It has been bothering me for most of a year that the old garden pond got trapped in the cat aviary. Moving it would be a pity because the edge planting of Marsh-Marigold and Meadowsweet thrive too well and the cats love their large tasty water dish.
While the net prevent the cats from hurting birds, Damselflies, Dragonflies and Toads it also kept all of the wildlife from getting to the water.
So I bought a used pond liner, patched it up, and dug a new pond.
It turned out a little bigger than expected, I think it's about 1000 liters (264 gallon).
I still need to build a small solar-powered waterfall, dig out a shelf for a low water level swamp area, and hide the edge of the liner, but for now I have to wait and see if it holds water.

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That wasn't on the plan.
I've emptied, cleaned out and refilled the garden pond.

Sacha was fretting that she hadn't seen any of her fish this year. I was concerned that the water was very murky.

So, I was talked into a 'quick job' that's taken all afternoon.

Certainly no fish found, so we've obviously been feeding the local magpies.
I got a fair amount of sludge out of it, but perhaps not as much as I expected.

Thankfully this horrible job is a once in 5 years affair normally. It's a chance to review our anti-predator defences as well.

Now - I stink of mucky pond water and my clothes are filthy. Shower? Certainly!

#Gardening #GardenPond #Today

Progress.
Attachments and hose lengths made final for the second pump. Caps drilled with holes for each return bottom outlet. Three loads of gravel dumped into the #poolpond for the floor. Then I realized there was a section of the wall near the yellow crate that was not actually touching the inner wall, meaning there was a gap. Not good. But the sun has broken through the morning fog so it’s too hot in the hole now to fix it. Will have to wait until Labour Day!

This weekend is the 1 year anniversary of renting the digger to make the holes! I am about where I figured I would be one year later :)
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Oh no! However will I manage to wait out the rain when I have a shed, a beach chair, blankets, a book, snacks and drinks - and this horrible view? 🤣

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