The pond construction is done! On September 6, we told the contractor to stop digging, bring out the heavy equipment and to close the pond wall. Monica and Kristian came over so they could walk on the pond floor and see the pond in it’s “before” state! Who knows, if we are lucky a big storm could hit us and fill up our pond!
It is a bit late in the season for a big storm to hit us. This is more like wishful thinking! It’s nice though to be done with the construction and all the disturbance it brings to the site. Now we just have to wait for rain. A lot of rain!
I think it the big pond will be amazing once it’s full of water. Maybe, it will be like the water lily pond, but more! Bigger and better! It is so enjoyable to see all the activity in the water lily pond. We saw diving beetles, a lot of wild passionfruit, and bird tracks!
We celebrated Tonji’s birthday at the big pond. We went for the day with some wine and water plants! We also moved all the seedlings from the nursery to the big pond. We will plant them around the area.
Tonji and Sylvia's Wildlife Refuge 
FANTASTIC!
Looking forward to see it as it ages…..AGE?..Yes, like the wine you like to savor as it ages to release its magnificence.
God bless and more power to both of you!
Doc Pete
Thank you Doc Pete!
I came upon this only now. Pond? It looks like a small lake to me. That’s exciting. I hope the October rains filled it up. It would be nice to plant assorted trees around it. Putat likes to grow near the water- there are pink and white putats. It would be nice to have an Illegera vine somewhere, larval host of the glasswing butterfly. It loves damp ground near the water source.
HI TeLyd! Hehe, I looked up the difference between a pond and a lake. If the sun can penetrate to the bottom, it’s a pond. I planted one putat nearby. Would be nice to have glasswing butterfly too! We need more rain!