some closeups provided by my lovely partner-in-crime.
We made a gap for the arbutus tree to grow into :)
New fence posts always remind me of soldiers when they have the supports holding them up.
There be posts!
They're going to reuse part of the back fence and both gates there since they are still in good shape. The bare posts look so gigantic. lol. The finished fence will be 6.5-7ft... but who wouldn't want a 10ft wall of wire lol
Looks like the pond gained about 12 inches of water over the past few days of rain. I had mostly emptied it on Sunday.
#PoolPond #Fence #BackyardProject
got home in the dark last night and left in the dark this morning but there has been #poolpond progress in my absence!
The fence builders started!
They augered post holes. They managed to not cut any pipes or wires in the frontyard pond... the holes are BIG.
Glad the fence is happening though. The rains have come with a vengeance and the ponds are filling fast! I wil feel much better knowing no one can get into the yard and be in danger of falling in.
#building #portalberni #diy #gardening
Had to detach some of the existing fencing from the posts so we can keep it without losing any of the greenery already establsihed.
Now that that is done. BASEBALL ⚾️
go Jays!!
and as I type... GRAND SLAM
#poolpond i #grandslam #mlb #bluejays #toronto #canada
A little rearranging in the backyard to get stuff away from the fence lines. Builders coming on Wednesday for our new 6.5ft fence and gates!!! Eeee!!
(must keep kids out per-water-bylaw, and also discourage the munchy deer friends!)
A little rainy while I worked but it was nice. :)
Also took out the top of the tall white pipe. The joint is only 2 inches below the rocks. No one will melt having to unscrew the top with their hand in water. :+)
#DIY #PoolPond #BackyardProject #Home #Today
All rocks that are to be moved today have been moved. There are still more but that will be for another day.
Almost got the back wall and stairs done!
#poolpond #diy #backyardProject #watergarden #pond #pondlife
2/2 Then it was time to decide exactly how to create the manifold to direct the return water back into the pond or into the filter. I decided that I wanted the manifold to be well within the pond liner in case anything was leaking so I cut the black tube and extended the PVC to meet it into the main area of the pond.
One valve goes to the bottom return sprayers. One valve goes to what will be sprayers along the long edge of the pond. And the last valve allows water to go into the filter.
Note to self: at least one of these valves must be open at all times if I don't want to blow up the pump :-)
#poolpond #diy #backyardProject #watergarden #pond #pondlife
1/2 It feels like forever since I was working on the pond, even though it's only been a week.
The bottom plumbing is now officially done. I drilled holes into the intake pipe for the main pond return pump.
Then I used some 3-D printed replicas of the fittings to go onto the pump to hook it up.
#poolpond #diy #backyardProject #watergarden #pond #pondlife
2/2 Then it was time to decide exactly how to create the manifold to direct the return water back into the pond or into the filter. I decided that I wanted the manifold to be well within the pond liner in case anything was leaking so I cut the black tube and extended the PVC to meet it into the main area of the pond.
One valve goes to the bottom return sprayers. One valve goes to what will be sprayers along the long edge of the pond. And the last valve allows water to go into the filter.
Note to self: at least one of these valves must be open at all times if I don't want to blow up the pump :-)
#poolpond #diy #backyardProject #watergarden #pond #pondlife
All rocks that are to be moved today have been moved. There are still more but that will be for another day.
Almost got the back wall and stairs done!
#poolpond #diy #backyardProject #watergarden #pond #pondlife
What a job! It's going to look amazing.
We just dug and then rock-lined 2 dry creek beds ending in "ponds" for drainage and it was an amazing amount of work. Tried to work out how many tons of rocks we ultimately moved and gave up when the number got too big.
Great progress shots.
It's amazing how much they weigh and the amount of work. We also built a "small" stacked stone wall around a maple tree on a slope.
Pick them up one at a time at the rock yard, put them in the truck. Take them from the truck, put them in the yard cart. Take them out of the yard cart, put them next to the site. Decide what goes where, stack and restack. Move them all again. Use adhesive, stack again.
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