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4/12/01. Here's what this bed looked like pre-pond. I decided last fall to totally renovate this bed, but didn't know exactly what I wanted to do, so I did nothing!
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4/12/01. Another view of a bed needing serious renovation. There was a large stand of creeping lilyturf around the curve of this bed, that had become invasive. I gave it away to the pond builder in exchange for digging it up and hauling it away, saving me lots of work.
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5/5/01. The first thing we did was build a support dam around the pond that served two purposes: providing support for the raised walls of the pond, and something to which to staple the hardware cloth lining.
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5/7/01. Lined with hardware cloth. If I want to keep the voles, etc., from eating the roots out from under just about every plant I have, everything has to be in raised, lined beds.
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5/7/01. These earth staples keep the overlapping edges nailed down.
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5/11/01. It took a little over 3 cubic yards of compost to fill this bed.
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5/11/01. Another view of the filled bed. Don't worry, those lights won't be staying there.
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5/11/01. I decided I needed stepping stones throughout the bed to facilitate weeding, planting, etc.
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5/15/01. Planting begun. Will add more as I am inspired.
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5/15/01. Another view of the planted bed.
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5/15/01. Mulched with shredded leaves and wet down.
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5/15/01. Another view of mulched bed.
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5/15/01. And yet another view.
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5/23/01. This guy looks pretty real, doesn't he?
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12/22/01. The pond bed has been put to bed for the winter.
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5/27/02. Plants are filling in well.
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5/27/02. Another view.
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7/12/02. Filling in more.
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8/24/02. Even at the end of a long, hot summer, it's looking pretty good.
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8/24/02. Another view.
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