Ok, so I did the biggest and most noticeable bit of work – aside from diggin’ out the ol’ ‘ole – yesterday. Buying a new liner, installing it, and filling the pond. Aye, by gum, it felt good to accomplish that!
Today I just trimmed the pond liner, to approx’ 30cm (or 1’), around the border. I even cut a hole for the Laurel bush to poke through. I wanted rid of the damn thing! But it proved too Hardy a Laurel for me… Teresa’s happy it’s still there and still alive.
I think I want to edge the pond with gravel, initially. This may entail lifting the edges of the liner up, temporarily, and digging a wee scoop, or trench, around the whole thing, with the spoil from said ditch forming a very low wall right on the lip of the pond. The idea being that that way, gravel won’t get into the pond.