I woke Saturday morning and decided to rent a tractor and dig a pond.Just in front of the yellow leaved willow trees.
Seven hours later and we had a new round pond thatis about 50 feet in diameter and about 3 feet deep.
First I tilled the shape of the pond.
Then I scooped off the top soil.
Dumping dirt near an Irish Yew.
Uschi came out and shot across the "yard" to the big pile of dirt.
Uschi was excited !!!
He zoomed back through the shallow hole.
I'll show you how to drive this thing,...
Vladi checks out the transmissionof the sleeping tractor.
I think this should be a little deeper.
Vladi checks out the dirt pile.
The dirt goes here,...
Vladimir and
Uschi kept running along the top of the dirt pile.
V & U chased each other around the pondas Tanji watched from a distance.
Uschi just kept on running.
Vladi watched.
5 comments:
Are there going to be FISHIES in there?!?
The "pond" is probably not going to support fish, as it will dry up every summer. We will need to figure out how to handle any mosquitoes that might develop in the spring. We are hoping it will eventually supply some habitat for ducks, etc. during the winter/spring.
That is one hellaciously big litter box you've got there!
Uschi likes his own space,... >;-)
Here's a site that has some suggestions on controlling mosquitos in ponds. Of course they are selling some of the products they suggest, but they also offer up some natural suggestions that you might find useful.
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/pic/article.cfm?dept_id=&aid=636
As always, love the pictures of the boys and it's great to see how you're developing your property!
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