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"Andrew Burgess" wrote in message
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I'm enlarging my pond, going from about 6' x 6' x 3' to
something like 10' x 15'. I thought I go 5' deep this time
but now I'm wondering if 7 or 8 feet is "too deep". Does anyone
have a pond this deep or deeper and do you regret it? Digging
will be more of a chore but you only have to do it once :-)


5' is probably deep enough, probably too deep for me. Neither 5' nor 8' is
too deep for the fish. It's a maintenance thing.

My philospohy is to pick a length and width that fits the
garden asthetically and then make it as deep as possible.

Thanks for any input.

Surface area is much more important than depth.

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- Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary

Put it this way, if a Chinaman pops his head out of the whole, you've
probably gone too deep.

Just had to get that in.

On Thu, 27 May 2004 14:00:58 +0000 (UTC), Andrew Burgess
wrote:

I'm enlarging my pond, going from about 6' x 6' x 3' to
something like 10' x 15'. I thought I go 5' deep this time
but now I'm wondering if 7 or 8 feet is "too deep". Does anyone
have a pond this deep or deeper and do you regret it? Digging
will be more of a chore but you only have to do it once :-)

My philospohy is to pick a length and width that fits the
garden asthetically and then make it as deep as possible.

Thanks for any input.

Andrew Burgess wrote in message ...
I'm enlarging my pond, going from about 6' x 6' x 3' to
something like 10' x 15'. I thought I go 5' deep this time
but now I'm wondering if 7 or 8 feet is "too deep". Does anyone
have a pond this deep or deeper and do you regret it? Digging
will be more of a chore but you only have to do it once :-)

My philospohy is to pick a length and width that fits the
garden asthetically and then make it as deep as possible.

Thanks for any input.

My pond is 5 1/2' deep at the deepest point . Seeing as I am only 5'
8", It is a problem until the water warms up as my waders only go up
to my armpit. So I would recommend you take that into consideration.

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You called BV?

I am convinced that I can drown in 6 inches of water!
Long story that is not worth discussing in this forum.
But worth mentioning is that my shrink said I'm getting better by the day!

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"Benign Vanilla" wrote in message
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wrote in message
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5 - 6 feet. any deeper and cleaning is a pain. altho good for far
northern areas.
snip

Clearly though...the though of JMK falling into a 7 foot deep pond is more
fund then a 2 foot deep pond.

BV.

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One of the folks here in this newsgroup has a 5' deep pond in Southern
California.

I suspect that if he was to do it over, he will stay between 36-48"

For Southern Cali, I think that's mighty deep!

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like an eggs-and-ham breakfast:
The chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'."

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"Andrew Burgess" wrote in message
...
I'm enlarging my pond, going from about 6' x 6' x 3' to
something like 10' x 15'. I thought I go 5' deep this time
but now I'm wondering if 7 or 8 feet is "too deep". Does anyone
have a pond this deep or deeper and do you regret it? Digging
will be more of a chore but you only have to do it once :-)

My philospohy is to pick a length and width that fits the
garden asthetically and then make it as deep as possible.

Thanks for any input.

When the plants can't grow. Four feet is good enough.
And yes young kids are a concern.




"Just Me "Koi"" wrote in message
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You called BV?

I am convinced that I can drown in 6 inches of water!
Long story that is not worth discussing in this forum.
But worth mentioning is that my shrink said I'm getting better by the day!

--
_______________________________________
"The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is
like an eggs-and-ham breakfast:
The chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'."

http://community.webshots.com/user/godwino

"Benign Vanilla" wrote in message
...

wrote in message
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5 - 6 feet. any deeper and cleaning is a pain. altho good for far
northern areas.
snip

Clearly though...the though of JMK falling into a 7 foot deep pond is
more
fund then a 2 foot deep pond.

BV.

"Rich" wrote in message
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When the plants can't grow. Four feet is good enough.
And yes young kids are a concern.
snip

That is a good point. Although we have the ankle biters to stay away from
the pond, and we always keep an eye on them when they are in the yard, the
depth is an issue. My oldest could probably standing the deep part of my
pond, and the youngest would be OK if he stood on a pot. Soon he'll be tall
enough to stand on the bottom as well. What I am trying to say, is that with
my 42inch or so depth, if they did fall in, it would not necessarily be a
death sentence as it would be with 5 feet of water.

BV.

EROSPAM (Ka30P) wrote in message ...
I wouldn't have made mine as deep as I did.
And mine isn't all that deep!
But at 5'6" if I get in the water is up to my waist.
That doesn't make for easy maintenance.
Also, without any shelves (which with our rock upon rock soil it was going to
be really hard to do) it makes it hard to put in marginal plants. Each plant
has to set on a stack of builder's brick and that makes them vulnerable to wind
in our yard.

That said I've ended up with all goldfish who don't need the greater depth than
koi. I've become a wildlife/nature ponder which has different requirements than
koi ponding.
A lot of depth has to do with your goals for ponding. The OP poster probably
wants to keep koi?




kathy :-)
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You have a pretty good depth there though. You can still put in some
large lilies and you can use waders in the winter or even a kitchen
broom and dust pan plus it is probaly deep enough for protecting the
fish from birds and raccoons.