Very nice yard. And alot of back breaking work you have done. Sand is easier than Clay and I couldn't imagine digging a hole that deep in clay.

I have a question for those of you who have ponds near maples. I know the liners are thick but will the tree roots ever pierce the liner?

that is not sand soil..

this is ... note that it is devoid of all black stuff.. otherwise known as humas .... only hawaii has black sand .... DONT EVER COMPLAIN ABOUT YOUR SOIL ...
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man i wish i had loamy sand.... but i refuse to move again.. lol ....

otherwise.. great pix.. great pond.. great posting ... thanks ..

ken

What a pretty, pretty pond.

I like the subtle placement - cozied up to the deck - and the hidden edges. There's a little mystery here - where does this begin?

Love the elephant ears and, of course, the hostas.

Wow - a piece of the tropics in ZONE 5!?!

very cool

Great job, I've posted about my personal taste which is natural, as if God put it there.

You, in fact, have done what I try to do.

To late to offer this advice but others can know that putting Spin-Out cloth or some from of copper in the hole will go a long way to keep roots out of the pool hole in the future.

BTW, I didn't do what I am advising because I didn't know at the time.

Great pond and fishes! I notice in the before pics,that the large blue hosta wasn't affected by the maples roots? What is that plant? Blue Angel,perhaps? Phil

The blue hosta is blue angel!! great guess!!

Beautiful! All your hard work paid off, what a beautiful yard.

Talking about ROOTS!
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No this isn't my yard, but I took this picture along the Illinois river. These trees have been exposed to continuous rising and falling water levels. Eerie looking, isn't it?

Janet

The first thing that struck me was the Blue Angel seemed to be doing great despite the roots.

The second was it turned out to be a beautiful scene.

Beautiful pond, but I'm on the side of the Maple and its roots. I love trees more than hostas (blasphemy!) and ponds.

That's my problem Patann. I love my trees. Well, we have a love-hate relationship anyway. The Maples are huge and beautiful. My yard would be far less enjoyable without them... but I wish they weren't bullies.

I had a Black Thorn Locust (at least I think that's what it was called?) at my last house. It was gorgeous, smelled great, and didn't have invasive roots, but man did that thing send off the fastest growing babies ever! In fact, we pulled one up and planted it in my sister's yard about 6 years ago. It's at least 20' tall now! Those things would be EVERYWHERE and huge before you'd know it. Not to mention it had EVIL thorns and didn't provide much real shade.

Everything has a bad side. I'll take problem trees over no trees anyday!

Someone remind me that I said that later when I'm standing in the yard yelling hateful things at the trees that keep murdering any blue hosta I think about putting in the ground.

That's absolutely gorgeous! How long did it take to do that (making the pond and planting around it).

Deanna