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...is eight feet deep, sixteen wide, forty feet long, green and sludgy with leaves and algae. I just spent a little while sweeping it, which IS, as Eor says, a rather contemplative exercise, but really is exercise when it's got that many leaves at the bottom which need to be dragged up. He's decided we ought to try to get it back in working order for the moment, until we sell the condo, because if we can't sell the condo we might have to turn right around and resell the house. In which case the pool could be an asset, but in poor shape would certainly be a liability. I would love to just toss some catfish in it and call it a CEEment pond. However, he has transported "somewhere between six and a dozen" frogs out of it, and tossed in the chemicals to kill the algae. I hope they don't hop back over from the puddle he put them in - the "water feature" which no longer runs. (It's a silly water feature - it seems to be in the driest part of the property and does nothing for drainage.) And when we've settled the condo question we'll probably rip out the ceement pond and use that space for a veggie garden, because it's situated to get the best sun. (Cross your fingers for us - we had two viewings [ETA: Eor says it's viewings if it's a body and "showings" if it's a condo. ;)) of the condo today and another is scheduled for tomorrow.)
Actually, of course, if I wanted a pond I would not have it be that deep and steep-sided; the murkiness makes it a bit scary. There is a reason fences are required - kids and dogs die in neighbor's pools all the time.* Perhaps somewhere else we could find a good spot for a smaller pond for catfish, somewhere that might actually help drainage on the property.
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*Did I ever relate here the story of the dog in the pool which was told to me by a canine cop? It seems someone (perhaps he himself, but I'm not really sure) responded to a call about a barking dog, in the middle of a storm. The found the dog in a pool behind a house, unable to get out, it's lashing down rain, and the owners of the house were not home. So they jimmied the french doors open and let the dog inside. A few hours later they had a call from some people who'd found a strange dog inside their house when they got home.
Actually, of course, if I wanted a pond I would not have it be that deep and steep-sided; the murkiness makes it a bit scary. There is a reason fences are required - kids and dogs die in neighbor's pools all the time.* Perhaps somewhere else we could find a good spot for a smaller pond for catfish, somewhere that might actually help drainage on the property.
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*Did I ever relate here the story of the dog in the pool which was told to me by a canine cop? It seems someone (perhaps he himself, but I'm not really sure) responded to a call about a barking dog, in the middle of a storm. The found the dog in a pool behind a house, unable to get out, it's lashing down rain, and the owners of the house were not home. So they jimmied the french doors open and let the dog inside. A few hours later they had a call from some people who'd found a strange dog inside their house when they got home.