Water Gardening: It was a hot, humid hazy day, and...., 1 by dmcdevitt

dmcdevitt wrote:
i couldn't stand the mosquitoes in the woods... I couldn't stand the sun in the vegetable gardens or the perennials borders....my new daylilies had not yet arrived....GOD FORBID I do housework....SO....

i dug me a pond. I found a shady spot of wasteland near the garage, and dug, and dug until it was almost 4' deep at the deep end....made a little trough, ran to the garden addict folks nearby and bought some roofing rubber. The next morning I filled it. It didn't leak. That was worth celebrating, so I went to Lowe's and bought a pump and filter as my prize.