2000

August

2

Built waterwheel

2000

August

19

Digging begins on bottom pond

2000

August

25

Installed bottom pond liner

2000

September

5

Top pond dug and liner installed. Built stream

2000

Ocotober

3

Built 6-foot arched bridge

2001

March

19

Installed pressurized filter

2001

March

21

Upgraded water wheel with 2x2 spokes

2001

April

4

Installed rails on the 6-foot arched bridge

2001

April

11

Installed windmill above top pond

2001

April

24

Destroyed stream to start construction of middle pond

2001

May

11

Destroyed bottom pond to rebuild it

2001

May

16

Bottom pond drain set in concrete

2001

May

23

Installed skimmer for bottom pond

2001

May

24

Installed new larger bottom pond liner

2001

June

14

Middle pond drain set in concrete

2001

June

21

Installed middle pond liner

2001

July

8

Stream drain set in concrete

2001

August

7

Completed new stream construction

2001

October

9

Put first fish in the ponds (goldfish)

2001

October

17

Put first three koi in the bottom pond

2001

November

1

Completed stream valve box

2001

November

17

Completed bottom pond deck

2001

November

27

Completed steps for arched bridge

2001

November

28

Completed rock steps near bottom pond and stream

2002

January

31

Completed gazebo

2002

February

17

Installed new gravity fed biofilter on bottom pond

2002

February

21

Removed windmill

2002

March

15

Top pond destroyed

2002

March

29

Installed new Sequence external pump

2002

March

29

Completed timber wall between top and bottom ponds

2002

April

13

Installed top pond drain

2002

April

18

Installed top pond liner

2002

May

21

Completed top pond filter

2002

May

21

Completed bottom vault drain pipe to protect external pump

2002

July

26

Completed top pond cave

2002

November

2

Completed deck between top and middle ponds

2003

May

1

Four tons of pea gravel spread near ponds

2004

April

24

Completed middle pond waterfall

2004

April

24

Completed top pond waterfall

2004

May

10

Installed new triple-barrel filter system

2005

May

Piano fountain

2005

May

Built and installed venture jet for bottom pond

2005

July

14

Rebuilt middle pond waterfall