New pond

I started the new pond this Spring. I decided it would be good to elevate the pond so people can sit by and feed the fish. Also, I wanted to be able to see the water, in the pond, from the house. Here are the pics. I just finished on the 16th of June. Oh, while the fish were in the holding tank, my biggest Koi jumped out and died. I also gave the goldfish to my neighbor, where 3 of them were quickly sucked into his pump and pulverized. Now they can be used as fertilizer. Anyway, I didn't take too many pictures of the process. The pond is now much bigger. I also put in a new, more powerful pump.

Damned fish

So, when we decided to have a waterfall and pond, it was just for the look and the sound. Why did I have to get fish?!!!
We bought 5 Koi and a lot of goldfish.
We bought the goldfish because someone told us to use them like a canary in a mine. If the feeder goldfish die, then koi will die, etc..
So now we have all these fish and I want them to grow big. So.... they need a bigger home.

Almost done

This is how the pond looked for several months. I did some landscaping changes but made very few changes to the falls and pond.

Turning the water on!

I hooked up the falls filter on top and turned on the water. The kids liked it!

Getting close!

These pictures show the nearly finished rock portion of the falls. I needed help with the large flag stone on top of the lower fall. It took 4 of us.

The next phase.... Moving every damned rock one on top of the other. I bought a dolly to help me move the heaviest rocks. It did get me in good shape for the summer of 2006!

Looking at these pictures right now, makes me realize how small my pond was. At that point, the pond was going to be 8'x10'x2'. With a total of 8.5' of waterfall to the bottom of the pond.

New & Old Waterfall Project

The back hill and the pond hole. When we built our house, we asked the builder to leave much of our foundation excavation dirt in the back corner. That was about 9 truckloads of dirt that had been packed for a year.