An ebay summer project

Thanks to all my customers who have been patiently waiting for answers to questions, I thought I'd make the most of the little

 sunshine we've had and it all started with ebay...

I have a few ponds in my garden, mostly to attract wildlife, then I started to think about owning Koi I found a wonderful

 seller on ebay who was selling Koi fry so here's where it all began. newforestkoi

New Forest Koi sold me 250 fry, I initially kept them in a small ornamental pond with just air stones and box filters

(thanks to dls-aquatics aguazul96 tinah41)

Here's two of the little guys that started it all, they were about 6 weeks old here

I found another great seller (aquab2006 ) selling trapdoor snails that promised to take care of the algae and they seem to be doing a pretty good job if it,

I'm well pleased

I experimented with pumps and filters but will be looking for more, as the hobby is growing daily, I got some great quality bargains from 

  swan-ponds-and-pumps  glenmilo      baby--koi         calliebags  koi-and-ponds   4yourgarden  and found some great food suppliers  fishybiz96 fletcherino calliebags

I lost a few fish in the recent storms, but when I contacted New Forest Koi explaining my concerns, they speedily gave me good advice and I bought

 a few more youngsters from them.

So the project begins, the last week or so I've been building a pond for my fish, they are growing so fast, heres the creation in stages

I've managed to make a start on it, and I used the rich clay soil to my advantage and have smoothed the walls of the pond with the clay paste,

I have a large deep section, with stages built up one side, with a small shallow channel for plants and smaller fish.

This is how it looked yesterday

I bought some weed control fabric from trade-mart-deals 

I've covered the area in preparation for the mulch and the liner, I bought some lawn edgeing from ukgardensupplies1  as you can see it's starting to take shape nicely

I will update this as the project moves on, it's been fun planning and buying all the bits I need on ebay. so much easier than hurried decisions in a busy garden centre,

and what's even better is it's all been delivered to my door.

Thank for looking at my ebay pond, sorry for the font changes, this blog has a mind of it's own.

I'd just like to reassure my customers that I am now printing off and packing your parcels :o)

Saturday,

well it's been a beautiful day and I've spent another 2 days working on it, I bought some great recycled rubber mulch from dunweedin1 I'm hoping it'll keep the dogs away from the water.

Here's how it's looking so far