The Pond

So, like I said in the first post, there will be updates on other things we're up to, as well as dog stuff. This week, we were really working hard on our pond. This is our second year doing the pond thing, but we redid alot of it this year. We dug it out deeper and totally changed the fountain feature.
I don't have any pics of last years setup, but here is what it looks like this year:

                                  Before we got the plants put in.  Thats Elliot gazing into the water.

                                              And after the plants.

Now we are working on clearing the water.  Its very cloudy and dirty looking.  Jeremy invented a filter for it, but it seems that its going to take a bit more than that.  We want to keep it as natural as possible, so we are going to add barley straw.  We can't get it around here at any stores, so I've got it on order.  From what I've read, it might take awhile for its benefits to kick in, but hopefully it'll do it.  Will keep updating as things progress.

Just so noone misses the dog aspect:

                                              Cello, Thunder, and Boris say HI

                                              The view out the door of our house.

                                               Aspen enjoying a loose run.