Fish Pond Progress

the new tank and the muddy spot it will go in

Sophie and Early checking on my progress

It's just so beautiful. Can't wait to get the fish!

I got the galvanized metal stock pond from the Farm and Country Feed Store in Pittsboro. It's 6x2x2 and about 150 gallons or so. I finally got the spot leveled off...it's hard to do with nothing but a shovel and a rake. I managed. Yay, me. It's about half full right now. I'm going to treat the water to remove the chloramines (thanks a lot Pittsboro Water). The plan is to get the plants this weekend. Then maybe get some goldfish a couple weeks after that. Actually I may push that back a bit. I think the plants need more time to cure. We'll see. I also plan to do some planting around the tank so it doesn't look like it's sitting in the middle of the Sahara. But...so far, so good!