patchings
Finished patching the pond at 2000 last night and the water will begin flowing shortly – and hopefully staying in. But, before I turn it back on, will have to rework the waterfall stones again so they don't let water escape. Best guess as to the source of the two holes in the pond liner: since it started happening last year, the first one is probably from Kirby chasing one of the his Derbzballs into the pond and clawing back up; and the second, is, I know, from my use of a rake to get muck and grass and all sorts of Swamp Thing regalia out of the pond last weekend. First one may be from me as well, IDK.
In order, however, to reach the bottom of that second tear, I had to further drain the pond. Behold the beauty of my improvised drainage system (pond pump duct taped to 1"-piping duct taped to a hose held up on shepherd hooks), using it to further nourish the new grass I had to put into the Derbzball field:
Note: I did not put it into the flowerbeds as a.) I have a tendency to kill plants and, b.), I tried but it ended up flowing back into the pond which really defeated the purpose of all of the effort.
Related truth about Amazon delivery: if you order something for a project (ie patch kit / tape), it will arrive not early in the day when you need it, but after dinner, when you can barely function but must, nonetheless, to finish.
The war continues.
pondside space update
(Backyard) work in progress continues: new rug and K’s flourishes added to the space to make it fully her own. Curtains (orange) ordered and incoming.
summer project no. 1: pondside space
Still a work-in-progress, but primary exertions on K’s outdoor, under-the-pergola, pondside space are complete (just before the first rain in 20 days began and brought our little “flash drought” to an end). First picture is how the area looked on Wednesday (which was itself an improvement) and the others are from today.
P.S. We got married under this very same pergola almost nine years ago.
