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Pond Hole Dug!!! Yahoo!!!
Ok, so we finished the hole yesterday. Our deepest section is about 4-4.5
feet. That's where my bottom drain will go. It has sloping near vertical sides that end in a shelf near the bottom. The shelf goes around maybe 3/5 of the pond bottom. It's there mostly for safety/accessibility reasons, god forbid someone falls in. Then, we have an area around 1 foot deep that slopes away to he deep end. And another area that will be a pebble/rock beach that from 0 depth to about 3 feet and then falls off into the deep area. I hoped to have pictures up today, but the damn snow is keeping me inside. More to come on progression...that is...if there is interest...or am I just wasting bytes here? -- BenignVanilla tibetanbeefgarden.com x-no-archive: yes Remove MY SPLEEN to email me. |
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BV wrote More to come on progression...that is...if there is interest...or am
I just wasting bytes here? Heck no, I think we all feel that we have part interest in this pond ;-) k30a |
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Heck no too here BV. I feel that you are constructing our pond!
This is what I mean: You have been smart enough to ask all the questions we wished we had asked before doing our own ponds. You have tapped into our total collective! As such your pond will truly be the one pond that represents the opinion of the entire group. So.....you owe it to us to show us how our pond is progressing! I know that I will enjoy following it's development. Pictures, and more pictures! Instead of the verbal above, pictures will have been much better. Get a digital camera. If you don't have one, I will be happy to scan your pictures for you and then send them back to you along with a cd. Enjoy the back breaking,,,,,,,,I meant the pleasantry of pond digging -- _______________________________________ "Architecture is the ultimate erotic 'object'." Bernard Tschumi, "Architecture & Transgression" http://community.webshots.com/user/godwino "BenignVanilla" wrote in message ... Ok, so we finished the hole yesterday. Our deepest section is about 4-4.5 feet. That's where my bottom drain will go. It has sloping near vertical sides that end in a shelf near the bottom. The shelf goes around maybe 3/5 of the pond bottom. It's there mostly for safety/accessibility reasons, god forbid someone falls in. Then, we have an area around 1 foot deep that slopes away to he deep end. And another area that will be a pebble/rock beach that from 0 depth to about 3 feet and then falls off into the deep area. I hoped to have pictures up today, but the damn snow is keeping me inside. More to come on progression...that is...if there is interest...or am I just wasting bytes here? -- BenignVanilla tibetanbeefgarden.com x-no-archive: yes Remove MY SPLEEN to email me. |
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In , BenignVanilla wrote:
x-no-archive: yes Just an FYI: From http://groups.google.com/googlegroups/help.html#prevent quote 12. I do not want you to archive my article(s)! How can I prevent messages that I post from being archived on Google Groups? Google supports the 'X-No-archive: yes' header, and we will not archive any articles that contain this text either in the header or in the first line of the message body. unquote Example: http://smlnk.com/?9PZ686MO Also, if you request your articles to not be archived, the only people that won't be able to see your posts are, quite possibly, the people that would benefit the most: people using google groups to search for answers. HTH -- Osc@efnet use monospace font to email: AllenC@ ^ ^ ^ ^ |
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i'm interested.
mad -- Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man. Thomas Paine From: "BenignVanilla" Reply-To: "BenignVanilla" Newsgroups: rec.ponds Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 12:14:04 -0500 Subject: Pond Hole Dug!!! Yahoo!!! Ok, so we finished the hole yesterday. Our deepest section is about 4-4.5 feet. That's where my bottom drain will go. It has sloping near vertical sides that end in a shelf near the bottom. The shelf goes around maybe 3/5 of the pond bottom. It's there mostly for safety/accessibility reasons, god forbid someone falls in. Then, we have an area around 1 foot deep that slopes away to he deep end. And another area that will be a pebble/rock beach that from 0 depth to about 3 feet and then falls off into the deep area. I hoped to have pictures up today, but the damn snow is keeping me inside. More to come on progression...that is...if there is interest...or am I just wasting bytes here? -- BenignVanilla tibetanbeefgarden.com x-no-archive: yes Remove MY SPLEEN to email me. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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"K30a" wrote in message
... BV wrote More to come on progression...that is...if there is interest...or am I just wasting bytes here? Heck no, I think we all feel that we have part interest in this pond ;-) I guess I should be issuing shares soon eh? BV. |
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"Just Me "Koi"" wrote in message
... Heck no too here BV. I feel that you are constructing our pond! This is what I mean: You have been smart enough to ask all the questions we wished we had asked before doing our own ponds. You have tapped into our total collective! As such your pond will truly be the one pond that represents the opinion of the entire group. So.....you owe it to us to show us how our pond is progressing! I know that I will enjoy following it's development. Pictures, and more pictures! Instead of the verbal above, pictures will have been much better. Get a digital camera. If you don't have one, I will be happy to scan your pictures for you and then send them back to you along with a cd. I have a cam...and I intended to put some pics up yesterday...until the damn snow came back. *laugh* I promise to take some this week. I need to make a few tweaks to the hole, I want to add one more shelf, but other then that it's ready for placement of a trench for the bottom drain and skimmer plumbing. BV. |
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"AllenC" wrote in message
... In , BenignVanilla wrote: x-no-archive: yes Just an FYI: From http://groups.google.com/googlegroups/help.html#prevent quote 12. I do not want you to archive my article(s)! How can I prevent messages that I post from being archived on Google Groups? Google supports the 'X-No-archive: yes' header, and we will not archive any articles that contain this text either in the header or in the first line of the message body. unquote Example: http://smlnk.com/?9PZ686MO Also, if you request your articles to not be archived, the only people that won't be able to see your posts are, quite possibly, the people that would benefit the most: people using google groups to search for answers. I forgot I had that in my tag...it was put there for another reason. Thanks. BV. |
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On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 12:14:04 -0500, "BenignVanilla" wrote:
More to come on progression...that is...if there is interest...or am I just wasting bytes here? Heavens NO!!!! We want to know all about it. ) I do have a question where you mentioned 1 foot deep sloping to deep end. I hope this slope is hardly noticable because you will most likely at some time need to stand in this pond, whether it's plant maintenance or netting a fish, whatever. If the slope is too steep you will slip, even with the best water shoes on. I have a slope in the Lily pond bottom that over a 15 foot span it drops from 24" to 27". No slipping. ~ jan See my ponds and filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website -----------== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----= Over 100,000 Newsgroups - Unlimited Fast Downloads - 19 Servers =----- |
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"~ jan" wrote in message
... On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 12:14:04 -0500, "BenignVanilla" wrote: snip I do have a question where you mentioned 1 foot deep sloping to deep end. I hope this slope is hardly noticable because you will most likely at some time need to stand in this pond, whether it's plant maintenance or netting a fish, whatever. If the slope is too steep you will slip, even with the best water shoes on. I have a slope in the Lily pond bottom that over a 15 foot span it drops from 24" to 27". No slipping. ~ jan snip First off, thanks for the interest in my new found addiction. As for the slope, it needs work. In hindsight, the slope will look great, I think, but will be a devil to walk on. I plan to etch small shelves that should be barely noticeable, but will aid in access. I am doing the same with the pebble/rock beach area. Currently the pebble/rock beach area swoop down and around part of the pond. I plan to redig that and have small "stairs" or "shelves" that hopefully won't be noticeable, but will allow access, and allow me to pile up rocks, pebbles, etc. for my critter access ramp. BV. |
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Hey BV! We didn't discuss what you are explaining here! Since this is our
pond, and we may be buying shares, I do demand that my voting rights be respected! ;-) I vote against the beach/ramp access thing! I also vote against the radical slope you are proposing for OUR pond! All in favor say..........opposed..... Motion carries, re-dig the pond, and send everyone in this newsgroup (1) 28" Koi each! Make mine a black butterfly please! Of course you know I'm trying to be funny! Too much sun over the weekend, not to talk of all the mum I inhaled! -- _______________________________________ "Architecture is the ultimate erotic 'object'." Bernard Tschumi, "Architecture & Transgression" http://community.webshots.com/user/godwino "BenignVanilla" m wrote in message ... "~ jan" wrote in message ... On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 12:14:04 -0500, "BenignVanilla" wrote: snip I do have a question where you mentioned 1 foot deep sloping to deep end. I hope this slope is hardly noticable because you will most likely at some time need to stand in this pond, whether it's plant maintenance or netting a fish, whatever. If the slope is too steep you will slip, even with the best water shoes on. I have a slope in the Lily pond bottom that over a 15 foot span it drops from 24" to 27". No slipping. ~ jan snip First off, thanks for the interest in my new found addiction. As for the slope, it needs work. In hindsight, the slope will look great, I think, but will be a devil to walk on. I plan to etch small shelves that should be barely noticeable, but will aid in access. I am doing the same with the pebble/rock beach area. Currently the pebble/rock beach area swoop down and around part of the pond. I plan to redig that and have small "stairs" or "shelves" that hopefully won't be noticeable, but will allow access, and allow me to pile up rocks, pebbles, etc. for my critter access ramp. BV. |
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"Just Me "Koi"" wrote in message
... Hey BV! We didn't discuss what you are explaining here! Since this is our pond, and we may be buying shares, I do demand that my voting rights be respected! ;-) I vote against the beach/ramp access thing! I also vote against the radical slope you are proposing for OUR pond! All in favor say..........opposed..... Motion carries, re-dig the pond, and send everyone in this newsgroup (1) 28" Koi each! Make mine a black butterfly please! Of course you know I'm trying to be funny! Too much sun over the weekend, not to talk of all the mum I inhaled! I can't believe, I am going to have to print a prospectus every now. *laugh* You do raise a good point though. My current plan has a nice slope that goes right to the pond edge. I plan to put small shelves on it, so I can walk down it, and so I can put rock on it. I want to create a pebble beach that will be surrounded my english Ivy on the dry side. This backs to a line of pine trees. I figured all of that cover and easy pond access would attract lots of critters. Now, I have read, what I am building a racoon hunting ramp, or a cat fishing platform, or a heron landing strip. Is it a bad idea to have a pebble/rock beach? BV. |
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What you put on the ramp wont make a bit of difference to the
raccoon, kitty cat, or heron. They will gladly accept anything... hehehehe Nedra http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 "BenignVanilla" m wrote in message ... "Just Me "Koi"" wrote in message ... Hey BV! We didn't discuss what you are explaining here! Since this is our pond, and we may be buying shares, I do demand that my voting rights be respected! ;-) I vote against the beach/ramp access thing! I also vote against the radical slope you are proposing for OUR pond! All in favor say..........opposed..... Motion carries, re-dig the pond, and send everyone in this newsgroup (1) 28" Koi each! Make mine a black butterfly please! Of course you know I'm trying to be funny! Too much sun over the weekend, not to talk of all the mum I inhaled! I can't believe, I am going to have to print a prospectus every now. *laugh* You do raise a good point though. My current plan has a nice slope that goes right to the pond edge. I plan to put small shelves on it, so I can walk down it, and so I can put rock on it. I want to create a pebble beach that will be surrounded my english Ivy on the dry side. This backs to a line of pine trees. I figured all of that cover and easy pond access would attract lots of critters. Now, I have read, what I am building a racoon hunting ramp, or a cat fishing platform, or a heron landing strip. Is it a bad idea to have a pebble/rock beach? BV. |
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"Nedra" wrote in message
hlink.net... What you put on the ramp wont make a bit of difference to the raccoon, kitty cat, or heron. They will gladly accept anything... hehehehe I guess what I meant was...the ramp is intended to encourage other life like frogs, small birds, lizards, whatever...is it a bad idea to have it all? Does anyone have one and enjoy it? BV |
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Hey BV,
I have Frog Bog One in the big pond. (Frog Bog Two is its own pond.) It is a shallow area, about 3' by 5', that is part of the pond, so even fish can get up in it if they want. The bullfrogs, when they lived here, loved it. They would hang out and sun bath. I had lots of grasses around it so they would feel protected. Also put a few branches in there. Rather wild looking. The turtles also found it a handy area to bask in. With two large labradors I don't have any problem with predators (knock on wood!). A heron visited once and found the dogs too tedious to deal with. Raccoons don't even try. A kingfisher visits every winter but I don't mind him after his first year. His show is too interesting to ignore and I need population control. I think raccoons are the most destructive, overall, to the pond as they will mess with plants, knocking them over and pulling them out of their pots. But we have ways of discouraging the little masked mammals so it you come across one in your ponding adventures we can help. k30a |
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