October is here already and I don't really know where the summer went.
Our friend Pam came out last month and helped us start the dock that we built for the boat Phil is sure to get very soon.
The project started with the removal of cattails. We used an environmentally safe product that degrades quickly but would kill the cattails down to their roots. We felt it was important to keep one end of the pond open and to work to control the cattail population. We made use of the removed cattails for our hillside project (another post soon, I promise).
Next, we used the poles that we rescued from our Michigan house. We did added a cross piece and got into the muck and started screwing them into the pond bottom. I wanted a 10 foot pier, so we got to get into the water and started screwing them into the clay bottom. Phil rescued me when I wasn't able to get it far enough to be stable. We then put more sand around these to stabilize further and make it less mucky when we walked on the bottom.
We used 4 x 4s for the lengths (supported with salvaged bricks to keep the 4x4 out of the sand and cut 2 x 6's to make the planks. We ran out of wood and went in search of more and found something that was blue instead of greenwood. Still don't know quite what the blue is, but it isn't coming in contact with the water on a regular basis.
It's a nice place to enjoy a sunset!
Our friend Pam came out last month and helped us start the dock that we built for the boat Phil is sure to get very soon.
The project started with the removal of cattails. We used an environmentally safe product that degrades quickly but would kill the cattails down to their roots. We felt it was important to keep one end of the pond open and to work to control the cattail population. We made use of the removed cattails for our hillside project (another post soon, I promise).
Next, we used the poles that we rescued from our Michigan house. We did added a cross piece and got into the muck and started screwing them into the pond bottom. I wanted a 10 foot pier, so we got to get into the water and started screwing them into the clay bottom. Phil rescued me when I wasn't able to get it far enough to be stable. We then put more sand around these to stabilize further and make it less mucky when we walked on the bottom.
We used 4 x 4s for the lengths (supported with salvaged bricks to keep the 4x4 out of the sand and cut 2 x 6's to make the planks. We ran out of wood and went in search of more and found something that was blue instead of greenwood. Still don't know quite what the blue is, but it isn't coming in contact with the water on a regular basis.
It's a nice place to enjoy a sunset!
PS, Pam, Thanks!
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