BUILDING A DIY BACKYARD GARDEN POND

BUILDING A DIY BACKYARD GARDEN POND - UNDER $400

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Ай бұрын

Hello! Today we are showing you the entire build of our new DIY Backyard garden pond! We want to put in a really large pond eventually, but this was a great gateway into getting some water onto our property and having some area for wildlife to cool down. We will list ALL of the items used for the pond below, and also a list of all of the plants
*POND (from Lowes)
go.magik.ly/ml/23gw4/
*PUMP - This is NOT the exact pump we used, I cannot find that one online unfortunately but this one is pretty similar
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Plants:
*Dianthus - We got ours on clearance $1 per pot
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*Day Lily
go.magik.ly/ml/23gw5/
Lupine
go.magik.ly/ml/23gw8/
Kousa Dogwood - Bought at local nursery
www.fast-growing-trees.com/pr...
Corkscrew - Curly Willow
www.fast-growing-trees.com/pr...
Creeping Jenny
go.magik.ly/ml/23gw9/
Creeping Thyme
go.magik.ly/ml/23gw9/
Evening Primrose - Bought at local nursery
Delphinium - Bought at a local nursery
Elephant Ear Plant - Bought a cutting online
www.tulipworld.com/Spring-Pla...
Water Lettuce (floating pond plant) - Bought from our local nursery
Water Hyacinth (floating pond plant) - Bought from our local nursery
Iris - We dug up from our yard (existing)
Sedum - We got ours on clearance 75% off
go.magik.ly/ml/23gw9/
Carpet Bugleweed - Bought at local nursery
Strawberries - Foraged from our yard

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@Mellovesdeep25 Ай бұрын

My girlfriend and I like to fantasize that we move to WA and buy a cute little gnome home and you and your family are our neighbors and we share garden food and invite each other over for dinner monthly. Yes it’s weird to admit this to you, but sometimes it’s the little things that keep you going lol

@RawBeautyKristi 29 күн бұрын

Omg lol this is so adorable please let this happpennnnnnnn

@jannafolsom1069 27 күн бұрын

I'm still waiting for them to buy a camper and travel thru Oklahoma. I'd never move to W state. I love my little spot here. ❤

@emmagross7669 29 күн бұрын

Dream house. Dream land. Dream relationship. Yall are just the dream. 😭❤️

@SamanthaGBeauty 29 күн бұрын

This was definitely a much needed 18 minute break from the CONSTANT nausea and discomfort I am suffering from during the early weeks of my pregnancy. So thank you Kristi for the little moment of peace and serenity!

@sweetlifeofzackkristi9574 29 күн бұрын

Congratulations!! 🙏🏻 hopefully your nausea will fade as the weeks go on!💚💚

@HighLadyoftheSpiteCourt 28 күн бұрын

I had hyperemesis with my first pregnancy, and going to an indoor pool while the elderly people are water walking and just floating, it took the nausea and hip pain away while I was in the water. Only while in, but still, that couple of hours was bliss. Just a thought. Congratulations!!!!!

@JenJac69 Ай бұрын

Your property is a story book come to life! I love how you constantly incorporate its natural beauty. So dreamy.

@rebeccaconnor8253 28 күн бұрын

Looks absolutely lovely! Dad's a horticulturist and wants me to pass on that lupins are highly poisonous to cats and dogs so just to be careful with the fur babies around it ❤️

@cindysmith4181 29 күн бұрын

Sweet! You built a bath for the bear!!! Lol!! It's beautiful!

@sweetlifeofzackkristi9574 29 күн бұрын

🐻 🚿

@ElizabethsManyAdventures 4 күн бұрын

The corkscrew willow will love living near a pond. They absolutely love water!!

@toniaroane17 28 күн бұрын

DID ZAK CUT HIS GORGEOUS MANE?!?!?! You guys are certainly living the dream, and inspiring others to go for their own dreams.

@ElizabethsManyAdventures 4 күн бұрын

If you didn't already, a solar light at the edge of the pond would be super cute in the evenings. ❤

@jodiclements6123 29 күн бұрын

“Is it too big to blow?” Thats what she said! I couldn’t help it RBK!! Your pond looks amazing. Such a beautiful property. You both are doing an amazing job ❤

@triciag7040 Ай бұрын

I'd have totally used that rock with the leaf fossil as a decorative accent in my house. So cool!

@la1930 Ай бұрын

Same!

@sweetlifeofzackkristi9574 29 күн бұрын

We have a few more that we use for that in our house. They are everywhere on our property!!

@la1930 29 күн бұрын

@@sweetlifeofzackkristi9574 love it! I have a small rock fossil found when my babies were babies (now 23&25) and I always keep it kitchen window sill 👍🔎💕

@dailybread7687 20 күн бұрын

The pond is absolutely beautiful! Everyone needs a 🐸 hotel!! My hubby & I watch you guys even though we’re sometimes late 🌹🪻🌸🌺🌷🌻🌼🪷🐿️🐻

@stars_for_night_lights 29 күн бұрын

My puppy Willow watched the whole video. She barked at the dogs too! 😂 🤎🐶

@sweetlifeofzackkristi9574 29 күн бұрын

Cute!

@lydiahope135 28 күн бұрын

I’d love to see you do a video kind of in the vane of those speed clean home videos where you tidy up your property (pick up planting containers and put them away, sweep your porch and walkways, wrap up the hose, etc) basically just a full outdoor reset! I find those cleaning videos so satisfying and I haven’t seen one of an outdoor property like yours before ◡̈ (not at all meant to be shady toward the cleanliness of your property, just a video idea!)

@sweetlifeofzackkristi9574 28 күн бұрын

Thanks for the idea! Also we definitely don’t keep it nearly as clean as we’d like to 😂 so no offense taken!

@jannafolsom1069 27 күн бұрын

LMAO! As soon as I started hearing the nasal blows, I knew Kristi had snorted a gnat! 😂😂 I swear. It happens to me at least once a week.

@gina_333 29 күн бұрын

Look so beautiful. That property was meant for you and your family.

@leahannehaworth8634 29 күн бұрын

I love your pond. I’ve always wanted one. One of my neighbours used to have one when I was a little girl and I used to play in her garden. She grew strawberries too. I’ve always wanted a garden like that. I’ve never known where to start, thanks for showing me ❤

@shannellemcmillan8465 25 күн бұрын

Lupins are the most beautiful wild flower ever. We went to Iceland and saw them growing in the wild in droves. Absolutely stunning. 🤩 thanks for the videos. I love seeing the transformations ❤

@amberh4109 17 күн бұрын

My husband says "THANKS guys!" now I want a pond... LOL

@artbyemmakate5446 29 күн бұрын

Giving those spiders the good ol HAWK TOUA 😅

@sweetlifeofzackkristi9574 29 күн бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@flamingoliz 28 күн бұрын

I grew up in rural Washington outside of Enumclaw on acreage that was mountain/forest, and I love your videos because your land looks very much like our land that we had. Your pond turned out really lovely, that's so much hard work. We had super rocky soil and strawberries too! Your little boy is so fortunate to grow up in such beautiful nature. ❤

@kayrabey1344 29 күн бұрын

Love the leaf fossil.

@shainaannx17 22 күн бұрын

On a Monday, this just made my day so much better. ❤️ Thanks for the zen video. 😊 It looks super cute!!

@Mellovesdeep25 Ай бұрын

I love the mix of plants, herbs, strawberries, ugh it’s so cute. Great job guys. The water pump sound is just heavenly

@Moonchild14928 Ай бұрын

I’m heading to Home Depot to get my pond…..😂😂😂

@sweetlifeofzackkristi9574 29 күн бұрын

That’s the spirit!! 💚💚

@kristenvrrrg 29 күн бұрын

The whole video I'm just amazed your white shirt is not even a lil dirty. 😂 I could neverrrrr

@conantf 19 күн бұрын

I have an old pond I need to clean out and start a fresh. I'm dreading it! So many dead things in it. We had fish at one point. There used to be so many frogs too. I miss them! My kids caught tadpoles. so fun.

@dreamingmusicgal 29 күн бұрын

Kristi, FYI if you are going to put goldfish in it for mosquito's then I wouldn't put a pump in it. The fish won't really eat the eggs as much than if it was still. Goldfish doesn't need a pump to breathe and they can live in the pond year round and be ok. Then will go to the bottom and go dormant in the winter. I learned all this when I had my pet store and people would come in and order boat loads of koi's and goldfish.

@karencurtis6141 Ай бұрын

I love the pond area 🤗 the sound of running water is high on my list of calming sounds……the selection of flowers are gorgeous. You have a lot of land and each year you transform some more, sometimes we rush to get it done 😳 why … everything you have created is magical. I could see my self under a sun brolly reading or listening to a book , thanks for sharing this . Take care xx x x

@ibelongincali 29 күн бұрын

How neat will it be for your little boy to watch these videos when he’s older? ❤️❤️

@SueK2001 29 күн бұрын

Oh my that just looks so pretty and if I had something like that in my yard I’d be sitting by it all the time. What a wonderful job you guys! ❤

@jonnamitschinski9481 29 күн бұрын

If you have the fountain run over some flat stones instead, you have an awesome bird bath, they love very shallow running water! ❤ Your pond is beautiful! My late dad put in one everywhere he lived, makes the place so magical!

@sweetlifeofzackkristi9574 29 күн бұрын

Thanks for the tip! I might try to lay some rocks to create a shallow section for the birds

@NorseButterfly 29 күн бұрын

I have an aunt in Kent and she has a little pond just off the back porch. She's tried adding goldfish but the raccoons come in and get them. A lot of the ground cover she has, she planted in thrifted ceramic teapots, cups, and other things like that.

@donnasloan894 24 күн бұрын

Well that is just the cutest damn thing 😊

@amycoffin1910 29 күн бұрын

This is exactly what I have been telling my kids I want to do in the next couple years! So excited to watch!! 😁 We've had a couple toads come to our garden recently, and I am dying for maybe a couple frogs now too.

@TranceDivine 29 күн бұрын

Such a beautiful set up you both..now I want to make something like that in my yard...your property is getting so cozy

@lorichandler7151 28 күн бұрын

Absolutely gorgeous 😍, y'all are the bomb 💣!!! I feel inspired,I've been wanting to do a pond here for the last 3 yrs😊

@Patti-1962 29 күн бұрын

What an amazing pond! You have such an eye for planting, Kristi. I think people would love an updated property tour, maybe a before and after?? I really do love this channel!

@heatherh9135 27 күн бұрын

I’ve been dying to do this!! My indoor fishtanks are really an excuse for more plants lol. I don’t know if the same goes for small outdoor ponds but that super cool piece of wood might release tannins in the water and turn it dark brown. I hope I’m wrong but if not driftwood is the way to go.

@Libsg_ 29 күн бұрын

You’ve inspired me 🫶🏼🍄

@kayrabey1344 29 күн бұрын

Beautiful landscape. Love the pond.

@lanoner 29 күн бұрын

We've been talking about adding one, too. I love you did this affordably.

@sweetlifeofzackkristi9574 29 күн бұрын

You can definitely do it cheaper or more depending on plants and the stones you used. Luckily we had the rocks and some of the plants already.

@Kb-gh2rk 29 күн бұрын

You guys have excellent vision when it comes to gardening. I’m on my gardening and outdoor journey right along side you. I could watch these videos all day. It’s like the second best thing to actually getting out there and working on stuff. ❤

@loreagonzales5417 29 күн бұрын

there's genuinely something so special and magical about this channel 💗 your property is a dream!

@LifeAsTeeInThisWeirdWorld 29 күн бұрын

That turned out so pretty, great job guys

@sweetlifeofzackkristi9574 29 күн бұрын

Thanks so much 😊

@mandys6323 23 күн бұрын

The pond looks amazing! Great job!

@clarespragg4911 Ай бұрын

My wee boy said when he grows up he wants to have a house like yours xx

@sweetlifeofzackkristi9574 29 күн бұрын

Oh my! How darling! 💚💚💚

@shandad9913 29 күн бұрын

Fk yea girl. I'm literally in love. Looks so natural. We did the natural look as well and we absolutely fkn love it. I swear we would be best friends lol

@aliciagaines4293 29 күн бұрын

We just closed up our 7,000 gallon pond. We had fish and turtles and frogs. We had two waterfalls and a bridge you crossed to go to a patio on the back side. It was beautiful! Enjoy

@looksbylex5202 Ай бұрын

Yay im never this early ❤❤ love the cozy vibe of the videos over on this channel !

@sweetlifeofzackkristi9574 29 күн бұрын

Yay! Thank you!💚💚💚

@tess5564 29 күн бұрын

This is on the dream list for sure.😊

@dreamingmusicgal 29 күн бұрын

Very beautiful pond and love all the different colors and shades of green in it.

@krlady4703 24 күн бұрын

Absolutely beautiful!! Great job you two!

@UpNorth3390 28 күн бұрын

Zack & Kristi it's beautiful! You guys did an amazing job with the rocks and plants around the pond. I love watching the progress your doing on the property. It would be so cool to see before and after pictures in years to come. ❤

@vampgaia 29 күн бұрын

It looks beautiful. I am getting ready to build my own pond. This video gave me some great landscaping ideas for around the pond.

@sweetlifeofzackkristi9574 29 күн бұрын

Awesome! Tag us on instagram we’d love to see it! 💚💚

@la1930 Ай бұрын

So so beautiful! I'm a jealous! haha Love from Ontario Canada

@LucretiaPearl 28 күн бұрын

Sooo pretty & such chill vibes!

@OneLoveCali 29 күн бұрын

Wow such a Beautiful pond .. y’all did an amazing job… absolutely breathtaking & looks like it was there all along …love it!!!!!

@ashleyh1129 20 күн бұрын

This make me want another project on my yard ❤❤❤

@callmeclaireee Ай бұрын

It’s sooo pretty. I need to work on my yard

@mandymckk 27 күн бұрын

I would love to have a pond but I just know the mosquitos would never leave me alone no matter what I did or put in to avoid them laying eggs! My parents have a fountain that they’re constantly running and treating and you can’t stand in the backyard for more than 2 minutes before getting eaten alive 😂

@DaoMyBuilding 29 күн бұрын

Hello, your videos are very good, I really like them, it inspires me, I really hope I can experience your life, please make more videos, I will always support you

@megboe333 Ай бұрын

The lupine looks so cool!

@kimikoifish7 29 күн бұрын

Love this video! I really want to add a water feature to my garden. It looks like hard work but do-able!

@sweetlifeofzackkristi9574 29 күн бұрын

Digging it out was the hardest part. It only took about 2 hours and that’s mostly because our ground is insanely rocky.

@RachieRach77 29 күн бұрын

Beautiful, hard work for you but relaxing to watch for us 😊❤

@brittanyt33f 28 күн бұрын

That pond turned out so well. Im obsessed! Great work and thanks for always taking us along. These videos are a much needed break from all other content. Love it! Perfect for your home oasis ❤

@emilycummins2493 29 күн бұрын

Explain to me how I’ve been thinking of a pond in my backyard non-stop for weeks and then see this? It’s a sign 🤷🏼‍♀️

@looksbylex5202 Ай бұрын

Turned out lovely ☺️

@jadewhitt9459 28 күн бұрын

Absolutely beautiful and the water sounds so nice and peaceful. Your property is just amazing and you've done such a good job! Love seeing these videos❤️

@JulieNick28 29 күн бұрын

Beautiful! Did Zack cut off his gorgeous hair?

@ashlee8057 Ай бұрын

wow super early for this one! excited to watch, i adore everything you guys create and do ❤️

@candy123258 29 күн бұрын

Looks awesome guys! Thanks for sharing! ❤

@louisesharpy 29 күн бұрын

Can I come and just sit there ? Ok. I’ll help clean and organize ? He cut his BEAUTIFUL HAIR !!

@eleanorlaurent2303 29 күн бұрын

Pretty 🩷

@meadowbird 29 күн бұрын

It’s a work of art!

@mayrrrad 29 күн бұрын

that looks so good!😮🫶🏽

@estefanyquiroz9277 Ай бұрын

Love it!

@ms_katia2267 29 күн бұрын

Love it great plants

@emlafortune800 29 күн бұрын

So magical 😢😍

@rissafarrar332 28 күн бұрын

I love it!!!

@amber4417 29 күн бұрын

stunning

@sweetlifeofzackkristi9574 29 күн бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@spacecowgirl4800 28 күн бұрын

Awwwwww can I pet that dog

@elizabethbusch2888 29 күн бұрын

LOVEEE 😩❤

@BreanneVera 28 күн бұрын

You did such a great job Kristi! My partner and I are wanting to build a pond on our yard as well! This was so fun to watch and so helpful for when we do our own. Where did you get your flagstones? I just turned our front lawn into a garden and have been searching for flagstone to make a pathway, but haven't quite found what im looking for. Yours look lovely!

@sweetlifeofzackkristi9574 27 күн бұрын

We got them from a local quarry but I haven’t seen them anywhere since. It’s been a while and I don’t remember the name of the stone

@laylab539 Ай бұрын

*the autism causing me to vibrate at the mention of a fossilized leaf* FFFFFFFUCK YEAHHHH

@sweetlifeofzackkristi9574 29 күн бұрын

🍂!!!

@kaytarracorrea25 29 күн бұрын

We have 2 acres of land one acre we can use for w.e but the other has a good chunk that is like a swamp at first I hated it then we heard the frogs we had ducks visit till our dog scared it off my oldest loves catching frogs and what not so we want to keep it not to mention the amount of wildlife we get and we want to help the native plants and animals I was just telling my husband we should make a fountain for outback for the birds and the bugs make like a little area that's shallow with rocks so they don't die 😂

@shelbysilvermanart 28 күн бұрын

Jealous of the rocks on your property 😂

@sweetlifeofzackkristi9574 27 күн бұрын

It’s a blessing and a curse! 😂

@eponine318 29 күн бұрын

All I can think is that some little frog is going to come across this and think he's died and gone to heaven.

@moni130508 29 күн бұрын

So Hobbity and gorgeous ❤❤

@helenhypnotic7625 29 күн бұрын

Do you have concerns with roots damaging your pond area from those bigger trees being so close?

@sweetlifeofzackkristi9574 29 күн бұрын

Not really, these trees won’t grow to a size where that will become an issue for 15-20 years.

@leonafaryna7617 29 күн бұрын

Love, luv, ⛲, wuv 💜💚💓🩵🩷

@marlenechavezvalencia1220 29 күн бұрын

❤❤❤

@evelynmartinez8751 29 күн бұрын

Can you please set up a wild life camera so we can see what animals stop by to get a drink.

@ashleyh1129 20 күн бұрын

❤

@WessZombeeeehs Ай бұрын

Do you have dog? When will you have dog? *says it in the say same way as the Elijah Woods wigs interview* lol

@sweetlifeofzackkristi9574 29 күн бұрын

When these dogs live on our property we’ll have a dog (two to be exact 😂)

@bruzerbites1318 29 күн бұрын

Praying that dang bear dont come and take a bath in it. There so cute when they do but I dont want him to destroy all your hard work!

@katied.6934 29 күн бұрын

Do you still have your dog, Benny? I miss his cute face

@itsonlyada 25 күн бұрын

Wouldn’t the piece with leaf imprint be broken concrete? Who knows what previous owners have done

@sweetlifeofzackkristi9574 25 күн бұрын

It isn’t concrete it’s 100% a fossil . Also we know the previous owners

@mymnkzonfyr 29 күн бұрын

Who’s here for the missing “that’s what she said” @ 6:50

@erri4433 29 күн бұрын

Lol! Opportunity missed, Kristi!!

@nataliegonzales1724 29 күн бұрын

🍐🧍‍♀️