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Last Updated: 10/29/09
For more general information on these photos, see my pond pictures page index.
Before there was any pond at the site, taken facing south-west,
4/13/97.
Sod removed and site cleared for construction, facing south-west,
5/6/97.
Hole, "where'd that big hole come from?," facing west, 5/6/97.
Liner in hole, facing west, 5/7/97.
Rocks, plumbing, etc. going in, facing east, 5/9/97.
Rocks, top waterfall, etc., facing south-west, 5/9/97.
Blueprint for 153 gallon pond. These are the pans I drew up in the summer of 1999 for my 153 gallon pond before building it. Jobie is a nickname for my brother. I extended the pond on the left where the lighter markings are.
Possible wildlife pond - a drawing for a possible pond
Possible formal eclectic pond - a drawing for a possible pond; this one shows how I did the edging on my 153 gallon pond to hide the liner and keep everything together.
I set up the 50 gallon Rubbermaid tub basement pond on 10/20/09. Here are those photos:
Basement tub pond just set up with bluebells.
My cats, Tinkie and Barney were anxious to "help."
Basement tub pond - view from the other
direction
Basement tub pond shown from a distance in
the basement. You can also see Sweetie, my rabbit, and her cage, my 20 gallon long tank (with six
spotted roaches and a hermit crab), and the tons of house plants that I brought indoors for the
winter.
Basement tub pond and all the house plants.
Yes, that is a water fountain for the cats.
Basement tub pond - looking in to it past the
jungle.
153 gallon pond on 10/18/09 covered in my new
white net. It looks like a spider's web so my mother had to add a big fake black widow spider to the
net!
153 gallon pond on 10/18/09, closer in.
I took these two photos of the 50 gallon tub pond on 4/25/09 showing the wood frog tadpoles in
there:
50 Gallon Tub Pond with
tadpoles.
50 Gallon Tub Pond with tadpoles,
closer in.
From 4/1/09:
50 Gallon Tub Pond - the 20 gallon tub pond
is also partially in the photo.
Mosaic pond.
From the 4/1/09 cleaning of the 153 gallon pond:
153 gallon pond before starting,
facing northwest. I took about four more photos but they were all blurry!
153 gallon pond empty from a
distance with supplies all around.
153 gallon pond empty, facing
north.
153 gallon pond empty, facing
southwest.
153 gallon pond all done, facing
east.
153 gallon pond all done, facing
north.
Small pond area facing north on 10/5/08.
The 153 gallon pond is on the right while the 20 and 50 gallon tub ponds are on the left. You
cannot really see any of them but you can see the netting and surrounding gardens.
153 gallon pond facing west on 10/5/08. I
had just put the net on. The net drapes over all the plants in the area.
153 gallon pond facing northwest on 8/3/08 after I removed a ton of terrestrial mint that covered most of the pond.
I took this photo on 6/21/08 of some water lily leaves damaged by snails in my 153 gallon
pond.
Waterlily leaves damaged by snails
From the 4/1/08 cleaning of the 153 gallon pond:
153 gallon pond before beginning,
facing northwest.
153 gallon pond before beginning,
showing the main marginal area and all the spilt gravel. The pink lily is fake.
50 gallon tub pond which I cleaned eight days
earlier.
153 gallon pond empty, facing
northwest.
153 gallon pond when all done, from a
distance, facing northwest.
153 gallon pond when all done, facing
northeast. Note the new edging with rocks.
20 gallon basement pond on 1/13/08.
On 10/19/07, I bought a betta and put him into the basement tub pond. His name is Homer. You
can see more photos of him on my betta page.
The basement pond with Homer in it
A complete view of the basement pond -
there is foam because I added a dose of MelaFix
From the 3/29/07 cleaning of the 153 gallon pond (as well as
the 20 and 50 gallon tub ponds):
153 gallon - before I got started. You
can also see the buried 50 gallon tub pond and the above-ground 20 gallon tub pond.
153 gallon pond - the overflow shelf area
with an iris. I took the photo to show all the moss growing on the cap bricks.
153 gallon pond empty - this is before I
vacuumed out the last gunk.
153 gallon pond edging - this was to show
with the pond empty how the edging looks over the deep end. There is a cap brick paver and
under that two layers of bricks set in on their own shelves to hide the liner. The water level
comes up above those bricks (about the point between the two layers).
153 gallon pond filled half way up with
the PondMaster filter going.
153 gallon pond done - everything
back.
20 gallon tub pond with its one iris
repotted.
50 gallon tub pond with the newly added
iris.
These photos are from when I cleaned the 50 gallon tub pond on 3/25/07. Go here for more details and related photos.
The 50 gallon before I cleaned it
The 50 gallon after it was done
Cleaned pond - the new fountain, two
batches of wood frog eggs, and can you see the green frog on the right?
153 gallon pond on 8/6/06,
facing northwest.
153 gallon pond on
8/6/06, facing north, closer in.
16.4 pond on 7/25/06 in the back, right after I mulched it.
2 gallon pot pond on 7/24/06.
50 gallon tub pond on
7/13/06.
Tricker pond on 7/13/06. You can see a few
waterlily leaves and parrot feather but the pond is mostly smothered in salvinia.
There are a few photos from a distance of the 153 gallon pond and nearby 20 and 50 gallon tub ponds in my new section on my gardens.
20 gallon tub pond after cleaning on 3/30/06.
From the 3/30/06 cleaning of the 153 gallon pond:
153 gallon before cleaning is started.
You can also see the 20 gallon tub pond and buried 50 gallon lotus tub pond in the
background.
153 gallon being refilled, it is about
half way refilled here. I forgot to take a photo of it empty this year.
Here is a photo of the 20 gallon basement tub pond on 10/23/05. You can just see two of the fantails.
Purple tropical waterlily flower in the Tricker pond on 8/13/05. I never see the flowers in good shape. Here is it already torn up. The other plants in the photo include hardy calla, salvinia, and floating leaf flower (have never seen a flower though).
Tricker pond on 6/26/05 with green frog eggs in it (one can see some eggs on top of one lily leaf on the bottom right) and plants.
Albata lily flower in my 153 gallon pond on
6/9/05.
Albata lily flower in my 153 gallon pond
from a little farther away, 6/9/05. See the hiding male bullfrog!
Purple iris in the 153 gallon pond in bloom
on 6/7/05.
Purple iris in bloom in the 153 gallon on
6/7/05.
Blue flag iris in bloom in the 153 gallon
pond on 5/27/05.
Blue flag iris in bloom in the 153 gallon
pond on 5/27/05, a more close up view.
Mosaic pond on 4/5/05.
Tricker pond on 4/5/05 (just water in it).
Here are some photos of the 153 gallon pond during the 3/25/05 cleaning:
Pond at the beginning
Pond half empty
Pond empty
Pond when done
153 gallon pond facing northwest on 2/13/05. The 50 gallon and 20 gallon tub ponds can be seen at the top of the photo.
There are three photos of a great blue heron next to my 153 gallon pond on 11/8/04 in the bird photo section.
Water poppy flower in the 50 gallon lotus tub
pond on 9/6/04. There are also water poppy leaves and duckweed in the photo.
Water poppy flower in 50 gallon lotus tub pond. You can see the one
flower plus the water poppy leaves among lots of duckweed. In the upper left is some terrestrial
mint that has let itself into the pond. Notice the lotus in the lotus tub pond is basically not there.
The deer ate it to death.
153 gallon pond on 7/28/04.
20 gallon lotus tub pond on 5/21/04.
Basement pond on 5/5/04 with 17
goldfish born the summer
before right before I let them free on 5/15/04.
Entire Yard - during the 3/29/04 cleaning of the
153 gallon pond.
Empty 153 gallon pond - before refilling,
after totally emptied on
3/29/04.
Tiger canna flowers close-up in 2-gallon pot pond on 8/16/03.
2-gallon pot pond with flowering tiger canna, 8/16/03.
153 gallon pond facing southwest on 6/23/03. You can see the main
1800 gallon pond off in the distance.
153 gallon pond facing northwest on 6/23/03.
Empty 153 gallon pond during cleaning on 4/2/03, facing
southwest.
Cleaned 50 gallon lotus tub from a distance,
3/28/03. The eggs are in a cage for protection. More photos are on the wood frog page of the pond close up (to show the eggs) before
and after the cleaning.
153 gallon pond in snow on 12/5/02, facing north from inside.
Mosaic pond on 9/21/02 with water in it but the fountain is off.
2 gallon pot pond on 8/25/02 with flowering yellow canna and pool in
background.
Yellow canna flowers on 8/25/02, close-up of previous photo.
Multiple ponds - 153 gallon pond in the front, 20 gallon tub pond with
taro
hidden in the back, 50 gallon lotus tub hidden in the back, on 8/25/02, facing North-West.
Lotus flower from afar in 50 gallon lotus tub pond on 8/3/02.
Lotus flower by my hand for size comparison in 50 gallon lotus tub
pond on 8/3/02.
Lotus flower from above (I tilted it) in 50 gallon lotus tub pond on
8/3/02. This is the morning of the first day of the flower. It lasted three days.
Lotus flower next to some of its leaves in 50 gallon lotus tub pond on
8/3/02.
2 gallon pot pond on 8/1/02. The plant is a yellow tropical canna that is
still small. There is a fake pink water lily flower in there too.
153 gallon pond on 5/27/02, facing west. The yellow and blue iris
are in bloom.
Basement pond on 10/14/01. The 20 gallon
tub pond contains
tropical water hibiscus, dwarf papyrus, canna, and some floating plants. A taro plant is in a two
gallon pot topped with water on the left. Tropical house plants surround the pond for the
upcoming winter.
Hibiscus flower on 10/14/01. The pretty
light pink flower of my
tropical water hibiscus that finally bloomed after three years!
Anacharis with white flowers and some
duckweed in my 153 gallon pond on 9/8/01.
Bunch of ponds on 7/4/01 facing northwest. On the right is the
153 gallon pond. The 50 gallon lotus tub pond is on the far left, and the 20 gallon tropical tub
pond is in the middle. The first two are below ground but the 20 gallon tub is above ground.
16.5 gallon pond on 9/4/00.
New pond, 153 gallon, facing north, 20 gallon water celery and
lily tub pond to the left, 50 gallon lotus pond further to the left, all favorite green frog hangouts,
6/18/00.
New pond, 153 gallon, facing north, red copper and blue iris in
bloom, 5/23/00.
Photo of new pond almost complete on 10/17/99 showing fountain,
bridge, iris, and pipe going in, facing southwest.
Photo of new pond almost complete on 10/17/99, facing
northwest.
Photo of 153 gallon pond on 10/3/99 showing the brick work going in
before the liner is in, facing north.
Primrose creeper flowering and hanging out of the 50 gallon lotus tub
which does not have any lotuses yet, 8/21/99.
New 153 gallon pond under construction, pre-hole, 20 gallon tub pond
and 50 gallon lotus tub are behind it, 8/11/99.
50 gallon Lotus tub, no lotuses yet, water lettuce, parrot's feather, and
primrose creeper, 8/11/99.
20 gallon lily tub shows extra lilies and water celery, 8/11/99.
Tropical tub pond, 9/25/98.
Old 50 gallon pond, 4/12/98, pond was replaced.
My 16.5 pond on 11/6/97.
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