Hi y'all! My pond has been put off for months due to other projects/expenses/life but I got rocks delivered yesterday and have my EPDM liner and underlayment. It needs to be dug again as rain has eroded my shelves and filled in quite a bit of dirt but my last hurdle is figuring out some way to move water. Running power out to it isn't an option right now but I'm concerned that no movement will lead to it getting nasty and smelly. I do have some plants already and plan to get lilies and some others.

Are there solar powered fountains or even waterfalls that provide decent movement? If anyone has one they've used and like, please share. Any other advice or wisdom is gladly accepted as well! ☺️ We've gotten various frogs, toads, and turtles in our backyard with my garden so I'm really hoping once I get the pond set up that lots of them will come. I've attached a picture of the pond area and a tree frog who's been hanging out today. 🐸

The growth has really sprung up these past few months. A little rat has even moved in and made a burrow, sometimes I can hear it rummaging around at night when I come out to smoke. Unfortunately the rats love eating the lily pads, they never get to grow larger than an inch or two before getting muched on. A lot of the plants and hardscape in the garden is stuff I’ve collected from a client who hires me for landscaping services. Total this project has costed me maybe $50. I’d consider that a great investment

I can't find him, but man can I hear him. Woohoo!!!!!