A few people asked to see some pics of my ponds...not the best day to take picures, kind of rainy and gray, but if I didn't do it now I would probably forget.
we have 5 ponds, 3 are little. The first was dug in the summer of 2004 took about 2 months, shovel by shovel. It is about 25' long by 12' at the narrowest, and about 32" at the deepest, holds 2400gals. We have 9 koi, 5 male goldfish and one shubunkin in this pond
the second pond my husband built one weekend when I was working(same year as the main one) this is above the main pond. Last year we rebuilt it, it is about 7' x3' and about 18"-20" deep, we have a small pump in the main ponds skimmer that pumps water up to this pond and then it gravity feeds back down into the waterfall, we usually put some small goldfish in for the summer.
our 3rd pond is the lily pond, it was dug in 2007 with the help of a tractor with a bucket and shovels by hand. It is aproximatly 18'x13', with a small channel, made to look like it is attached to the main pond. It varies in depth to about 3' deep, there are LOTS of goldfish in this pond, and 30 some pots of lilies. And one of the two larg ponds to show you locations
The next one is the Lotus pond, I dug this one last year, by myself, it is about 4'x6' and has a beautiful white Lotus that is unnamed in it, and of course lots of frogs
The 5th and probably last is the new little front pond, it was a free preform pond I recieved last year, has some lilies, hyacynths, a couple japanese trapdoor snails, frogs and a couple goldfish frys...oh and a picture of the very OVERGROWN gardens in the front near the little pond
