Pond in my landscape (link to pics)
 

Finally got around to taking some updated pics of the water feature we built in 2000.

Current pics are here..
http://209.81.0.2/images/purrsonal/p...ery052003.html

2 years ago are here..
http://209.81.0.2/images/purrsonal/pond/gallery.html

Very nice :thumbsup

You just made me break a cardinal sin.

Jesus Christ....I expected a little pond in a backyard before I clicked the pics. Nice job....very serene.

I saw this thread and was going to post pics of the pond I helped my parents build...Then I saw your pics and decided not to embarrass myself. That is the nicest pond I have EVER seen. Very cool. :thumbsup

We don't even have a back garden. It's paved over, as a driveway. We don't even have a car.

I think I will dig us a pond tomorrow. How hard can it be?

What's that? Not clicking on posted links?

how bad is the upkeep on that badboy? Next house I get I plan on getting some acres and would love something like that..looks good PK

nice house.. but what's with the net over the pond?

you must smoke bud and trip out in your backyard..

That kicks ass PK.... very nice :thumbsup

Virtually nothing once the water temp get below 50 degrees. In the early Spring it is drained and pressure washed. There's weeding and plant upkeep of course. When the weather is warm I have to clean out the catch-net in the skimmer box at least every other day. All else that's left is feeding the koi, dodging the skunks and chasing the racoons away.

We have great blue herons that like to visit. Without the netting, they'd be eating a few thousand in koi for lunch. It also keeps the racoons somewhat at bay. The eagles circle overhead but I think they can see the net and don't bother trying.

Very nice :thumbsup

Maybe if I smoked.

I just love hearing the water. You can open the windows in my house and it sounds like it's raining all the time. Yeah it's Washington state, but sometimes it doesn't rain and the pond makes it sound like it ;)

looks just like my back yard

i agree with you Aaron.. That is the nicest pond i've ever seen.

Well it's no Hawaiian paradise.. but it's mine :) Thanks

Pick up a couple of these Scarecrows and you can ditch the nets. Works for the birds and the coons. My parents have some Koi that are worth over a grand each plus all the smaller ones. The scarecrows work very well. No fish have been lost since they added 2 of them.

Very nice pond =)

Lets get some pics of the rest of the yard (and house)

heh...

Jon

Tried them my first summer. The herons didn't blink nor did the racoons. I was the only one getting wet and running from the dang scarecrows.

I have some old pics.. but the yard is alot prettier now. I'll have to get outside over the weekend and take some more. Lots of things in bloom right now.

oh my...please help this poor fellow :1orglaugh

Those are beautiful!!! You ever go to the flower show in Seattle where they have the landscaper competitions with the indoor backyards complete with water features in the convention center? I wanted to move in when I went.

Well I could of said it was so the koi didn't jump out and leave.

I went once a few years ago. I've heard it's gotten bigger and better tho.

I missed it this year, but it was amazing last year. There was this one medieval-themed landscape with tons of flowers and a whole fallen knight's armor and mist constantly coming out of the water feature and we were paying models back in our hotel suite and I kept being like ooh I just have to look at the arthurian water feature one more time. I'm definitely going this winter.

That sucks. The work on the birds and coons in S.E. Portland.

Well with the netting I've only list one koi to either a heron or a coon in the last 18 months. It's worth the peace of mind. Even motion sensored lights didn't help.

wow, that's pretty nice. takes a lot of care to maintain. good job :thumbsup

The one racoon I saw in SE Portland was like a big fat kitten.

We trapped 5 last summer along with 11 skunks. I don't mind the skunks. They aren't supposed to eat the bait for the coons, but they do. The largest coon was easily 30 to 40 lbs.

Nah the whole envy one. Im kind of a gardening freak and that seeing that just hurt.

Beautiful, PK!

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Damn Pk, that's sweet. I love deep green pond/waterfall/coy pond setups.

very inspirational.

well don't be envious. It's all my landscaper. I just tell him what I want.. lots of flowers.. color, etc.. and let him go to it.. then pay the (gulp) bill when it comes.

Damn, thats really, really nice!

Makes me want to work a bit harder!

Awesome job!

Yeah I know, still it is beautiful and I would kill to have a yard like that to play with. Mine is so small that I have to limit what I can do. :(

beauty-full

:glugglug

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absolutely beautiful :thumbsup

I finally actually looked at the damned pictures. Wow. Beautiful.

Thanks all. I love it. Had this area of land that was too steep to even walk and needed to do something with it. Didn't really want more grass to mow and a water feature is one of the few landscaping things you can do to increase home value.

Sometimes it's a frustration, but when everything is in bloom and running smoothly, it's great to just go sit outside and watch and listen.

AWESOME

Paradise found!

Quote:
Originally posted by freeadultcontent
You just made me break a cardinal sin.


my guess is 'coveting thy neighbor's Ig and Lou"


... or wantin' to get nekkid in their back yard...


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ROFL Hush about Ig and Lou now.. not everyone knows about them.

OK, but it's not easy...

I see water, a purrty backyard, an appearance of a semi-privacy and well, uhm, you know...the mind just starts to wander...

;)

peaceful:thumbsup

real nice, i could imagine the piece of mind you get when you go outside to relax.

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