"Chester Deja" wrote:


I try NOT to let rain overflow into your pond. The primary problem as I see
it, is runoff that contains pesticides, herbicides and who knows what else.
There are enough uncertainties in ponding.


I totally agree and I was not going to. Where the bog is concerned-
into the design I plan on making the rain water go through much
vegitation before it gets into the pond. The bog is the first of 3
vegetation filters I will have.

I also do not use pesticides around the pond and also have designed
the pond with underground drainage trenches that sucessfully drains
the water away from the pond. Under the walkways are drainage
trenches and also at the top of the pond is a drainage trench that
funnels the water away from the pond into the drainage trenches. The
beach is actually part of the drainage trench too. The rest will be
flowed into the bog area and that is what I have yet to do.

So far the only water that makes it into the pond is rain.

Rick

Oops, sorry. I had somehow gotten the impression that runoff would enter the
bog and from there the pond.



San Diego Joe
4,000 - 5,000 Gallons.
Goldfish, a RES named Colombo and an Oscar.



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