STEVE'S POND

May 2006

Upper Pond May 2006

Number of Accesses since September 2, 1996:

My mother had been after us for years to build a pond in our backyard. I didn't think much of the idea until my wife asked me to go by the Highlands Garden Center in Littleton, Colorado. She had already been by the Englewood Garden Center and Wilmore Nursery & Garden Center and picked-up a few water garden books. I got very interested when I found out you could raise fish in a Garden Pond. This was a birthday present for my wife, but now it appears, I am the one watching, tending, and being consumed by the lure of the pond.

I have found a great Watergardening and Koi Site on the net. You can find me and other ponders from all over the country discussing different ponding questions each day. This site is courtesy of the "Koiphen.com. Go to http://www.koiphen.com. Click the forum link and register. See you there.

Lower Pond
September 2006

We made a few mistakes and didn't ask enough questions. Please follow the following links for more information on our pond.

My second pond was started in March of 1997. This file is fairly large but does show many progressive photos of the pond building. Not being satisfied and not being able to leave the ponds as is, I enlarged my smaller pond in the spring of 1999. In the spring of 2001 I again enlarged my lower pond. I took out the bog area. The plants really took over in the bog. I decided to put bog plants back into containers and they now reside in the pond and also to the left of the lower pond in a dry spring bed. The bog plants in this area are either in shallow preformed containters or in areas I lined with excess EPDM liner. For 2004 I plan on adding a Turtle Pond in this area and enlarging train layout.

Upper Pond Koi
Pirate Koi with Black Patch