Digging a little pond

Kiwi June 6, 2015

To preserve some water for the dry summer period, we created a little pond near the fruit tree orchard, down at our wonderful flat and sheltered gully. The sandy ground unfortuantely drains too good so we needed to use a pond foil.

Tiny digger for a tiny pond
Loads of granite sand for the dam
Loads of granite sand for the dam
Situated next to our future orchard
Situated next to our future orchard
Lined with pond foil - rain can come!
Lined with pond foil – rain can come!
Rain hit us the next day and stopped 3 days later - 80mm at once
Rain hit us the next day and stopped 3 days later – 90mm at once – enough to fill the pond

Kiwi

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