Garden Fish Pond

You may remember we put a post on May last year when we began the groundwork and foundations for the garden pond and then in July we did an update on our progress. We decided to put that project on the back-burner until the following Spring (now) so during a spell of lovely weather in March we took to the spade and started to dig out the earth. Shovel after shovel of soil began piling up which was useful as we needed to fill up some veggie beds and use on the back garden for a new border bed. Once the earth was dug out and tamped down we had a delivery of sand and began to line the pond with sand before fitting the butyl pond liner. Rob had previously installed the electric wiring and cables to fit the pump for the pond and the filter which sits inside the garden shed so it was a matter of connecting them up once the pond was filled with water (my favourite part!)

With the pond filled it was then onto finishing the cladding of the stone over the pond liner to seal it. Rob built a waterfall from concrete blocks and used the stone to clad it.
Some pictures showing the build stages of the pond:-

Rob has began entering fishing competitions and has won 2 of them! One on the matches he fished we were allowed to bring some small fish back for our pond. The main fishing season is closed at the moment but in May when my brother comes to visit they will go and catch other fish to add to the pond. And that makes Rob a happy chappy !!!!