A couple of weeks ago we decided to drive a different route on the way home and I saw a green pond in someone's back yard. It was laying up against a shed and looked as though it had been there for a while. We went back today and there was someone home so I went to ask if they would be willing to part with it. It was a wonderful older lady and she told me that she just did not have the energy to put it up anymore and said I could have it for $35.00. SOLD! It is made of fiberglass and has kind of an undulating shape with a large round opening in the middle. At the widest point it is 8 feet one way and 5 feet the other. It is about 10 inches deep with very gently rounded sides. I think I will put in some goldfish and some floating plants like water clover and parrots feather so they will have a place to hide and some shade. I am going to put a large pot where the opening is but do not have any idea what to plant in it. What do you all think?
I got a new treasure today!
That sounds like a good buy. Can you take a picture of the center area. I'm not completely clear about that part? Is it out of the water? If so how about a nice Japenese Maple in the center?
Jeri
Getting a good digital camera is on my to do list. I had one but it has been misplaced. The center part is completely open and is the size of a large whiskey barrel planter and has the same gently sloping sides as the rest. I wanted to go with something in a pot so that I could drain and move the pool if I wanted to. Since it is made of fiberglass it does not have any "give" to it and I am not too sure how well it would survive the winter with the freezing weather we get if I did not drain/move it. I do have some plume grass that I could plant in the center. That is something that would have died down by winter and I could just cut it off near ground level. I just pulled up a large area of plume grass that no longer fit in one of my garden beds and have about a hundred pounds of the stuff in a temporary holding area. Do you think that would look good?
Anything you like will look good.
Sounds good! The only issue is that 10" might not be deep enough for goldfish in the winter.
I have two small ponds that are just under two feet deep that the goldfish can go to for the winter. Since it is fairly shallow I was thinking about putting in a couple of plecos to keep the algea down on the sides. I have a couple in my aquarium now that do a great job of that. It would be shallow enough that the water should warm to a temperature that they could do OK in and since it is so shallow I could net them and bring them in for the winter. I wonder how big they would get. I have been doing some reading and it is said that they can get about two feet long and live for up to ten years! I definately need to get a camera and post some pics when I get it done. The weather is finally warming up so that I can work outside, not like last week when we had snow and temps in the teens.
A friend has a couple of plecos she is getting rid of, I wondered how they would do in my top pond that doesn't have fish, just plants in it. About 1500 gal of water and no competition for food, it ought to be huge this fall when I have to try to catch it and bring it inside for the winter.
tetleytuna
You are so right about the weather, last week was awful. This week reminds us spring is almost here.