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Article by: Brett Fogle Surprisingly enough, it is usually in mid-summer that many gardeners begin to think about installing a small pond , Hibiscus Flowers or water garden. , Landscaping Combo Auto Detailing Business? Ponds , Construction don't need to be weeded or watered, and they can supply exuberant color , Landscaping - Using Native Plants Saves Water in the form of water , 5 Easy Steps To A Successful Residential Landscaping Project. lilies and bog plants. , A Few Gardens Built By The Moghuls The sound of a splashing fountain or waterfall , 5 Easy Steps To A Successful Residential Landscaping Project. is more appealing than weeding a flower , The Value of Mulch bed or mowing that section of lawn. Best of all, no matter how hot , 10 Tips to Care for Your Antique Ceramics or wet it gets, the pond just keeps on blooming! At this point you may start to think about the expense and labor of installing a concrete pond, , Do You Want to Have Concrete Balls? and our 95 degree days are just about enough to stop this pond , Do You Want to Have Concrete Balls? daydream in its tracks. However, with the advent of newer pond , Construction liners and pre-formed pools, the misery associated with concrete , Hydroponics Gardening - An Introduction To Hydroponics Gardening For Beginners (part 4) Environment mixing and finishing is a thing of the past. Heavy duty pool liners with 10 year guarantees are now common, and can sell for as little as $1.00 a square foot. Preformed ponds , Water Gardens - How To Build A in many different shapes and sizes are also an alternative method to create a quick pond , Hydroponics Lighting: Blue Spectrum V.S. Red-Orange Spectrum at less cost than using concrete. , No Dig Gardens - How to Build One Using these materials, the average gardener can install a decent size pond , Getting the Best Price for Your Home Includes Landscaping for Curb Appeal in less than one day, and have it stocked with plants, , Tulip Bulbs - Fall is the Time to Prepare the Perfect Spring Flower Garden fish , Hibiscus Flowers and fountain by the following morning. The simplest kind of pond , Creativity with s to build is an above-the-ground pond. Since no digging is required, it usually takes much longer to fill this pond , Construction with water , The Value of Mulch than it does to build it! There are many variations on this theme, but as an example, one can use treated lumber planks which are at least 2 inches thick by 12 inches wide, nail , Your Rose Garden Planting them together to form a rectangular shape of the desired dimensions, and place , Getting the Best Price for Your Home Includes Landscaping for Curb Appeal the form where the pond , Landscaping - Using Native Plants Saves Water is desired. This bottomless "box" can be placed directly on the grass, , Transplanting Trees concrete, a deck, , Favorite Tea Herbs to Grow etc., and then the bottom is covered with some kind of padding or cushioning material. Most books say to use sand, , Preformed Ponds Manufactured from New Rubber/Plastic Composite More Durable and Resistant to Wear but I think the perfect material is roofing , Whack 'Em Back - Getting More Flowers by Pruning felt. It is cheap, convenient, lies flat, , Palm Tree Care makes a barrier to weeds, , Organic Gardening Intro and provides a good cushion for the pool liner. Once the roofing , Landscaping Tips: Japanese Garden Fundamentals felt is in place, , Online Florists the pool liner can be dropped into the form and you begin filling the pond , Things You Should Consider When Buying Your First Garden Leaf Blower with water. A few staples on the outside , Orchid Care of the pond , Easy Algae Control the Ecologically Safe Way form may be needed to keep the liner from blowing into the pond, , Construction but be sure to use just a few, and place , Grow Herbs in your Garden for Pleasure and Profit them at the edge of the liner. As the pond , Hydroponics Lighting: Blue Spectrum V.S. Red-Orange Spectrum fills, the weight of the water , Patio Furniture - Coordinating Cushions, Chairs, And Canopies will do a good job in smoothing out wrinkles, but if you are a perfectionist, you can help smooth them out by hand before there is more than one inch of water , Grow Herbs in your Garden for Pleasure and Profit in the bottom of the pond. , Tulip Bulbs - Fall is the Time to Prepare the Perfect Spring Flower Garden While the pond , Abatement Conflicts with Eco-Systems is beginning to fill, you can check the level of the form, and if it needs to be raised a little on one or two sides, this can be done by carefully inserting some shims to raise the forms where needed. If you prefer the pond , A Few Gardens Built By The Moghuls to overflow on a certain side (like, into the flower , Patio Furniture - Coordinating Cushions, Chairs, And Canopies bed, rather than onto the deck! , 5 Easy Steps To A Successful Residential Landscaping Project. ) then you may want to leave the overflow side a quarter inch lower than the rest of the pond. , Outdoor Furniture Cushion Replacement- Redesign Your Outdoor Space You should wait until the pond , Patio Furniture - Coordinating Cushions, Chairs, And Canopies is completely filled before cutting any excess liner or doing any permanent stapling. This will give the water , Testing Your Soil pressure enough time to pull the liner into every nook and cranny where it needs to go; some of those few holding staples which you used to hold the liner in place may actually tear loose as the pond , No Dig Gardens - How to Build One fills, but if you stapled the liner on the outside , Tulip Bulbs - Fall is the Time to Prepare the Perfect Spring Flower Garden of the form, near the edges, then no harm is done... you will be trimming some of that excess liner off, anyway. It really does take longer to fill this kind of pond , How To Plan A Garden than it does to build it. I once built a twenty-by-thirty foot pond , 10 Tips to Care for Your Antique Ceramics in two hours but it took all night for it to fill with water. , A Few of My Favorite Backyard Birding Tips I think an ideal depth for an above ground pond , A Quick Overview of Outdoor Hot Tubs is about 14 inches, but it can be deeper or more shallow than that, depending on what materials you are using for the form. Railroad ties, landscape , No Dig Gardens - How to Build One timbers, concrete , Abatement Conflicts with Eco-Systems blocks, etc. are all possible materials for pond building. , Whack 'Em Back - Getting More Flowers by Pruning Remember that any kind of wood , The Value of Mulch must be pressure treated if you want it to last more than a year! Although I mentioned rectangular shape, if you have some carpentry skills, , Cymbidiums Orchid Plants - What You Need To Grow Successfully you can also do triangles, pentagons, ponds , A Few Gardens Built By The Moghuls within ponds, , Transplanting Trees etc. Ponds built with treated lumber planks do not need any side support if they are less than 8 feet or 10 feet long; if you are building , Outdoor Deck Lighting larger than that, you will want to drive a stake into the ground where the planks are to be nailed together, so the water , Patio Furniture - Coordinating Cushions, Chairs, And Canopies pressure won't make the planks bow outward. So, if you know how to , No Dig Gardens - Build One use twelve nails , First Aid for a Dried Out Hanging Basket to nail , Flower Meanings four planks together, then you can build a pond. , Vermiculture: Indoor Composting and Organic Soil Improvement If you are feeling lazy, have the lumber yard , Creativity with Ponds cut the planks to size you need. Borrow your neighbor's staple gun, find those scissors buried in the kitchen drawer, and you are in business! Pond liners can also be used to make an in the ground pond. , Creativity with s The advantage is that you can make any shape pond , Japanese Garden Lights Bring Tranquillity to your Garden and Peace to your Body and Mind you want, and the ground itself supports the sides of the liner. It is a good idea to use a flexible garden , Testing Your Soil hose to lay out the pool shape you want. Once everyone agrees that it is a pleasant shape, and it is large enough, you can dig a trench along side the hose, and start digging. Remember, the pool does not have to be more than 12 to 16 inches deep, so don't get carried away. If you want a waterfall, some of the excavated soil , Do You Want to Have Concrete Balls? can be mounded up near the pond , Your Rose Garden Planting for later waterfall , Your Rose Garden Planting construction. In some cases, it may be useful to use some of the soil , Creativity with Ponds for a berm around the pond, so that is another way to dispose of excavated soil. , Preformed Ponds Manufactured from New Rubber/Plastic Composite More Durable and Resistant to Wear Once the pond , Hydroponics Gardening - An Introduction To Hydroponics Gardening For Beginners (part 4) Environment is excavated, check the level, decide which side you want excess rainfall to flow from, and then you are ready to line the hole with roofing , Do You Want to Have Concrete Balls? felt, running it across the pond, up the sides onto the edges of the pond. , Backyard Landscaping Ideas To Make A Difference In Your Home Drop the liner in, weigh it down lightly with some rocks around the edges, and start filling. Again, do not trim any excess liner until the pond , Getting the Best Price for Your Home Includes Landscaping for Curb Appeal is completely filled. Some pond , Things You Should Consider When Buying Your First Garden Leaf Blower books say you should create a shallow shelf in the pond , Tips On Lawn Aeration For A Beautiful Healthy Yard before putting in the liner, but they don't have our river sand , Landscaping Combo Auto Detailing Business? and rainfall to deal with. I think it is better to build the pond , Outdoor Furniture Cushion Replacement- Redesign Your Outdoor Space to a depth of 14-16 inches, and just use bricks to prop up those bog plants , How Savvy Gardeners Use Mulch To Make Garden Work Easier that don't want to sit too deep in water. , Don't Forget the Birds this Winter This gives greater flexibility in rearranging the pond plants , Hydroponics Lighting: Blue Spectrum V.S. Red-Orange Spectrum as you wish, and avoids the calamity of a shelf suddenly slumping into the pool. When using pool liners, whether in the ground or above the ground, it is important to conceal the edges from sunlight, since that is what eventually breaks down most liners. Using stones , Flower Meanings or lumber planks to finish off the edge of your pond will make it more appealing, and enable the liner to live up to its ten year guarantee. Even the heavier, preformed plastic ponds , Japanese Garden Lights Bring Tranquillity to your Garden and Peace to your Body and Mind should have their edges covered by sod or some paving material, so the sun , Things You Should Consider When Buying Your First Garden Leaf Blower can't reach it. Some final pointers: if possible, locate your pond , First Aid for a Dried Out Hanging Basket away from trees, , Outdoor Deck Lighting in a place that gets at least five hours of direct sun , Patio Furniture - Coordinating Cushions, Chairs, And Canopies daily. This will allow you to grow , A Quick Overview of Outdoor Hot Tubs a wide variety of pond plants. , Abatement Conflicts with Eco-Systems Be sure to use a dechlorinating product , Outdoor Deck Lighting when you first fill the ponds. , Construction .. the new chemicals in our drinking water , Important Uses of Weeds in the Lives of People do not dissipate quickly and they will kill your fish , Whack 'Em Back - Getting More Flowers by Pruning and damage your plants, even ten days after you have filled the pond! , Getting the Best Price for Your Home Includes Landscaping for Curb Appeal Be sure you are pleased with the size and shape of your pond before you start - so you won't say "I should have made it bigger, or longer, or rounder, etc.", within two hours of filling it! Rule number one in pond building , Don't Forget the Birds this Winter is that no matter how big your pond , 5 Easy Steps To A Successful Residential Landscaping Project. is, you always want a bigger one. Last, but not least, if you decide to do an in-the-ground pond, why not serve refreshments and get some friends to help . . . friends will have all kinds of useful ideas on how you should do it ... which is fine, as long as they keep digging...************************************************** Brett Fogle is the owner of MacArthur Water Gardens , Testing Your Soil and several other pond-related websites including MacArthurWatergardens.com and Pond-Filters-Online.com. He also publishes a free monthly newsletter called PondStuff! with a reader circulation of over 9,000. To sign up for the free newsletter and receive our FREE 'New Pond , Getting the Best Price for Your Home Includes Landscaping for Curb Appeal Owners Guide' visit MacArthur Water Gardens , Transplanting Trees today! ************************************************** |
  
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