Pond Construction

Article by: Robert Dorrance

The location , Early Spring Garden Guide: What To Do In The Yard And Garden Now of your pond , Garden for Birds #4 should be decided. You've picked a good spot in your yard , Gardening - Schefflera Care where you can see the pond , Concrete Curb Landscaping from different places, , Trust Your Plants - They Know How To Grow! and it's near enough to the house , Create and Furnish Your Outdoor Room so you can see it from a window. , Recycling Carwash Wash Water for Landscape and Toilets This is really part of the fun because you can visualize the landscaping , Trust Your Plants - They Know How To Grow! ideas you'll be incorporating into the pond , Treating Rust on Metal Railings area once the dig is finished.

The first thing to do is outline the perimeter of your pond. , Garden for Birds #4 Avoid square or sharp corners because your pond , Gardening and Flowers liner will conform much better to a freeform round or kidney shape. You should also have made the decision by this time about the size of the design. , May Gardening Tips for the Southwest I would strongly suggest not going too small. I changed the size of our pond , How to Grow African Violets two times because the first and second time just weren't big enough. Lay out the final design , Cast Aluminum Furniture and size on the ground where you plan , How to t Spring Flower Bulbs to dig with a can of spray paint. , Cast Aluminum Furniture

The next thing to decide is the depth of the pond. , Exotic Flowers: Luxurious and Impressive for Your Home and Garden Decor I would suggest at least twenty four to thirty six inches. Our pond , Lap Pools – Great Exercise Inside Or Any Size Backyard is thirty six to forty eight inches deep and the main reason is the fact that we have fish. , Treating Rust on Metal Railings Some of our fish , Flowers and Butterflies, the Perfect Combination! are quite large, we have two Koi's that are about eighteen inches long and they definitely need the room. , The Secret To Healthier Plants? Let's Ask My Grandfather If you're going to have fish, , February Plants are Going to Pot or think you might get fish , Lap Pools – Great Exercise Inside Or Any Size Backyard in the future, then don't skimp on pond , Recycling Carwash Wash Water for Landscape and Toilets depth. If you live in a cold winter , The Flower Drying Game - Part 2: Sand or Glycerin? climate like we do, then the fish , Hibiscus Tea need room , Want a Garden, But Don't have Enough Dirt Or Space? Hydroponics Gardening Is The Answer! at the bottom to winter , Hydroponics in Your Garden over. Like I mentioned previously, we haven't lost a fish , Landscaping - A Recreational Activity for Kids to the winter , Your Step By Step Guide To Planting The Perfect Lawn in the eight years we've had our pond. , Easy Working With Cordless Lawn Mowers

Keep in mind that you want to keep the top 'shoreline"Â edges pretty level. The reason for this is that once you put the liner in and fill the pond , Choosing The Appropriate Tree For Your Garden with water , Keeping Houseplants Alive During Summer Vacation Droughts you won't have a large piece of the liner showing on the high side of the hole. Also as you dig, remember that you are going to want a ledge most of the way around the perimeter of the hole, about six to twelve inches down from the top and about twelve inches wide. This will provide you with a "shelf"Â to set your pond plants , September Gardening Tips on.

Once the hole is dug and shaped to your satisfaction and with any protruding sharp rocks removed to provide a relatively smooth surface for the liner to rest on, then you are ready to install the liner. Here are the quick calculations to figure the size of your liner:

Length: Length of the dug out area plus two feet plus the depth plus three feet.

Width: Width of the dug out area plus two feet plus the depth plus three feet.

For Example: The hole is ten feet long by six feet wide and the depth is three feet. Therefore, the liner LENGTH is 10 + 2 +3 +3 = 18 feet. And the WIDTH is 6 + 2 +3 + 3 = 14 feet. So the needed liner size is 18 feet long and 14 feet wide.

Some people have lined the dug hole with old carpet , Home and Garden Decor scraps to provide a little extra cushion under the liner and also a little more protection in case a sharp rock may have escaped detection. Personally, I didn't do this and we haven't had any leakage problems.

So, now it's time to install the liner. Make it easier and get some help for this operation. Position the liner over the hole, trying to keep an even overlap on all four sides. Next push the liner down into the hole as evenly as you can, keeping in mind that you want the overlap to be as equal as possible all the way around the hole. When you are satisfied that the liner is positioned correctly, place , Straw Bale Culture Technique a few heavy rocks on the overlap equally spaced around the pond. , Managing the Hobby Greenhouse

Now it's time to start filling the pond. , The Flower Drying Game - Part 2: Sand or Glycerin? Obviously, the smaller the pond, , Your Step By Step Guide To Planting The Perfect Lawn the quicker the fill. A large pond , May Gardening Tips for the Southwest can take quite a while, and while it is filling use the time to disperse the liner evenly so that you don't get a lot of large folds. You're bound to get some folds but if you work on smoothing them out as the water , How to Plant Spring Flower Bulbs is going in the end result will be a nicer appearance. If you have to make any moves to even out the overlap, do it before too much water , Is it Really Teak Wood? Caveat Emptor! (Part One) is added because it gets heavy fairly quickly and once the weight of the water , Marble Mosaic Art takes over you won't be moving anything. As the pond , September Gardening Tips fills and the liner conforms to the shape of the hole and you see that your overlap around the edges is looking pretty good, then you can start to relax because the hard part is done.

Robert Dorrance has had a pond , How to Grow African Violets for the last eight years and would like to share his experiences with you. You can read other articles and download my free e-book, "How To Build A Beautiful Backyard , Marble Mosaic Art Pond at http://www.Backyard-Pond-Guide.com

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