Water Gardening: Lotus Blooming, 1 by Hollyburgh

Hollyburgh wrote:
Thanks for the kind words. Our pond is 2,400 gal. My husbasnd and 2 of our 3 daughters built it over a Memorial day weekend 5 years ago. It is about 30 inches deep in the middle, and it has a plant shelf aroung the edges. 8 tons of rock were delivered to our front yard, and the girls and I raked the stones out to the curb washed them and then put them in a wheelborrow and took them to the back yard. Whew!! We used the kind of system with the skimmer and waterfall premade. My hubby did the design work and digging. We also have lights under the water. It truly is beautiful. The neighbors bring in friends to see it. Makes for gorgeous background for pictures. We have Koi, commets, and 2 pleco, and some frogs. Last winter we lost most of our really big fish. Too cold for too long. This winter we are going to set up a pond in the basement gameroom and bring in the fish. Hope the frogs will fend for themself. They usually do. Hubby wishes he had made the pond about 4 feet in the middle. We purchaced the lotus at lilypons 5 years ago. This year I repotted it and gave away 4 runners form it. All 4 have survived and one is blooming. My husband gets in the pond every week and fertilizes the lilies and lotus. He really enjoys the pond. I am the landscaper in the family. We make a good team. I dream up the stuff and he makes my dreams come true. This is a picture of my hubby putting the penny in my daughters shoe on her wedding day. She is sitting on the bench by the pond. We also built a fountain will post it next.