{"id":9868,"date":"2023-09-16T18:40:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T17:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=9868"},"modified":"2023-09-17T20:51:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T19:51:26","slug":"garden-pond-phase-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=9868","title":{"rendered":"GARDEN: Pond, Phase 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The iPhone\u2019s \u2018pano\u2019 function helps!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s now later the same day, and after a shift delivering for Amazon Flex, I got back into the pond. Literally. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s also less blindingly bright. That, and using the \u2018pano\u2019 function on the iPhone, have allowed me to get pics that, I think, convey what\u2019s happening more clearly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Teresa did a bit of this, whilst I was out.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When I was out, delivering, my darling wife – who has opposed this pond project petty vehemently at times – cut some weed-suppressing fabric to rough size. I finagled it a bit, and\u2026 \u2018wallah\u2019, as TV chefs like to say\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Non-pano: the used pond liner is pretty tatty!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m torn – as indeed is the pond liner itself, alas – \u2018twixt trying to glue the pond liner, as is, together, and hopefully achieve a hermetically sealed whole, or thinking of this as layer #2 (layer #1 being the green fabric), and getting some new undamaged stuff as a final layer? Trouble is, I am\/we are trying to do this on a budget of \u00a30!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thar she blows!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sitting in the green-room, a fire crackling in the potbelly stove, Chester slurping water from an outside bowl, and squirrels noisily munching chestnuts in a neighbouring garden, life feels pretty good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s forecast – or \u2018fivecast\u2019 as my dad liked to say, thrice upon a time – to rain tomorrow. I hope it chucks down, and fills our new ponds! It\u2019ll be interesting to see if it rapidly drains away, or slowly fills. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also hope that once filled with water, it\u2019ll pull the layers of lining down. And only then will I go round the edges, trimming it off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve left two areas, at opposite ends of the two main pools, with a shelving egress, for any critters that might fall in and need to get out. They should also double as ledges for a few aquatic plants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019ll be nice to finally have a pond! All that remains, apart from the water, the plants, and the wildlife, is for Teresa to undergo some Frog n\u2019 Toad Therapy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s now later the same day, and after a shift delivering for Amazon Flex, I got back into the pond. Literally. It\u2019s also less blindingly bright. That, and using the \u2018pano\u2019 function on the iPhone, have allowed me to get pics that, I think, convey what\u2019s happening more clearly. When I was out, delivering, my … <\/p>\n

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