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Garden pond plans
Any good plans online for buliding a nice garden pond?
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/desig...nd/pond1.shtml
Take a look at the above site, may give you some inspiration "Richard" wrote in message ... Any good plans online for buliding a nice garden pond? |
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"Richard" asked ... Any good plans online for buliding a nice garden pond? "Janet Bennett" replied in message http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/desig...nd/pond1.shtml Take a look at the above site, may give you some inspiration Not a bad site, doesn't go into too much depth on the subject, but one very important thing it doesn't mention is when filling your pond use a water meter to ascertain the actual volume of your pond. You will need that information if ever you have to use chemicals in your pond, fish cures, tonic salt, water treatments etc. If you haven't got a water meter then turn your hose onto full and time how long it takes to fill a 2 gallon bucket (checked first to see it is), then time the filling of your pond, divide that by the first time and double for the gallonage. You also need to think hard now about how you intend to hide the edges of the liner on completion. Stones, bricks, granite sets, all look nicer than black plastic/EPDM/Butyl. The liner needs to come up to the "brick" layer and then go flat under the "brick" just below water level and up the back edge so the "brick" sits in the top of the water and no liner is seen. Alternatively just pave up to and slightly over the edge. Some other sources of Information... http://www.internetgardens.com/ http://www.karlbaker.freeserve.co.uk/ -- Regards Bob Some photos of my plants at..... |
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On Wed, 19 May 2004 09:58:36 +0100, "Richard"
wrote: Any good plans online for buliding a nice garden pond? Richard, not plans as such but you may find how we did our pond of interest to you: http://www.stonybrook-ludlow.co.uk/pond.html It may at least give you some ideas. -- Sally in Shropshire, UK bed and breakfast near Ludlow: http://www.stonybrook-ludlow.co.uk Email is sallydogthompsonatbtinternetdogcom, replacing dog with dot Reply To address is spam trap |
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"Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... "Richard" asked ... Any good plans online for buliding a nice garden pond? "Janet Bennett" replied in message http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/desig...nd/pond1.shtml Take a look at the above site, may give you some inspiration Not a bad site, doesn't go into too much depth on the subject, LOL :-) -- Tumbleweed Remove my socks for email address |
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"Richard" wrote in message ... Any good plans online for buliding a nice garden pond? Hi Richard, It takes a while to load but Tetra have a virtual pond creator on their site which seems pretty good, it even creates a shopping list (including plants and number of fish) after going through the online design process. http://www.tetra-fish.co.uk/flashpond/main.html There is also more detailed information (planning, positioning etc...) of how to construct the pond he http://www.tetra-fish.co.uk/tetrapond/home/index.asp You could also have a look at the Hozelock site where they have a 'How to build your first pond': http://www.hozelock.com/aquatics/home.asp?region=ROW HTH Cheers Nick http://www.ukgardening.co.uk |
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I have been considering turfing upto the edge of my pond but how do you stop
the grass clippings going in the pond when you are cutting it? Dave "Sally Thompson" wrote in message ... On Wed, 19 May 2004 09:58:36 +0100, "Richard" wrote: Any good plans online for buliding a nice garden pond? Richard, not plans as such but you may find how we did our pond of interest to you: http://www.stonybrook-ludlow.co.uk/pond.html It may at least give you some ideas. -- Sally in Shropshire, UK bed and breakfast near Ludlow: http://www.stonybrook-ludlow.co.uk Email is sallydogthompsonatbtinternetdogcom, replacing dog with dot Reply To address is spam trap |
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In article xodrc.308$Aw2.105@newsfe1-win, Curlytail
writes I have been considering turfing upto the edge of my pond but how do you stop the grass clippings going in the pond when you are cutting it? Dave I don't, I just skim the surface with a net afterwards but I would be interested if anyone has a bright idea to prevent it, with a bit of careful mowing I minimise the effect but the strimmer throws stuff in all directions. I thought about trying a net across the pond which should catch most of the clippings but haven't got a roundtuit yet. -- David |
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Hope you don't think I'm poking my nose in, but I would suggest that on one
side you have a very gentle slope into the water, with pebbles coverning the lining (the frogs will then be able to get in and out of the pond). You can also incorporate a bog garden where the water overflows. Another idea I saw in a book was to put a small bridge over the the shallow end, (made out of pieces of decking, nothing fancy. To one side of this was an area of large stones, where there was a small bog area, this than spread out into another area of pebbles, where hostas and candlebra primulas were growing. Hope this gives you some inspiration. "Richard" wrote in message ... Any good plans online for buliding a nice garden pond? |
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