#jysgarden

I build a catio (outdoor cat enclosure) in June 2022. I made a twitter thread for full progress. (all pics in the twitter thread also have alt text) This just mirrors the highlights.

(mastodon backup) First post:

https://www.tumblr.com/standardquip/721156940052447232/5-april-2023-started-the-diy-jysgarden-pond?source=share

11 April 2023 I rebuilt the pipe manifold for the bog filter in #JysGarden #pond SIX TIMES today, and it's still not working properly.

I decided to install it anyway (at half working) because I had wasted $200 worth of parts and two days on this and I need it done... 😭

Hopefully this won't bite me later

Also: my pipe cutter broke A slow air leak in one of my inflatable pools holding pond water caused me to lose ~100 gallons overnight

This pond expansion has NOT been going well for me

18 April #JysGarden #pond liner came today. It was 500 lbs! Had to get help from 2 different people, but it's in, now.

Meanwhile, my #bogfilter was having issues and I had to do some emergency surgery. I won't get into it, but basically today was another not-great pond day lmao

It got stuck and I can't be bothered to try to make another post with all the alt text and everything 😩 20 May

I am #pond cursed. There was a leak I couldn't find for a year and a half, and instead of calling it quits like a normal person I spent 5k redoing the whole thing and making it bigger.

The bog part alone was like $500 and still ended up wrong, even though I remade it 4 times. I finally "finished" everything right before I left for FWA, but I noticed it losing water about 3 days before.

When I came home from FWA (thursday) my pond was half empty, pumps running dry, all my pond plants dead or dying.

I was pretty sure I knew where the leak was (where the liner from the bog connects to the pond liner) so I patched that up immediately after getting home and let it sit for 24 hours. Yesterday I started filling the pond again.

It lost like 2 inches overnight.

(5 April 2023) Started the #DIY #JysGarden #pond expansion 2 days ago. Hit the giant slate that runs under my property 2ft deep. This is as deep as the original pond, but was hoping I could get it deeper on this side. Oh well. Still moving forward. Pond will be double in size and have a #bog filter.