Yesterday was duck pond digging day. All started well for the first foot but I soon found out why I had trouble growing well in the garden when the soil stopped and it became stone. Brian had to resort to pickaxe rather than spade but after an exellent work out there is a fantastic hole ready for the liner (which is now on order).
The pond is approxc 12 x 7 feet and just under 2 feet deep with a slope at one end for the ducks who like to just paddle. We are going to lay paving slabs around the edge on all sides which will hopefully go some way towards saving the lawn.
The ducks have done an excellent job of clearing all the soil of worms and grubs and Angel has done her inspection. It shows that she is taller sitting down than standing up.You can see the quality of the ground behind where the stones are piled up. There is a small layer of just soil and then the stones start.
After the expense of the liner, the next on the agenda is a pump and filter and then a lorry load of topsoil for the garden.
2 comments:
How exciting. Well done diggers!
Wow, they did so well to do all that in a day. You need a nice big filter for all the duck mud, Grandad made their old one and I remember how he made it too. x
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