Habitats and Water Features

Habitats and water features are multi purpose. Increasing the bio diversity of a property is vital to the health of the local environment. Beneficial insects, snakes, birds all add up to a healthier place to live.

The habitats are planted with mostly natives such as sword fern, ocean spray, vine maple, snow berry, violets, and more. The pools are home to small gambusia fish and frogs. The deeper back yard pool even supports leeches.

Both locations are a wonderful aesthetic enhancement to the property, even the chunks of driveway look nice, many of those chunks covered in moss. Both water features have foot high waterfalls by way of pipes from the rain water storage tanks. There are no pumps, no recirculating of the water. One pool is up to 30 inches deep, the other over a foot at its deepest. Both contain about 300 gallons.

They are a great aesthetic touch. The front pool well known in the neighborhood for the spring frog concerts.

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Future pool and habitat. Yet to be sheet mulched. November, 2000.

Same view to the left, 2010.

First water flows. May, 2002

Same view as to the left. 2010

Raised bed. Some natives planted. 2001

Excavation and pond liner. April, 2002.

June, 2003. Lots of growth.

View of the water fall, June 2003.

Excavation of the front pool. May, 2002.

Driveway removed. Much gravel where it was. Block terracing.

Front deck to street. Same view as excavation above. 2003

Same view as sheet mulch 2 nd foto above. May, 2003.

Front yard water feature and waterfall. 2003

Pool and view to front deck. 2003

Front water feature May 2011.

Front pool and habitat. May 2005.

Close up of back pool. May 2005. Compare to June 2003 above.

Back water feature at left. May 2005.

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