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This is a photo of the house taken in 1993. note the flat front lawn.
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Digging the hole for the pond. This photo was taken in November 2003.
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The hole for the pond.
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Construction of the garden. This photo was taken in May 2004.
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Building the front pond.
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Planning the pathway.
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Looking at the course of the new pathway.
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Starting to build the pathway, using landscape fabric.
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Filling in the path with sand, and adding soil to the beds.
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Filling in the sand and soil around the entire path.
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Doing the same at the bottom end of the garden.
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As soon as the soil was in place the plants were put in and the next bit of the path and garden were then worked on.
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This photo was taken in June 2004.
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The young plants took very easily and grew quickly.
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The plants started to fill in and the colours exploded.
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This photo was taken in July 2004. No fertilisers or chemicals were used at all on this garden.
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July 2004.
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July 2004.
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From inside the house it looked good too! Photo taken August 2004, four months after starting to make the garden!
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This photo was taken in August 2004. It is hard to believe that there was no garden here four months earlier, and no plants even three months ago !
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The Pond itself was five feet deep and crystal clear ( when we started ) the sunlight made it turn green occasionally.
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Water Lilies in flower on the pond.
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Jacob's Ladder ( in the foreground ) Water Lilies on the pond.
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Rhubarb and Sweet Allysum at the water's edge.
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The Garden in Flower.
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Here are some of the Koi that are in the pond.
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Koi, Goldfish, and Shubunkins are the inhabitants.
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Another photo of the fish.
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September 2004.
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September 2004.
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The Garden from the road, September 2004.
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A Paeony in the garden.
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Close-up of water Lilly in the pond.
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Nasturtiums overhanging the pond.
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A light dusting of Snow at Halloween.
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The first Snow arrived at the end of October
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