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Old 29-11-2007, 04:49 AM posted to rec.gardens
Scott Hildenbrand Scott Hildenbrand is offline
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Phisherman wrote:
On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:30:26 -0500, Cheryl Isaak
wrote:

On 11/25/07 10:21 PM, in article ,
"Ann" wrote:

Scott Hildenbrand expounded:

Is there anything that you all had always wanted to do in your
yard/garden but have not done so far?
There are so many things....

A chicken coop

A small garden pond

Oh - I forgot the pond (completely impractical, but I want one)

C



I am very fortunate to have a pond. It happened by chance, actually.
When I moved here there was a low spot in the backyard with wild
roses, wild raspberries, and soggy soil. After removing the
vegetation I found seven springs that kept the ground wet. I built a
pond--no liner, no pumps. A PVC pipe was buried to catch the overflow
to a nearby stream. The pond is about 8,000 gallons and the water
runs during a drought. I use the water for watering the garden and to
breed goldfish.



That is a really nice find.. I don't have anything like that here.. Best
pond I can hope for is one via EPDM liner slapped into a hole.. Which..
Is on the list of things to do..

Already have two preformed "ponds" by the side entry, if you can call
them that.. It's hard to call anything less than 5-6k gallons a pond
IMO.. More like a water feature.

Hoping to do around 2k gallons or so with the liner. Who knows.