I know I am boring you with all the stories on the pond. Please bear with me. I only have a few more. One is about THE TREE. When they engineered the pond I had two requests: as big as possible; and save THE TREE.
When they came back to do the finish grading several weeks ago, they wanted to take out THE TREE. They said it would make the bank too steep to try to work around it. I said NO. They said we’ll have to trim a few branches then. Seemed like a very reasonable compromise. And I think the grade of the bank will be just fine. It’ll be worth it to keep this beautiful tree that is the most colorful tree in the valley each year.
A problem with a pond is that you have trouble mowing right down to the edge and you have this tall, ugly growth around the edge unless you use a gas powered weed eater. We experimented with a novel approach and planted a plethora of wildflower seeds around the edge. It’ll be interesting to see how it turns out.
And Loren said he would be envious when we were sitting by the pond and watching the swallows skim across the water while he was sitting by his kiddie pool. Take your laptop out by the pool and watch this video.
When they came back to do the finish grading several weeks ago, they wanted to take out THE TREE. They said it would make the bank too steep to try to work around it. I said NO. They said we’ll have to trim a few branches then. Seemed like a very reasonable compromise. And I think the grade of the bank will be just fine. It’ll be worth it to keep this beautiful tree that is the most colorful tree in the valley each year.
A problem with a pond is that you have trouble mowing right down to the edge and you have this tall, ugly growth around the edge unless you use a gas powered weed eater. We experimented with a novel approach and planted a plethora of wildflower seeds around the edge. It’ll be interesting to see how it turns out.
And Loren said he would be envious when we were sitting by the pond and watching the swallows skim across the water while he was sitting by his kiddie pool. Take your laptop out by the pool and watch this video.
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