Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Pond #2, before-and-after


Mike built this pond, our second, in 2004, by digging out a raised bed off our back patio. Originally we had Carolina jessamine along this fence, but as the thevetias on either side of the pond grew, it became too shady for them to survive, so I planted creeping fig in its place.

For comparison, here's how the back patio area looked in 2002 and 2003.
2002 back patio area. I thought we would never get rid of all those rocks!
2003 back patio area. Our first pond was a prefabricated plastic shell.

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