My back yard part 1

[Ben Egbert]

I moved here to a brand new home in Spokane Wash. in 1990. Over the next 20 years I did all the landscaping you see here with a wheelbarrow, a shovel and a few hand held power tools. It was a fun project and I miss it a lot, although the upkeep was starting to become daunting toward the end.

Before the pond was in, here is the first wall.

After the lower wall was back filled.

The pond.

The stream feeding the pond.

 

[AlanLichty]

Nice work on the landscaping. How did those fish do in the wintertime?

Beautiful place.

 

[Ben Egbert]

This is from 2004, last I heard they were still alive, I left in 2011. The pond froze over, but with a pump in the bottom shooting a stream of water upwards, it kept one area open, and the fish just hung out at the bottom. It was 4 feet deep.

Here are a couple of the koi after a few years and also a better view of the stream

 

[JimFox]

Oh wow! What an awesome cool backyard. It sure looks like a lot of work, but man, that had to have been such a cool place to hang out.

 

[Ben Egbert]

My grandkids loved it, and we all still miss it. But all my kids lived closer to Utah.