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Landscaping Around Ponds
I usually keep all my water based questions limited to rec.ponds. I thought
I would ask my around water based question here in alt.garden.pond.chat, but I was naughty too and cross posted to rec.ponds. Hope I don't get flamed to badly. Anyway... What kind of issues did you think about as you landscaped AROUND your pond? and in the area of the pond? I have seen a few in my area that are beautiful, but they're just plopped into the backyard environment. I am trying to take some time to make sure my pond follows the grade of the yard and the look of the yard so that it appears to be part of the yard, not dropped in. Any thoughts? -- BenignVanilla tibetanbeefgarden.com x-no-archive: yes Remove MY SPLEEN to email me. |
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Maybe people will flame you. It seems to me that cross-posting is not a
problem and is indeed healthy. Open and welcoming communities (open systems with some structure) get new input and keep order. Rigid, closed systems must use only internal resources...bad in the long run. If we are open to alt.garden.pond.chat, our system gets input from that source, or maybe becomes a workable, larger system including that site. Nutshell: Post away on garden.chat and bring us the fruit of your learning. Ponders of the world unite. Jim -- ______________________________________________ See our pond at: home.bellsouth.net\p\pwp-jameshurley Check out Jog-A-Thon fundraiser (clears $140+ per child) at: jogathon.net ______________________________________________ "BenignVanilla" wrote in message ... I usually keep all my water based questions limited to rec.ponds. I thought I would ask my around water based question here in alt.garden.pond.chat, but I was naughty too and cross posted to rec.ponds. Hope I don't get flamed to badly. Anyway... What kind of issues did you think about as you landscaped AROUND your pond? and in the area of the pond? I have seen a few in my area that are beautiful, but they're just plopped into the backyard environment. I am trying to take some time to make sure my pond follows the grade of the yard and the look of the yard so that it appears to be part of the yard, not dropped in. Any thoughts? -- BenignVanilla tibetanbeefgarden.com x-no-archive: yes Remove MY SPLEEN to email me. |
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In message , BenignVanilla
writes I usually keep all my water based questions limited to rec.ponds. I thought I would ask my around water based question here in alt.garden.pond.chat, but I was naughty too and cross posted to rec.ponds. Hope I don't get flamed to badly. Could you give me the full address for rec.ponds please? -- Steve Jackson |
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Some ways:
One way is use rock from your neighborhood around, near and in your pond. If you dont want to haul huge amounts of rock you could build artificial rock and match the color and texture. I've seen people go to home depot and purchase rocks from other areas that dont appear in their natural surrounding. To me this makes it look out of place. Imagine how out of place a pond in Pennsylvania would be if I build artificial rock colored and textured like rock from Arizona. It'd stand out like a sore thumb. Now if I made my artificial rock look like fractured sandstone commonly found in Pennsylvania it'd look natural. Dont have a single line of rocks around the parameter of your pond. You dont want to wind up with the look of a circle of rocks with water in the middle but rather a pile of rocks that happen to have collected around a water hole. Place rocks of the same type ALL OVER your back yard to tie in the pond to the general surroundings. When building water features you want 1/3 plants, 1/3 rocks, 1/3 water feature (i.e. waterfall). Too much of one will draw from the other and over power. Everyone likes waterfalls but having a waterfall start in the middle of your yard up on a pile of rock doesn't happen in nature. If you want it to look natural build your pond into a bank and have the water flow down the bank so it'll look like it started somewhere else and is merely flowing down into your pond. Using this method takes away the "starting from thin air" feeling that most waterfalls have. Sam "BenignVanilla" wrote in message ... I usually keep all my water based questions limited to rec.ponds. I thought I would ask my around water based question here in alt.garden.pond.chat, but I was naughty too and cross posted to rec.ponds. Hope I don't get flamed to badly. Anyway... What kind of issues did you think about as you landscaped AROUND your pond? and in the area of the pond? I have seen a few in my area that are beautiful, but they're just plopped into the backyard environment. I am trying to take some time to make sure my pond follows the grade of the yard and the look of the yard so that it appears to be part of the yard, not dropped in. Any thoughts? -- BenignVanilla tibetanbeefgarden.com x-no-archive: yes Remove MY SPLEEN to email me. |
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"Steve Jackson" wrote in message
... In message , BenignVanilla writes I usually keep all my water based questions limited to rec.ponds. I thought I would ask my around water based question here in alt.garden.pond.chat, but I was naughty too and cross posted to rec.ponds. Hope I don't get flamed to badly. Could you give me the full address for rec.ponds please? -- Steve Jackson news:rec.ponds |
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On Mon, 3 Feb 2003 15:50:09 -0500, "BenignVanilla" wrote:
I usually keep all my water based questions limited to rec.ponds. I thought I would ask my around water based question here in alt.garden.pond.chat, but I was naughty too and cross posted to rec.ponds. Hope I don't get flamed to badly. Who would flame you for that? Anyway... What kind of issues did you think about as you landscaped AROUND your pond? and in the area of the pond? To Self: I can't believe you were stupid enough to dig ANOTHER pond. I can't believe you're leveling every paving brick, one by one, perfectly. I can't believe you talk other people into doing this too, with such enthusiasm! You must be insane and need to be committed or something? Perhaps more fiber in the diet would help this problem? And that's what I thought about. ) ~ 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 |
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all right--show of hands needed he how many of us hear voices when we
garden/pond? mine is up and waving... LOL mad -- I can't remember if I'm the good twin or the evil one. From: "BenignVanilla" Reply-To: "BenignVanilla" Newsgroups: alt.garden.pond.chat,rec.ponds Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 09:31:11 -0500 Subject: Landscaping Around Ponds "~ jan" wrote in message ... snip To Self: I can't believe you were stupid enough to dig ANOTHER pond. I can't believe you're leveling every paving brick, one by one, perfectly. I can't believe you talk other people into doing this too, with such enthusiasm! You must be insane and need to be committed or something? Perhaps more fiber in the diet would help this problem? And that's what I thought about. ) ~ jan snip So I am not the only one that hears voices when they are working in the yard. Good to know. BV. -----= 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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Up high and just broke ground on a new pond 20 X 12 X 3 Ft deep to feed 2
streams into my 1/3 acre pond gotta move some Koi out of the1000 gallon pond in the greenhouse getting to big since they get fed year around in their heated abode! Bob mad wrote: all right--show of hands needed he how many of us hear voices when we garden/pond? mine is up and waving... LOL mad -- I can't remember if I'm the good twin or the evil one. From: "BenignVanilla" Reply-To: "BenignVanilla" Newsgroups: alt.garden.pond.chat,rec.ponds Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 09:31:11 -0500 Subject: Landscaping Around Ponds "~ jan" wrote in message ... snip To Self: I can't believe you were stupid enough to dig ANOTHER pond. I can't believe you're leveling every paving brick, one by one, perfectly. I can't believe you talk other people into doing this too, with such enthusiasm! You must be insane and need to be committed or something? Perhaps more fiber in the diet would help this problem? And that's what I thought about. ) ~ jan snip So I am not the only one that hears voices when they are working in the yard. Good to know. BV. -----= 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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I just simply talk to myself. How else am I going to get the
right answers? lol ;*) Nedra http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 wrote in message ... Up high and just broke ground on a new pond 20 X 12 X 3 Ft deep to feed 2 streams into my 1/3 acre pond gotta move some Koi out of the1000 gallon pond in the greenhouse getting to big since they get fed year around in their heated abode! Bob mad wrote: all right--show of hands needed he how many of us hear voices when we garden/pond? mine is up and waving... LOL mad -- I can't remember if I'm the good twin or the evil one. From: "BenignVanilla" Reply-To: "BenignVanilla" Newsgroups: alt.garden.pond.chat,rec.ponds Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 09:31:11 -0500 Subject: Landscaping Around Ponds "~ jan" wrote in message ... snip To Self: I can't believe you were stupid enough to dig ANOTHER pond. I can't believe you're leveling every paving brick, one by one, perfectly. I can't believe you talk other people into doing this too, with such enthusiasm! You must be insane and need to be committed or something? Perhaps more fiber in the diet would help this problem? And that's what I thought about. ) ~ jan snip So I am not the only one that hears voices when they are working in the yard. Good to know. BV. -----= 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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mad wrote: all right--show of hands needed he how many of us hear voices when we garden/pond? mine is up and waving... LOL mad I just wish they'd agree hate arguements It confuses me -- John Rutz I'm not Porg am not am not am so see my pond at: http://www.fuerjefe.com |
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Nedra wrote:
I just simply talk to myself. How else am I going to get the right answers? lol ;*) Nedra http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 You're not talking to yourself, you're talking to the plants and fish - at least that's what I tell anyone who happens to over hear me talking. -- Bonnie NJ |
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Well, I don't hear voices, but I DO talk to myself . . . sometimes it's my
only opportunity for an intelligent conversation G! Lee "mad" wrote in message ... all right--show of hands needed he how many of us hear voices when we garden/pond? mine is up and waving... LOL mad -- I can't remember if I'm the good twin or the evil one. From: "BenignVanilla" Reply-To: "BenignVanilla" Newsgroups: alt.garden.pond.chat,rec.ponds Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 09:31:11 -0500 Subject: Landscaping Around Ponds "~ jan" wrote in message ... snip To Self: I can't believe you were stupid enough to dig ANOTHER pond. I can't believe you're leveling every paving brick, one by one, perfectly. I can't believe you talk other people into doing this too, with such enthusiasm! You must be insane and need to be committed or something? Perhaps more fiber in the diet would help this problem? And that's what I thought about. ) ~ jan snip So I am not the only one that hears voices when they are working in the yard. Good to know. BV. -----= 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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"You're just jealous because the voices talk to me"
gds Harpers Ferry, WV Popup camper FOR SALE -- http://ICanHelp56.homestead.com/Camper001.html Ponds -- http://ICanHelp56.homestead.com "BenignVanilla" wrote in message ... "~ jan" wrote in message ... snip To Self: I can't believe you were stupid enough to dig ANOTHER pond. I can't believe you're leveling every paving brick, one by one, perfectly. I can't believe you talk other people into doing this too, with such enthusiasm! You must be insane and need to be committed or something? Perhaps more fiber in the diet would help this problem? And that's what I thought about. ) ~ jan snip So I am not the only one that hears voices when they are working in the yard. Good to know. BV. |
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