Lake Pannell?
Posted in Personal Stuff by John E. Pannell on May 9th, 2007 at 1:33 am 
As was briefly mentioned on Cloth Talk #27, I had been busy for a week or so putting a small pond in my back yard. It wouldn’t be so bad, if it wasn’t for all the Carolina “red clay” I had to dig up.
I deliberately kept the pond small, due both to space constraints and the amount of red clay I’d have to move. For me the hardest part was the laying of all the stone and edgers: I’m not too good at keeping things level.
A lot of the plants were divided and transplanted from other parts of my yard, so they are still shocked a bit. This helped to make room for a deck I will be building soon. There’s a few aquatic plants in the pond, but I have no intentions of adding any fish.
Here’s a photo of the project in its early stage, just to give you an idea of where I started. Note the nice wonderful topsoil we have in this part of the world. It’s not all that good for growing much more than tobacco.
It’s nice to go into the yard in the evening and just listen to the running water. It kind of reminds me of a couple of nights I spent camping near a stream at Camp Raven Knob. It’s very relaxing. All the solar powered landscaping lights add a nice touch, too.
[...] A while back, John Pannell featured a post on his blog about a water feature he added to his yard. In the spirit of friendly competition, I thought I’d share a picture of my water feature . [...]
[...] A while back, John Pannell featured a post on his blog about a water feature he added to his yard. In the spirit of friendly competition, I thought I’d share a picture of my water feature . [...]
[...] Long time readers of this blog might remember back to last Spring when I built this small pond, here surrounded by snow and frozen over. [...]