Keith, it will come in time, do a little at a time as finances and time allows, do as much work as you can yourself. My hubby and I did a lot of work on ours by ourselves. We stocked it a little and later again. We did the landscaping ourselves, worked on the grass quite a few times especially around the inner edge of the pond. I had to hire someone to do the dock--we're no carpenters. We put the windmill together ourselves to save. I bought my birdhouses and duck houses on one of my trips to Louisiana (made of Cypress) and cheaper than anywhere to be found. I'm always picking up junk at auctions for the Pond--old fishing poles, pails, motors for our little boat--things that will make the shed I painted the same as the house to store the goodies in. I see you're in my home state, you'll have to watch for those alligators!
