Gardening > Ponds
My Water Hole
Penny:
Oh wow, I LOVED the nightime picture, so pretty Johnnie.
johnnie:
--- Quote from: Penny on Sep 30, 2009, 07:28:16 AM ---Oh wow, I LOVED the nightime picture, so pretty Johnnie.
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Just shows what you can do with a few coloured bulbs/lights
bayou girl:
ok. i'm jealous. i'm not a jealous person, but i'm jealous. i will never have anything that nice, but i love what you have accomplished.
johnnie:
--- Quote from: bayou girl on Sep 30, 2009, 10:44:37 PM ---ok. i'm jealous. i'm not a jealous person, but i'm jealous. i will never have anything that nice, but i love what you have accomplished.
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Please don't be jealous it is not that hard. Hard work yes but follow a few simple rules and anybody could have a pond to be proud of. You have a free supply of rocks in the USA (I think)
the most important thing to remember is water will always find it's own level so the key from the start is make sure everything is level at each stage and make sure you have the pond you want right from the start going bigger later will be expensive. Read as much as you can cope with and visit as many web sites as you can find there are hundreds both in the UK and the US.
The kit etc between the two can and is in the main different but the principles are the same. Plan to have the rocks around the edge sunk for a more natural look. My rocks are sunk around two thirds of the pond, this allows for access and to sit by and enjoy. The fish? this is obviously personal choice, all my fish are bred and come from Japan and are very popular in the UK among fish keepers, not so popular in the US for all sorts of reasons one being import laws etc etc etc, but to have a nice pond you don't have to have the best fish. When I first started I had just goldfish and they served me just as well for ten years or so.
Tina:
--- Quote from: johnnie on Oct 01, 2009, 02:46:48 AM --- You have a free supply of rocks in the USA (I think)
the UK and the US.
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This is really pretty funny. Bayou girl lives in a rockless area. Really. Whenever she travels she comes home with suitcases full of rocks for her yard. She has been mailed rocks by some of her friends. You don't know how much you miss rocks in a landscape until you don't have them handy.
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