my my my-quite ambitious aren't you? Did you do that all by hand? I knew a guy in my previous life that I wish I had a tape mesure - never could do eye measuring very accurate.

Cindy!!! Another pond!!!! You're so lucky , but seriously---do you know what you are getting yourself into.... Next year around this time you'll be freaking out over winterizing 2 ponds instead of one.... I'm just picking on you you know that...I think it's great...will you come dig me out a pond too?????? Bring the backhoe on up here to MD---nobody will mind following you on the interstate....

You are nuts, absolutely nuts,

*shaking head over and over*

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY CINDY!!!!!!!

...and guess what???
I just paid his cell bill OVER THE PHONE!
I didn't have to pass Lowe's to begin with!


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I just paid his cell bill OVER THE PHONE!
I didn't have to pass Lowe's to begin with!

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You're bad!!!!

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I'm gonna go out there and practice that before he gets here...you know, the perplexed look on my face, the shrugging of my shoulders, the tone of my "Huh??? Pond???"

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I just hope when he gets there that he can see the hole...could you imagine if he fell in it....be pretty hard to pretend it wasn't there then--and then he'd really be mad.

All I can say about that is...
Too bad it doesn't have water in it yet! ! ! ! !


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OMG!
I hadn't even thought of the fun of having 2 ponds to fall into now!


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The Morning After

Well...it's a good thing I didn't try to move the backhoe last night. Or, maybe if I had gone ahead and moved it it would have been O.K., since there wasn't ice on the yard last night like there was this morning.

The side yard that the backhoe had to be driven down is a hill...not all that steep, but pretty long. Andy moved the backhoe before he left...and when he started down the steep part of the hill (the top is steeper than the bottom...) the backhoe started sliding on the ice, and turned sideways. When he got to the bottom of the hill it started tipping over...was on two wheels, with the other two about 18 inches off the ground...but he kept it from turning over. I was standing at the top of the hill watching, and let me tell you...you couldn't have driven a greased needle up my a$$ with a sledgehammer.

He wasn't even mad about the pond or the backhoe...
...but he doesn't know about the pond liner, etc. he bought yet.

Cindy Sue

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Oh, man...this sooooo tops the "horse blanket in the washer" thing I do...

If only My hubby knew how lucky he is....

I think I need another pond...and the horse blanket looks a little muddy this week!

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Update

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is a good thing to have when building a pond.
But...you should use it when you start digging the pond...while you still have access to a backhoe.

I set it up this morning and found out that one side of my pond was 6" higher than the other side. So, I have been digging most of the day...with a shovel. I had to take 6" of dirt off of 18 FEET around the pond. The pond is almost 18' long...and about 8 feet wide.

Andy said he would come back this afternoon before his "date" and help me get the liner in the pond...but he didn't.
So...I got all my dirt moving done, and put the liner in by myself. That thing was so heavy I had to get someone at Lowe's to put it in the truck for me yesterday...folded up. I didn't think I could get it out and unfolded by myself, but I did. It took a long time, but I did it!

I got it in the pond and started filling it with water. I had to take my boots off and get in to keep the liner in the right spots...and I about froze to death. When I got about 2 feet of water in it I got out to get a glass of wine. When I got back into the pond with my pint mason jar of wine, I slipped on the slick liner and went right down in over 2 feet of very cold water. So, my pond has been christened now...it has a pint of Chardonnay in it. I was soaked from head to toe, so I changed clothes and went back out to the pond. I filled it up to about 3 feet, then it got way too cold...I couldn't feel my toes anymore. So, I came in.
I'm trying to dry my cell phone out right now...I took it apart and have all the pieces laying on the heat register, so hopefully it will dry out and be O.K. I have such bad luck with phones.

Cindy Sue

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I am still freezing!
I just can't get warmed up.
I don't like getting in a swimming pool in the hottest part of summer...let alone falling into a pond on an autumn day...and today it was 55 degrees out.

Rachel said if I leave my phone on the heat thing for a few days it will dry out and be o.k., but I don't think so ...because I dropped one in a septic tank once and tried to dry it out and it never worked right again.

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"I have a dream...."

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Yeah...that'd be me. "The Dreamer"!
...most of them turn into nightmares, though.

I just watched a very informative show on HGTV about building a garden/goldfish pond. I did everything WRONG! The first thing they did before starting ANYTHING was shooting grade. I didn't set the laser up until I had finished digging the pond. That cost me 4 extra hours.

...and now we know why the name of this topic is "how NOT to build a pond"!

If I did something right the first time I'd probably go into shock.

Cindy S.U.

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Good Grief woman!

That is HUGE! What are you planning in stocking in that monster???

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Wow Cindy, I'm gonna have to come over and swim laps in that thing!!!

That's a good job you did there --wanna come make one for me???? On your way you can stop and make one for Jiffy too, oh, and bring Andys credit card along too will ya--I'm sure he wouldn't care....

Well, I'd share some of my rocks with you and Jiffy if I could.
I have piles of them all over the place...some so big (4'+ diameter) that I have to move them with the backhoe. I sorta collect them! If you ever come through London I'll load ya up!

I wish I could post a picture of what my pond looks like now, but it's too dark outside to get a good picture. I worked 'til dark again tonight. I have rocks all around the edge, starting on a second row now, and several plants in. Gonna put the pump/filter thing in tomorrow and try to move some fishies.

Everything I've read says that a big pond is easier to take care of than a small pond...but I am wondering how to get something done in the middle of the pond (like put plants in, etc.) when it's so big. I think I bit off more than I can chew with this pond.

Cindy

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I think I bit off more than I can chew with this pond.

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uh, ya think?

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Thanks! I'll post some more pics of it tomorrow. It looks way different now with rocks around it.

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Can I have it next????

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Hey! I could just post the # and everyone can use it on the internet!
You won't even have to leave the house!

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I have livestock in it already that probably isn't compatible with ducks...a stupid Cocker Spaniel that thinks it's his private swimming pool.

Yeah...Hell Hound!



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That thing is big enough to hold koi if you wanted!

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Oh, man...don't be giving me anymore ideas!
I tend to go a little extreme!

I keep forgetting to take pictures until after it's dark outside, but you can sorta see how my waterfall thingy is progressing.

To give you a little bit of perspective on how big these rocks are...the bottom one that the water is spilling off of into the pond is almost 4 FEET long and 2 FEET wide! And I moved that sucker by myself. The one in the foreground with the smaller rocks sitting on top of it was way too heavy and big for me to move...I had to call for backup on that one.

A work in progress.....

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Hey, I think I see an Alien's light comin'
out of the water there..
Do you see it, get closer, closer..CLOSER...

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Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
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Actually....it more a matter of them finally having room to grow to their natural size. Carp/goldies kept in small bowls and tanks will stay small, not because they grow to their surroundings, but because they end up stunted. Limited space, poor water quality (a goldie will produce massive amounts of ammonia in a bowl within hours of receiving fresh water) and limited oxygen availability all end up weakening the fish so it doesn't grow to it's natural potential or even live out a semi-normal life span. Most goldies are very capable of living 20 years or more if their basic requirements are met!

In a big pond like this, you can expect common (feeder) type goldies to grow to 12-15 inches long. And, if you got koi...they could double that.

If you did get koi...PLEASE restrain the desire to get lots of them. Even a pond this size won't hold a bunch of them...but 2 or 3 might work out ok.

If not koi...then rest assured you will still have lots of fun watching all those baby goldies grow into mammoth fishies.

You might want to check in at your local, privately owned fish store and see if the owners need a supplier for goldies (or if they will at least take your extras off your hands.) You will end up needing that backhoe again in the spring otherwise. You may also have an area fish club that would take extras too.

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Oh...and I'm not even thinking about koi.
I have extremely high stress due to these goldfish...
...which I love VERY much and want to take the best care of that I can.

Koi would put me over that edge...

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Even mutt kois at the chain petstores run about $20 a fish...so they are indeed a far cry from the cheap goldies.

And, for people who are seriously bonkers about their goldies...neutering a fish is not out of the question when you are fortunate enough to have a vet who deals in aquatic life. It's way farther than I would want to go...but different strokes and all.

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What the....
Are you sh**ting me??????

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Cindy and Laura, all i can say is YOU CRACK ME UP,rolling me self off the floor.

the only image that came trough my mind reading you guys was like all of that happened to samantha stevens,at least she could always make it disappear and laura if you were the neighboor ...woudn t that mean you d be mrs kravitz....wonder about endora

dough.

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