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It's shaping up so nice! So how deep is it?

And how nice of the man to not even take any money, that is a rarity!

I need a backhoe for when we redo ours in the spring! Hmmmmm.........or Mark will be digging it out all on by himself.

hi loz! It is about 3 1/2 feet deep for the most part, and the part that is on the side where the yard slopes down - where he deposited the dirt for the waterfall - is a little bit deeper to ensure that the fish can overwinter safely.

by the way... I would definitely take you up on your offer for some mosquito fish if your brood is successful when the time comes! Thanks!

I have made myself silly looking at all sorts of pond pictures online - I can't see straight - saving those that are do's and also don'ts as far as aesthetics.

I had a fantastic pond website a few years ago in my favorites, but cannot for the life of me find it anywhere - no matter what I put into the search box! I'm so mad at myself for deleting it - can't remember why?

I make it pretty and tend it, and Mark makes it! Teamwork!

ohhhhhhhhh - sounds just like us!!!

It looks great!

Me too Wrennie.....i am so happy for you Lynne!!!

Thank you all again - he really is a gem, isn't he???

I measured the hole this morning because it was looking very square to me from up above - again, Don will be tweaking the final shape quite a bit. For now... it measures 14 x 16! It will end up being somewhere between 3,000 and 4,000 gallons, which means I can definitely get some koi! One needs 300 gallons per full grown koi - they can get up to 3 feet long!

There is an absolutely GORGEOUS pure white HUGE koi in one of the large nurseries here. He comes up and sucks on your finger if you let him.
Don was joking about getting him last night -
uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh - at $10,000 I DON'T THINK SO!!! :rolleyes:

Lynne, wow!! I had just been mentioning to my husband my "need" for a small pond. What an exciting thread this is!! I loved seeing the before/during/after pics. I can't wait to see what develops for your newly-dug mini-lake. Also, since dragonflies spend most of their lives in water, you're going to get some beautiful little bugs zipping around, eating 'skeeters (mosquitos). Congrats on the new pond and the uncommon contractor who didn't charge you for the hole and didn't mess up your gardens!

Thanks, Sarah!

We actually already have a good amount of dragonflies and darning needles darting back and forth in the backyard - I just love to watch them! And Freddy Frog is going to be oh-so-happy with his new home!

Tonya was just telling me that one can put guppies in ponds - I haven't heard of that and will do some research - could be interesting!

Well then... I just returned from visiting the large, oh-so-expensive and world reknown nursery 10 minutes from here. They have a separate small building for ponding, so I went to take a look while killing time before picking up Amy.

Soooooooo - remember the $10,000 koi I was talking about earlier?
I asked if it was still there. The guy said yes, and proceeded to show me. He is PURE white with no scales - that's what makes him so expensive!

BUT... he told me that just last week, he sold 2 for $12,000 EACH!!!
Who would pay that for a fish, I inquired?
He said it was the owner/chairman of the Oster Blender company -
he apparently lives just over the border in NJ.

Well... if he has so much money to spare, he can just give some to me and each of you, right?!?

No kidding. There are sooo many more things I would spend $24,000 on.

I was searching all oer for this topic in Banter Hall.
It is going really good, Lynne. I'm enjoying watching it grow with you.
We bought feeder fish from a pet store for our pond (10/$1) and some of the got to be 5-6 inches long. Lot's of babies.

Thanks Tina!

I already have 7 feeder fish - some of them are already 3 inches just in small indoor tanks, and Margaret's HUGE 8 inch that started out as a feeder!!! I also have 4 fantailed goldfish, so I have a good start for stocking the pond.

I am so excited about being able to have koi though!
When I asked the guy how many he thought a pond that size could hold, he said "MANY!" I asked him to elaborate and he said "at least 12!" WOWZERS!!! I don't intend to get that many - I'm just thrilled to be able to have a least a few. Their smallest ones there, are about 1 1/2-2 inches and are $5.95, then the 3-4 inch ones are $20, and the next size up is $50!!! I'll be happy to start with the small ones, knowing they will grow with time!

Of course... that's the "sheee-sheee" place right here - there are lots of other places to look when the time is right!

any new pics on the pond progress yet? there was a backhoe at the house below us this a.m., i almost called into work so that i could go down there and pull a "Lynne" on them. slide them some cash under the table and in 2 scoops i would be well on my way to the third pond. but i did'nt besides that backhoe was probably to big for where it would need to go. is there such thing as a BABY backhoe?

actually, there is. i see them around here all the time, and they rent them at the rent-a-center in town!

i need a baby backhoe! imagine the possiblities!!!!!

I said it before, and I'll say it again!!!

WHAT A NICE GUY that contractor is!

We received a copy of our bill, a recommendation for an outside housepainter, and a thank you note for tipping his workers and for being so nice to them all in the cold while they were here, in the mail yesterday.

I thought THAT was really nice!

But, tonight, he called to see how everything was working out with being hooked up to the sewer! We schmoozed a little bit, and then he spoke with Don.

WHAT A NICE GUY!

have you worked any more on your pond?????? any pics?????

That was really nice of him. I hope ya'll keep him in mind if you need any other kind of stuff like that done. maybe for the plumbing of the pond???

Wendy - it's waaaaaaaaaaaay too bitter cold here to do anything on the pond with the ground frozen solid in sub-zero windchill temps! We'll have to wait until April at the earliest, I'm thinking, before we can begin.

Triss - Don will be doing the pond plumbing, but he is definitely first on our list for anything we might need - including referrals - he's a wonderful source of info as well!

can't wait to see more pics Lynne

hope u enjoy ur pond