Pond Construction...
                          
Pond Construction...
                          
a labor of love.
                          
Starting pond -- Garden hose is used as an outline.
Ladder and board used to support level.
Molly with frisbee.
Laying out 4" hose from skimmer to waterfall area.
First of 40 cubic yards of dirt being delivered to build up and level pond ares.
Chip digging a hole for the skimmer.
Lining the bottom with old carpeting.
Anita, Chip, Karyn, and Mike line the pond hole with an underlayment and 45 mil, 30' X 40' fish safe rubber liner.
Molly and Emily look on as Anita washes rocks. Every rock was checked for sharp edges and hand placed on the liner.

Rocks cover the bottom and sides of the pond liner.

Chip building hiding places for our fish.

Chip connecting the electrical wires for under water lighting.

The retaining wall behind the pond.

Emily watches as the pond fills with water.

Emily and Chip connect the pump in the skimmer. Seventy-eight gallons of water per minute are pumped through a four inch hose to the biofilter and waterfall.

Chip using 45mil EDM rubber to line the waterfall and stream. The large black box is the biofilter/waterfall.

Waterfall and stream lined with rock. Lava rock and filter medium are placed in the biofalls.

Emily and Chip test the biofilter and waterfall.

Chip making adjustments to waterfall.

... and he cooks, too!!
The start of the patio and landscaping.

The arbor and landscaping.

The bridge.

10-27-2002 -- The latest pond photograph.

I think Chip deserves the "Husband of the Year Award" for this labor of love!!!
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Building up dirt area around pond.
April -- July
2002