Great job.. I am very curious as to what this project has set you back.. I am thinking of doing something similar or simple turning the swimming pool into a pond as nobody ever uses it.
Emily's Pond Build Log
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The bulk of my costs are in the liner ($530) and the rocks ($900). The rest has been relatively inexpensive. The filter build was about $100, plumbing and pump another $100 or so, plants $150 so far (more to come there with the aquatic plants), fish $25 so far, but will get a few more... I guess that's about it.
Lookin good!
still think you should throw some creeping jenny alongside the watefall where the rocks stay moist
still think you should throw some creeping jenny alongside the watefall where the rocks stay moist
I put creeping jenny around the edges along with some other ground cover. I'm not sure how to anchor the jenny in the rocks. Thoughts there?
I still have to come up with plants to go IN the pond. I'm not really sure what I want there except that I do know i want at least one water lily. Beyond that... I really have no idea. So I'm totally open to suggestions for the plant shelf (opposite side of the waterfall).
it occurs to me that i didn't see how you were going to get into the pond for maintenance (or a good swim in summer). on the side by the waterfall?
allowing for the fact that you have goldfish, which are pretty merciless on most water plants (tho not so bad as koi!) i would suggest some floaters for shade and oxygenation and whatever people who have goldfish in their ponds suggest for rooted submerged plants. growing plants that like to be on stream edges (feet wet, heads dry) might be the best choice. there are lots of those "bog" plants.
you might look at white hedychium gingers:
http://www.gingersoftexas.com/Pictures_G_-_Z.php
which are supposed to be good down to zone 7
allowing for the fact that you have goldfish, which are pretty merciless on most water plants (tho not so bad as koi!) i would suggest some floaters for shade and oxygenation and whatever people who have goldfish in their ponds suggest for rooted submerged plants. growing plants that like to be on stream edges (feet wet, heads dry) might be the best choice. there are lots of those "bog" plants.
you might look at white hedychium gingers:
http://www.gingersoftexas.com/Pictures_G_-_Z.php
which are supposed to be good down to zone 7
There are stairs to the left of the waterfall (if you're facing the fall from across the pond). I left one large stone as a step down. It's a little stretch, but nothing too scary. I have a plant shelf that I want to put the bog(ish) plants in. I do have intentions of a lily or two in the pond itself, and then hopefully some duckweed and maybe some water sprite to float. I'll check out the gingers. I am also planning on a couple of floating plant containers to help hide the plumbing going into the filter, so suggestions on tallish plants to help do that would be welcome too. 
Still curious about how to anchor the creeping jenny in the rocks?
Still curious about how to anchor the creeping jenny in the rocks?
from what i hear (never had it myself), creeping jenny is extremely invasive.
i suppose that if you pot it in one of the pots in the rocks -- one which is always wet -- it would be limited to sprawling as long as the branches never touch bare dirt and re-rooted, but . . .
i suppose that if you pot it in one of the pots in the rocks -- one which is always wet -- it would be limited to sprawling as long as the branches never touch bare dirt and re-rooted, but . . .
