going so fast joe being here, but he is helping and doesnt mind either :o))
thankyou scottish, just had hot soak which eases my back but will know when i wake up lol :o))
cheers michaella :o))
lol Hywel if joe hadnt been home it wouldnt have been a nightmare hurting my back then having to carry on, but looking forward to planting etc ;o)))
carole thats so sad about froggy, thats what happened to us a year last winter, solid ice and found at least 4 frogs in the bottom even though i have a log which they can climb out, but i guess they had nowhere to hibernate once out. so i was relieved to put these in a larger pond ;o)

Coming along very nicely San, going to look a real picture when it is all planted up, what are plant socks please?
good to have Joe taking an interest too. exciting times, looking forward to the updates.

DD - it's what your plants wear when they fancy going for a walk!! lol Seriously, I think it's sort of like a pond basket (that you sink pond plants in) but more of a sock than a basket

That is going to look lovely Sandra, hope you back gets better soon:)

Dotty, sheila is right its more a sock than a basket, so keeps the composs in better, not as messy it seems from what iv read, didnt know about them till Denise mentioned it to me.:o)
julia its raining today, but have my topsoil so joe is going to lay that for me once he has losened the other soil, i feel helpless with my back so will just give out orders lol :o))
thanx nana i hope so after all the trouble we have had over last two years with other pond :o)

lol julia, im alot better this afternoon, rested my back and its feeling better, will still be carefull though.
not enough topsoil so will need more to level it off as to get the edging stones flat over the pond lip.
get my water tested tomorrow as well, see what the PH is :o)) x

The new pond looks great, I'm sure the fish will survive, goldfish are tougher than they get credit for. When we sorted our pond out last year we kept ours in their bucket (a large emptied filter case) with a couple of airstones running, then after a fews days with the pond filter running we put them into the pond again.

Looking great so far :)

thankyou Crv.. im going to put them back tomorrow, iv tested the PH and seems ok, also iv added something to get shut of the clorine, pump running and plants in place now, got some young plants to put in a basket yet, maybe over weekend, the Lad at pond shop said get them back as soon as poss :o))
thanx Pixi, ordered some more bags of topsoil, should be here tomorrow, then can place flat stones around and some pebbles, then go buy new plants woohoo :o))

Cant wait to see it finished! :)

me to pixi :o))

Very exciting Sanbaz :)

thanx sue, it is and cant wait to get finished, waiting for more topsoil to arrive, village nursery said they will drop it off as soon as it arrives, then we can get stones down and fishies in, i hate them being out to long in that small space :o))

Very, very interesting to read about your "adventures" with the new pond! I hope your back is a lot better by now as it's a terrible thing to have to live with backache!

Looking forward to seeing your pond finally finished & planted up.

Hi Balcony sorry im late to reply iv been in hospital but alot better now, thankyou so much for your comments and my new blog is posted and pond finished :o)))