From NY to New Mexico... Ponding adventures.

[kennef]

Hey everyone.

In a previous post i mentioned that i had recently moved to a new home in New Mexico, and had quite accidentally renewed my interest in ponding because of all things... a Garage sale.  My previous ponds were all very much made from reclaimed materials, and i when i found a 14'x14' pond liner at a garage sale, i quickly snapped it up and discussed plans with my new partner on how make it happen in her very dry and dusty back yard.

i took about a month digging the hole myself in shifts, as my back and gimpy hip would allow. Once i had the liner dropped, and pond filled i continued to work around the pond as i looked for plants.

being that i did not have a lot of funds other than my partners generosity, i looked extensively for plants on Craigslist, and fish as well... unfortunately nothing turned up until i got a call while out at a water garden nursery one day.

A gentleman who had advertised 8 pond fish on craigslist got in touch with me about me taking the fish off his hands, as he was going to be filling in his pond, due to his young child starting to crawl.  I went over to his place, and his pond was thickly overgrown with rushes and lilies..

Well now.. the fish he had were easily 6 or more years old.. and very large... sarrassas, a shubunkin and 2 comets... we could only fine 5 of the 8 before we left... but he also offered me whatever plants i could pull from the pond.  I quickly agreed, and began to pull 4 HUGE pots of lilies from the pond... completely rootbound and nearly bursting from the pond.  add to that a few pieces of those rushes, and about 40 mosquito fish and a trapdoor snail, and i went home very happy indeed.

so added to my Craigslist haul i managed to find 2 god places that had nice plants... and even though things seem so expensive here in NM... i have the beginnings of a good water garden...  wich i'd like to show you now...

click on pic for the slideshow



still a lot to do... surrounding area; needs plots of work... but the fish seem to be happy so far

[small fish]

Looks like you have a very good start and it will not be long at all before you have a great looking pond 

Myra

[kennef]

thanks much... Really may major concern is the difference between ponding in NY and in the high desert of New Mexico.... as you can see i haven't gotten a chance to do much planting around the pond... hoping that i will find a cheap and easy way to amend that soil and maybe get some fast and hardy ground cover going .


 

[Vickie]

How neat you got your plants and fish free. Post more pictures later.

[miguynmkoi]

While reading about your great finds we just experienced a 3.9 earthquake (!), had to run to make sure all the animals were ok.  Anywho...nice finds! 

[Julles]

Wow, that happened fast - and cheap! 

What is the kidney-bean shaped pond inside the larger pond for?

[kennef]

the preform is only sunk into the corner of the pond to act as a veggie filter once i have enough growth...  it was something my partner had lying around... so i used it...

[Marilyn C]

A good friend of mine, Nancy Griego, owns Corrales Water Gardens, but I think her daughter-in-law, Teresa, runs it for her now.   There is another place in the area called Shady Lakes, but I don't know if they take walk in traffic.

Corrales Water Gardens is kind of pricey...or was, last time I was there several years ago.   They can give you some good tips on what kind of soil they use to pot their lilies in though, I imagine.   I used to ship them aquatic plants...they had a lot of trouble with some plants burning by the sun.   Water hyacinths took a while to adjust....when they would first come in, they would just fry, due to the dry climate.

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