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Sam Hopkins wrote: If you build a small bog for your pond it's not going to stink.Walk by some cattails and see if it stinks. It most likely won't. Yank out a few cattails and you'll see that it'll start to stink though. I built a large wetland/bog area (1.5 acres). It doesn't stink unless I'm down in it pulling stuff up for research purposes. Sam Sam, Do you have a high water table on your bog land or did you have to close it in somehow to retain the water. I was thinking on excavating my bog to 18"D and filling most of the area with 3/8" stone so that I would have it easier to pull thin out the area of unwanted plants. Perhapps I should go a little deeper. Rich Holub |
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Sam Hopkins wrote: If you build a small bog for your pond it's not going to stink.Walk by some cattails and see if it stinks. It most likely won't. Yank out a few cattails and you'll see that it'll start to stink though. I built a large wetland/bog area (1.5 acres). It doesn't stink unless I'm down in it pulling stuff up for research purposes. Sam Sam, Do you have a high water table on your bog land or did you have to close it in somehow to retain the water. I was thinking on excavating my bog to 18"D and filling most of the area with 3/8" stone so that I would have it easier to pull thin out the area of unwanted plants. Perhapps I should go a little deeper. Rich Holub |
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Richard Holub wrote: I am planning on setting up a bog garden this summer and have a question in ref. to liners. After doing some reading I noticed that some people recommend digging the whole and lining it up with a cheap liner, then making holes in the bottom for slow drainage. I plan on eventually building a pond for fish alongside the bog garden. The bog garden I plan to use as a filter. Size of bog ~10'W x 20'L x 18"D Thank you in advance for any assistance. Richard dont poke holes I have an 25x30x12 bog in the summer i pump water through it no piping like you described, just dump it in at the far end then it flows back through the plants to the Koi pond. during the winter all pumps are shut off and it just sits there and freezes comes back every spring and does not putryfy John Rutz see my pond at http://www.fuerjefe.com |
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Richard Holub wrote: I am planning on setting up a bog garden this summer and have a question in ref. to liners. After doing some reading I noticed that some people recommend digging the whole and lining it up with a cheap liner, then making holes in the bottom for slow drainage. I plan on eventually building a pond for fish alongside the bog garden. The bog garden I plan to use as a filter. Size of bog ~10'W x 20'L x 18"D Thank you in advance for any assistance. Richard dont poke holes I have an 25x30x12 bog in the summer i pump water through it no piping like you described, just dump it in at the far end then it flows back through the plants to the Koi pond. during the winter all pumps are shut off and it just sits there and freezes comes back every spring and does not putryfy John Rutz see my pond at http://www.fuerjefe.com |
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I have outflow from a pond I built directed towards the bog land. The water
hits the bog, spreads out and then refunnels at the other side and continues on to the community creek. "Richard Holub" wrote in message hlink.net... Sam Hopkins wrote: If you build a small bog for your pond it's not going to stink.Walk by some cattails and see if it stinks. It most likely won't. Yank out a few cattails and you'll see that it'll start to stink though. I built a large wetland/bog area (1.5 acres). It doesn't stink unless I'm down in it pulling stuff up for research purposes. Sam Sam, Do you have a high water table on your bog land or did you have to close it in somehow to retain the water. I was thinking on excavating my bog to 18"D and filling most of the area with 3/8" stone so that I would have it easier to pull thin out the area of unwanted plants. Perhapps I should go a little deeper. Rich Holub |
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I have outflow from a pond I built directed towards the bog land. The water
hits the bog, spreads out and then refunnels at the other side and continues on to the community creek. "Richard Holub" wrote in message hlink.net... Sam Hopkins wrote: If you build a small bog for your pond it's not going to stink.Walk by some cattails and see if it stinks. It most likely won't. Yank out a few cattails and you'll see that it'll start to stink though. I built a large wetland/bog area (1.5 acres). It doesn't stink unless I'm down in it pulling stuff up for research purposes. Sam Sam, Do you have a high water table on your bog land or did you have to close it in somehow to retain the water. I was thinking on excavating my bog to 18"D and filling most of the area with 3/8" stone so that I would have it easier to pull thin out the area of unwanted plants. Perhapps I should go a little deeper. Rich Holub |
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John,
How about your plants? Do they freeze over? What zone are you at? What type of plants do you have? Rich Holub john wrote: Richard Holub wrote: I am planning on setting up a bog garden this summer and have a question in ref. to liners. After doing some reading I noticed that some people recommend digging the whole and lining it up with a cheap liner, then making holes in the bottom for slow drainage. I plan on eventually building a pond for fish alongside the bog garden. The bog garden I plan to use as a filter. Size of bog ~10'W x 20'L x 18"D Thank you in advance for any assistance. Richard dont poke holes I have an 25x30x12 bog in the summer i pump water through it no piping like you described, just dump it in at the far end then it flows back through the plants to the Koi pond. during the winter all pumps are shut off and it just sits there and freezes comes back every spring and does not putryfy John Rutz see my pond at http://www.fuerjefe.com |
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Richard Holub wrote: John, How about your plants? Do they freeze over? What zone are you at? What type of plants do you have? Rich Holub yes they freeze, i'm in usda zone 5 I have rush, water celery, cattails, Iris and louisiana iris, arowhead, and a few i dont know what they are. point is to get plants that are natural in your zone John Rutz see my pond at http://www.fuerjefe.com |
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Richard Holub wrote: John, How about your plants? Do they freeze over? What zone are you at? What type of plants do you have? Rich Holub yes they freeze, i'm in usda zone 5 I have rush, water celery, cattails, Iris and louisiana iris, arowhead, and a few i dont know what they are. point is to get plants that are natural in your zone John Rutz see my pond at http://www.fuerjefe.com |
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