Re: [GSAS-Member] On building ponds

["Clifford Miller" <clifford@clevergeek.com>]

If you don't mind wasting the gas and have the time to drive there, the
Monroe Aquatic Nursery has inspiration to spare...I love that place. 
Their "demo ponds" are just amazing (although a bit costly...a good sized
fully plumbed garden pond could easily run $8k-$20k with labor and
materials (mostly the liner, plumbing, and lots and lots of rocks)).

I think there's one in redmond too?

Cliff


> Don and Betty, and anyone else:
>
> Sorry I didn't respond to this question sooner, but I wanted to give it
> some thought.
> These are some sites that I think would be of interest to people starting
> a pond
> project.
>
> http://watergarden.com/pages/build_wg.html
> http://www.loriswebs.com/jerryskoi/
> http://www.olympickoiclub.org/
> http://www.olympickoiclub.org/ponddesign.html
> http://www.tim-jansen.com/koi_step-by-step_plumb.htm
>
> But there are a lot of questions that one should answer before deciding
> how to go about
> it. The pond I just made followed a simply 3-step process.
> 1- Find a spot for a pond.
> 2- Start digging a hole.
> 3- Ask yourself what kind of liner material you have around (I had some
> 10-foot-wide 6
> mil stuff on  a roll).
> 4- When the hole is big enough to use all that plastic stop digging and
> lay the plastic
> down.
> 5- Start filling.
>
> But this isn't the right process for everyone.
>
> So the first things you need to ask yourself are;
> A-- What would I do with a pond if I had one?
>      Raise some big koi?
>      Make a natural planted pond setting?
>      Keep various fish, and some plants, and whatever else comes into your
> head from
> time to time?
>
> B-- How much time and money do you want to spend on this?
>     As little as possible?
>     A reasonable amount?
>     Thinking you'd like something really nice if maybe a bit costly?
>
> C-- What kind of restrictions do you have?
>     Need security against predators? Or kids, pets, neighbors, etc?
>     Not much room?
>     Not much money?
>     Can't do any heavy labor?
>     Can't do anything too permanent?
>     Has to win approval of spouse/neighbor/landlord/higher power?
>
> If you guys can answer these questions, and share the ideas you've come up
> with,
> perhaps we could discuss it on this list and get input from other members
> as well.
> Otherwise, if it gets too involved, we can take some of it off list and
> share your
> experience in the newsletter as the project evolves.
>
>    I have a design that I worked on years ago for a solar-heated
> above-ground pond,
> that I never really constructed. Betty might be interested in that. And I
> still have
> the "big" pond which has a more elaborate system than this recent one. I
> could share
> some details of that as well.
>
> Steev
>
>
>
>
> --- Betty Goetz <haika@drizzle.com> wrote:
>
>> > Steev or anyone else,
>> > Thinking of installing/building a pond in the new digs. Can you
>> recommend
>> > a guide or ref. on doing this.
>> > Thanks!
>> > -Don Rudee
>>
>> Me too! Although I'm leaning towards an larger-than-I-have-now
>> above-ground pond inside a solarium (dream on). Mostly to keep the DOGS
>> out of the water.
>>
>> Betty Goetz
>>
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