Happy Birthday Matthew.
Cheryl Lawrence (living gate and iron fence) who is good friends with Tommy and Matthew purchased an 'Eddies White Wonder', a hybrid Dogwood which will bloom every year around this time, on Matthew's Birthday. I picked it up and delivered it today along with a few gold fish and a water plant!
Top: Matthew and Tommie proud of their first tree!
Above: Cheryl and Tommie contemplate the position of the dogwood.
The tree will go on the far side of the pond, behind the cedar logs and big rocks, and will reflect into the pond. The pond, with thousands of gallons of water already, only has water in the central deep portion. It still has about 30" of water needed to reach capacity. Once full, we can do the final grading around the edge.
Above and Below: A quick demonstration of tree planting which involves hole prep, soil mixing, adjusting height to avoid crown rot and a deep initial watering.
It's of interest to me whether we could introduce a local species of fish into the ponds. Apparently you need a permit to obtain them and as a result no fish breeders raise them. It seems they might be available through the Department of Fish and Wildlife. The controls are in place in an effort to protect our native fish in their natural habitat.
I wanted Koi but couldn't find any locally so I settled on goldfish. We place 30 gold fish in the large pond, plus 2 comets in the upper pond. They will help eat bugs and algae and larvae in the water and will grow up to 6"-8" if other wild life doesn't find them first.
Below: Matthew releases the two pool comets into the upper pond.
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