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Woodinville Pond
When we purchased our second home in Woodinville, we had a vision of a larger pond. It was actually one of the criteria for the new home, that there be land that we could do more with gardening and landscaping, as Rob is an avid gardener. I support him in that effort, but am a bit dangerous when it comes to weeding. Rob describes my style as slash and burn. We started the pond installation on May 15, 2006 and the first phase of the pond and yard are now completed. Please click on the links below to see the work in progress and the completion of phase one. I have provided some music as a background while viewing the images. It is set into groupings and of course, there is the before and after pictures for a comparison of what everything started and finished as. What good would it do to have the completed project without seeing the final installation? The music may take some time to download, but turn up your speakers, sit back and enjoy the transformation of our yard. One of the questions that many people asked at our open house, was how much land we actually have here in Woodinville. We have .75 acres of land. We are the only house in the neighborhood that does not have trees around the house proper. Our land has many old growth evergreens, but just not surrounding the house. While that gives us much sun, with the new windows we are able to keep the house cool. But, when we put in the new furnace, we also added air conditioning. And, with the heat that we have add during the summer of 2006, we are very glad that we added the air conditioning! Some interesting facts about the pond:
One interesting point that we discovered as the ponds were nearing completion, is that the two ponds, upper and lower, have distinct personalities. The upper pond is more meditative while the lower pond is much more private and encircling as you sit by it. A kingfisher has already found us, but he has not visited the lower pond yet. We believe that this is due to the old growth trees that surround the back yard. The upper pond is out there and is easily visible by any bird of prey. But, no fish will go in it until next year. March 2007 We are starting the next phase of the yard, and for 2007 we have placed the an order to start the next building phase. We ordered a gazebo for the yard, which you can see below. This picture was taken the day after our open house. It took the better part of an afternoon to build, stain and seal the deck and only four hours to build the structure on site!
We ordered 25 groundcover roses which came in April. Even with Rob's surgery, he managed to plant them. They were much smaller than we expected, but they have been very happy and are growing faster than the weeds! We ordered 5 different colors and they are all doing different things in growing, but in a couple of years, they should fill the bank along the road nicely. The amazing thing is that the deer have not eaten them all. Give them time and I expect that they might start nibbling on them later! July 2007 The deck has been finished and the installation of the decking for the pagoda shown above starts on Sunday, 7/15. The pagoda will be installed on Tuesday, 7/17. We have planted two large stands of black bamboo in the yard, pictures will be provided soon. The electrician will be starting on Monday to put in the lights and heaters for the deck and pagoda. He will also be doing some additional work around the the yard. This year we have also had two half size dumpsters for additional yard waste from the winter storms and have cleared some additional land as well as cleared some more weeds out - again! They just will not stop growing. August 2007 The groundcover roses are doing well and we have had our annual summer party. Since the party Rob has completed some additional plantings and we have been enjoying our hew pagoda in the evenings when we come home from work.
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