New project: fish pond

I’ve always wanted a fish pond, but I was younger then.

It's right off the back patio. This part was easy. Since I was conserving energy by not pushing the gravel any farther than I had to at this stage, the bricks are just to keep the gravel from falling in. It's a "new" secondhand 200-gallon kit I found on the local forsaledotcom for 40 bucks. Trying to go cheap.

Another view, mess included.

I really like this view.

And then I started digging. Sometime about now (after 3 or 4 barrowfuls) was when I said to myself, "I don't want to do this anymore." Typical.

Roots!!!

Done for the day. The experience was very much like going to the dentist.

I should have been making room for roses or planting some or something else on the existing garden to-do list. Instead, I went off on this tangent. All I can say is, "Sherry, I hope you pull it off, and it's really spectacular...and pretty."

And just for beauty’s sake…

Clematis 'Henryii'

David Austin's 'Bow Bells' (1991)

Griffith Buck's 'Quietness' (2003)

Scipion Cochet's 'Maman Cochet' (1892)

Benjamin R. Cant's 'Mrs. B. R. Cant' (1901)

Jean Desprez's 'Marchesa Boccella' (1842)

Peter Lambert's 'Leonie Lamesch' (1899)

Peter Henderson's 'White Pet' (1879)