June 2010

Garden 2010_06_12

Click on the photograph to see the photo album for June 12th 2010. This has been a trial to see if it is a more convenient way for me to load photos to the blog. It is, so I will continue along these lines!

Today

We've been a little busy helping a friend with his garden. More accurately, we've been remodelling a large area of it. However today I took some photos of ours ...

Pond Story - the rest of the story (well, mostly)

Following on from the previous posts ...

Growing walls

And now the walls forming the inside of the pond are growing ...

There was this hole ...

The pond has gone, and in its place is a hole. About 30% greater surface area, and the changed profile will give at least 50% greater volume of water (we're going a little deeper and removing the planting shelf at the back of the pond).


The fish are safely tucked up in their temporary home. Yes, it's a 210litre water butt. Filling this lowered the water level in the pond by about 20cm, so the new pond is going to take an age to fill. On the other hand, we now have a much-needed second water butt!


And the plants are in their temporary home - a £3.16 B&Q paddling pool.