| Our Koi Pond - How it Developed ( Adventure 5 ) |
| Wayne & Becky welcome you to our backyard get-away |
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| This is how it started.... ...small pond on each side of the bridge. ....fish load too heavy ...six levels of deck ...and the yard looked nice at this point... but still too much grass to mow ;) |
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| We had researched alot and determined that laying out a hose is best first step. ...so after taking out the bridge and Before the 2 ponds came out, I then threw out the garden hose ;) |
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| ....moved the hose and got out the old can of red spray paint. My friend Dan and his bobcat-backhoe sure came in handy here We are shooting for an hourglass shape with square , formal edging. (hmmmm...) |
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| All this in One day (wheeeuw) and it was the hottest day of the year at 102 with a 90% humidity... hard pack clay was tough but very stable...added 2-3 " of sand on on bottom, then hit the air conditiong inside... ...we were drained , but just L@@K at that hole.... ...could almost see koi swimmin... |
| At the end of day two, accomplishments were : a continous level top edge within 1/8 " skimmer set , biofalls box set , The falls end (inlet) starts at 3 feet deep and slopes down to the deep end to 4 feet or so. |
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| check out our "Our Koi Adventure" pages Please browse & sign our Guestbook Thank you for visiting. pages by Wayne & Becky |
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