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Digit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 03:21 PM
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I built my own pond a couple of years ago....
Well, actually, it is more like a puddle since the gas line got in the way!
After digging the hole, I added some of the extra dirt to the sides to keep water from draining into the "puddle". I lined old newspapers all around the sides and bottom of the hole, then I added my black liner.
I have a cement turtle which spits the water being filtered back into the pond.
I just added some small goldfish...the ones which are 12 cents each.
Add a few green pond plants which help oxygenate the water and provide some hiding places for the fishies.
This is next to my carport, which is the way I always enter my home.
I have added some baby mondo grass, some hostas and some green and white varigated baby ivy.
In the azaleas across the path from this, I have a bird feeder and a bird bath.
I call this area my wildlife refuge, and a bullfrog has taken up residence and a garden snake comes to visit every so often.

Of course, I have been surprised by two free running labradors who discovered my puddle and decided to have a dip when I was not watching!

One of my friends keeps telling me that whenever she visits she has the urge to go to the bathroom!
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 05:40 PM
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1. where are the pics?
there should be pics LOL

sounds lovely on the moniter and I bet even better in person :P
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madmax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-15-05 03:44 PM
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2. C'mon
slip in a pic here :silly:
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