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Photo Album / Re: My first try at a Pond- Thanks to this site

« on: September 27, 2009, 06:50:58 PM »

Thanks for all the comments, but like I said...Thanks to all here on this site.  I never had tried a pond before.  My brother has one and was a little help, but mostly just joined up and started reading about it here.  Great advise and lots of pictures here to help with the design.

The one problem I did have was the area between the two ponds.  It leaked first try because I just overlapped the 2 liners.  The flat rock for the waterfall just made the water backup and leak through.  The bottom liner actually started to float up because all the water I was losing under the liner.  One can of rock foam solved that, only after removing a lot of the rocks to get at it.

I did actually built a plant shelf under the surface of both ponds, but those darn plants are $$$$.  Could only afford a few to start.  More to come next year.

Thanks again for helping me out with such a great site.

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Photo Album / My first try at a Pond- Thanks to this site

« on: September 26, 2009, 08:47:48 PM »

My first pond.  Built a new house and needed to solve a low spot in the back yard, so thought I would install a pond.  Thanks to the help and info on this site, I think it came out pretty good.
A few pictures of the progress that took me about 5 months to complete.
Oh, in case you are wondering- I am a firefighter, so I thought the hydrant was appropriate.