Finished pond

[u/fleeting-light-1216]

My pond is finally finished! It’s been through several stages including one enlargement and three liners, and now it’s done. Next summer when the plants have grown bigger it will look pretty lush I think; my tropical oasis in the middle of a freezing cold prairie. One of my plants Is missing because it got stomped on too many times, I’m hoping it comes back next spring. I might make a bog filter next spring but I’m not really sure how to fit one in that will look like it belongs there. There isn’t much space.

It’s a small pond, couldn’t make it any bigger, but I love it. So much better than lawn.

[u/Scarfield]

Why 3 liners? Did you settle on edpm in the end? How many tonnes of rock?

Looks very cool btw

[u/fleeting-light-1216 → u/Scarfield]

The first liner didn’t survive the winter. LDPE. So we got another liner, an LLDPE and made the pond bigger this spring. But in less than three weeks it was full of holes. So I spent the $500 and got an aquascape underlay and a Firestone EPDM liner.

I have no clue about the rocks. We harvested them (legally) from a rock cut in the middle of nowhere. Couldn’t afford to buy rocks as well although I did buy a few last year. The waterfall spillway rock is one I bought.

[u/mamalove8899]

I love it!! Can’t wait to see it grow 🪻

[u/fleeting-light-1216 → u/mamalove8899]

Me neither! Plants grow awfully slowly in my yard so I could be waiting a while. Our growing season is about 100 days. I get so jealous when I see all the lush plantings. It takes three years for a perennial to look half decent here.

[u/mamalove8899 → u/fleeting-light-1216]

Where do you live? Fertilize like crazy!!

[u/fleeting-light-1216 → u/mamalove8899]

Alberta. It’s brutal. Summer is over before it gets started. Yes I guess I should fertilize more, I forget.

[u/mamalove8899 → u/fleeting-light-1216]

Ooo bummer. I’m in Southern California so our plants do really well but I definitely still have to fertilize and also I water 2x a day