After I put in my pond in what I thought was the most natural looking area I
read that you don't want your pond in a low spot (of course the spot that
looked natural to me was the low spot in the yard). I had one year when I
foolishly tried using sand to raise the sides and had the side of the pond
collapse on me after a heavy rain. I cleaned the sand out, put the liner
back in place and have not had a problem (knock on wood) since. I have a
large boundary around the pond that has perennials and rocks. Further out
is wood chips and more plants so this area really doesn't get any run off
from the lawn when it is fertilized (which isn't often in any case). I
really don't use chemicals much at all and I think this is the major concern
other than a flood of water getting under your liner. My soil is pretty
stable (heavy clay) and I used carpet under the liner. I'm happy with my
pond and I like the look of it being lower than the rest of the yard but I
believe that I had a lucky combination of events that allow for it to work.


"NW" wrote in message
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From an aesthetics point of view I have an ideal spot near the back of our
house that can be seen from our deck, patio and kitchen window. It's
about
15-20 feet out from the house. However, my yard slopes downward toward
the
house with the slope leveling out around the proposed pond location. The
yard slopes downward very slightly from the house toward this location.
In
other words, it's a subtle low spot, not a sizable indentation in the
yard.
It looks like a natural spot for a pond to be given this grading but I'm
concerned about possible negative impact of rain run off. I don't see
puddles in this spot so the draining seems good. Any thoughts?

Thanks.