Bev wrote:

Thank you everyone and Kathy...so nice to see another Canadian!!

Careful, there. K30's gone over to the Dark Side (she's in Washington).
I'm on the Eastern Shore in Nova Scotia. There's quite a few other
Canadian regulars here.

The large pond is actually lined with a pool liner. It was brand new in
the
box and I got it for very little as they had ordered the wrong size I
am hoping to get about 5 yrs out of it before I reline it with the proper
stuff. It will be quite costly to do.

Depends what you consider costly. HDPE isn't too bad. I'm thinking of
using it on my next pond. Check out NorthernGreenhouse.com - I haven't
tried their pond liners, yet, but our greenhouse survived Hurricane Juan,
so I know the product's good. Prices as low as CDN$0.25/sq.ft.

As far as knowledge...well I can only tell you the mistakes I made!! LOL
It has been on ongoing learning experience as I'm sure you are already
aware. Ponds never get finished, the continue to evolve.

See, you've only been on this newsgroup a day, and you're already in sync
with us. We look at it as an addiction - but none of us are ready to be
cured :-)
--
derek