So after cleaning out my grandfathers pond I decided that I wanted to put a pond of my own in our backyard. We have a fire pit in the backyard often and have some cigars and a drink so a water feature would be great .... love the sound of running water.

The pond liner (and flat rock) actually came from my other grandparents front yard. It was too much to keep clean and attracted deer that were eating flowers. So with some convincing of my father he agreed and I go to work. Did not take but 2 hours and we had a pond haha.

It's not a big one and a good one to start out to see if we like it.

Here are some pictures.

Laying it out



Hole dug



Fits great!



Filled up and edged built up



Critter that needed rescuing this morning. Only was in there for three hours max dad did not see it when he left this morning.



Working on the waterfall .... needs some work but basic.



I will upload more as it comes along but that's how she sits as of now I'm pretty happy .... fish to come later too.

 

Nicely done. I'd like a pond a little larger in my yard.

 

nice puddle

 

I'm surprised you were able to build a proper sized hole for it. Looks good though. One of the neighbors has a pretty large one with some big koi fish in it

 

Looks good, now stock that thing with some bass!

 

Maybe Will can get his bass boat in there!


Looks good man!

 

Don't spend much on the first fish you put in there, they will die or be eaten by the local critters. Just go to the pet shop and get some "feeder" gold fish, they are like the ****roaches of the fish world and will live forever!

 

 

Nice job....

 

Very cool.

 

Getting further .... will have a nice ledge of rock around it probably by tonight. That's a Papyrus plant in there as well from my grandparents pond.

Thanks! I'd like it bigger too like Patman said it's a puddle lol

Thanks

I'm sure it will grow as it grows on my parents had to get my foot in the door and it was free so who wouldn't do it!

It was in and out of the hole a good 20 times lol

A baby small mouth lol

Thanks!

Gold fish were going in there from the start! They sure do live forever and look beautiful. Thanks

Thanks 88

Thanks!

 

Here is a few of my grandfathers pond that I cleaned out

How green it was before



You could damn near walk on the sludge at the bottom

Pressure washed and filling up



Almost filled up and water features added

 

Very neat. Now I want to build a pond....and a rock garden. No grass. I'm tired of mowing.

 

They ARE indestructible

 

I like ponds, but they are a severe hazard when I'm drunk in the backyard... which is quite often.