Tokis-Phoenix
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So yeah, started my pond the other day with with the help of my fiance and some friends/neighbours 
!
Firstly we had to go through the long process of checking out if there were any things like water pipes, electrical cables, gas pipes etc, but all was in the clear apart from the electrics. Apparently there was a big wire running through the garden, although the map they posted us was rather vague despite apparently being the most precise thing they could give us.
But after talking it through with a friend who has a lot of experience pond building and things, we went ahead with the digging- apparently it is very hard to cut through your standard underground cable with a spade, he said he'd work on the cable area though anyway as we had a rough idea at what depth it was at.
I was amazed at how much progress we all did together in 5 and a half hours work on the first day
! It was weird seeing my small bog standard garden suddenly starting to take shape into my dream garden 
!
Any, here's the pics so far ;
After having spray painted a rough line of the first part of the pond system, digging started;
Dig dig dig;
Taking a quick break afte a couple of hours work;
Even the neighbours little staffy puppy helped out, she was full of energy as she has not been taken for walks yet as she is waiting to get her vacinations done (she's still too young)
;
My friend/neighbours daughter also tried to dig as well
;
The yellow dirt is actually raw clay, pretty heavy stuff to dig! On the other hand, it'll help support the sides of the pond when its dug ;
Second pond coming along nicely;
Huge pile of dirt building up from the digging- we are organising renting a skip on monday to put it in;
... ... ...
DAY TWO: Only a small amount of digging done as we were all still quite tired from the previous day, but we managaed to locate the electric cable (where the white lines are drawn);
The pile of rocks in the corner of the second pond is granite slabs we dug up- we havn't a clue what they were doing there, as granite doesn't naturally occur around our area so it must have been put there at some point. On the other hand it was a pain in the bum to dig out! Should be useful though at some point, might make a rockery or something out of it at some point ;
Peaceful moment- red currents rippening in the early summer sun;
! Firstly we had to go through the long process of checking out if there were any things like water pipes, electrical cables, gas pipes etc, but all was in the clear apart from the electrics. Apparently there was a big wire running through the garden, although the map they posted us was rather vague despite apparently being the most precise thing they could give us.
But after talking it through with a friend who has a lot of experience pond building and things, we went ahead with the digging- apparently it is very hard to cut through your standard underground cable with a spade, he said he'd work on the cable area though anyway as we had a rough idea at what depth it was at.
I was amazed at how much progress we all did together in 5 and a half hours work on the first day
! It was weird seeing my small bog standard garden suddenly starting to take shape into my dream garden !Any, here's the pics so far
;After having spray painted a rough line of the first part of the pond system, digging started;
Dig dig dig;
Taking a quick break afte a couple of hours work;
Even the neighbours little staffy puppy helped out, she was full of energy as she has not been taken for walks yet as she is waiting to get her vacinations done (she's still too young)
;
My friend/neighbours daughter also tried to dig as well
;
The yellow dirt is actually raw clay, pretty heavy stuff to dig! On the other hand, it'll help support the sides of the pond when its dug
;
Second pond coming along nicely;
Huge pile of dirt building up from the digging- we are organising renting a skip on monday to put it in;
... ... ...
DAY TWO: Only a small amount of digging done as we were all still quite tired from the previous day, but we managaed to locate the electric cable (where the white lines are drawn);
The pile of rocks in the corner of the second pond is granite slabs we dug up- we havn't a clue what they were doing there, as granite doesn't naturally occur around our area so it must have been put there at some point. On the other hand it was a pain in the bum to dig out! Should be useful though at some point, might make a rockery or something out of it at some point
;
Peaceful moment- red currents rippening in the early summer sun;
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